Gift of Hope
42 Jim Brownell Blvd K0C 1P0 Long Sault, ON, Canada

Gift of Hope in memory of Val DesRosiers Our father was a caring man who lost his battle with lung cancer in 2004. We continue to honour the wonderful person he was by providing a magical Christmas to families less fortunate. ... Gift of Hope is now a registered charity and in the last 14 years, we have assisted 198 families with a total of 569 children, providing them with an abundance of groceries, numerous gifts and warm clothing in time for the holiday season. You may visit our website for a list of our valued sponsors. The tears of joy and hugs of appreciation we receive each year inspire us tremendously. Our mandate is to give hope by assisting working poor families or families living with special circumstances. Our recipients are located in the Cornwall and surrounding area and referred to us by various local agencies. We personally deliver our Gift of Hope directly to each family, in our father’s honour. We invite you to join us by donating in his honour or perhaps in the memory of someone you have lost. We welcome all donations of food, money or gifts. Please send us an email at the address below if you wish to receive your tax-deductible receipt by email as well as occasional updates, otherwise all receipts will be mailed in the new year. With your help, we can put a smile on another 50 or more little faces this Christmas morning. On behalf of our late father, Val, our mother Anita, and their children, Lise, Michel, Diane, Carole, Sue, and Lucie, we thank you so much for your Gift of Hope. GIFT OF HOPE c/o Carole Bonneville, 42 Jim Brownell Blvd, Long Sault, ON K0C 1P0 Registered Charity #81407 8374 RR0001 Phone: 613-362-2980 Email: [email protected] Website: giftofhopecornwall.com Facebook: Gift of Hope

From our Gift of Hope family to all who donated their time, money, food and gifts, we are very grateful. Your generosity, allowed us to put a smile on 47 children this morning providing them with a magical Christmas. To our "chosen" families, we hope your children enjoyed their gifts and stay warm all winter with their knitted items. To all, we wish you a very "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year".

Gift of Hope in memory of Val DesRosiers Our father was a caring man who lost his battle with lung cancer in 2004. We continue to honour the wonderful person he was by providing a magical Christmas to families less fortunate. ... Gift of Hope is now a registered charity and in the last 13 years, we have assisted 184 families with a total of 522 children, providing them with an abundance of groceries, numerous gifts and warm clothing in time for the holiday season. You may visit our website for a list of our valued sponsors. The tears of joy and hugs of appreciation we receive each year inspire us tremendously. Our mandate is to give hope by assisting working poor families or families living with special circumstances. Our recipients are located in the Cornwall and surrounding area and referred to us by various local agencies. We personally deliver our Gift of Hope directly to each family, in our father’s honour. We invite you to join us by donating in his honour or perhaps in the memory of someone you have lost. We welcome all donations of food, money or gifts. Please send us an email at the address below if you wish to receive your tax-deductible receipt by email as well as occasional updates, otherwise all receipts will be mailed in the new year. With your help, we can put a smile on another 50 or more little faces this Christmas morning. On behalf of our late father, Val, our mother Anita, and their children, Lise, Michel, Diane, Carole, Sue, and Lucie, we thank you so much for your Gift of Hope. GIFT OF HOPE c/o Carole Bonneville 42 Jim Brownell Blvd, Long Sault, ON K0C 1P0 Registered Charity #81407 8374 RR0001 Phone: 613-362-2980 Email: [email protected] Website: giftofhopecornwall.com Facebook: Gift of Hope

Gift of Hope in memory of Val DesRosiers Our father was a caring man who lost his battle with lung cance...r in 2004. We continue to honour the wonderful person he was by providing a magical Christmas to families less fortunate. Gift of Hope is now a registered charity and in the last 11 years, we have assisted 148 families with a total of 399 children, providing them with an abundance of groceries, numerous gifts and warm clothing in time for the holiday season. You may visit our website for a list of our valued sponsors. The tears of joy and hugs of appreciation we receive each year inspire us tremendously. Our mandate is to give hope by assisting working poor families or families living with special circumstances. Our recipients are located in the Cornwall and surrounding area and referred to us by various local agencies. We personally deliver our Gift of Hope directly to each family, in our father’s honour. We invite you to join us by donating in his honour or perhaps in the memory of someone you have lost. We welcome all donations of food, money or gifts. Please send us an email at the address below if you wish to receive your tax-deductible receipt by email as well as occasional updates, otherwise all receipts will be mailed in the new year. ALL money received will be used to purchase appropriate toys and food for each family. With your help, we can put a smile on another 50 or more little faces this Christmas morning. On behalf of our late father, Val, our mother Anita, and their children, Lise, Michel, Diane, Carole, Sue, and Lucie, we thank you so much for your Gift of Hope. GIFT OF HOPE c/o Carole Bonneville, 42 Jim Brownell Blvd, Long Sault, ON K0C 1P0 Registered Charity #81407 8374 RR0001

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To date, we have assisted 130 families with a total of 347 children providing them with an abundance of groceries and numerous gifts in time for the holiday season. The tears of joy and hugs of appreciation we receive each year inspire us tremendously. Our mandate is to give hope by assisting working poor families or families living with special circumstances. Our recipients are referred to us by various local agencies. We deliver our Gift of Hope in our father’s honour.

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The Gift of Hope charity was created in 2004 by the DesRosiers family in honour of our Dad, Val, who passed away from lung cancer. He loved to play Santa Claus at Christmas time so the year he past, we decided to play Santa Claus and made a donation to a family in his memory. The next year, we helped 2 families. As family and friends heard about our donations, we began receiving money, gifts and food to help our recipients. We now help about 15 - 20 families every year. We h...ave helped a total of 147 families to date, with a total of 396 children. Our mandate is to help the working poor. Those families making an effort to stay off the system but are working at minimum wage jobs and living pay check to pay check. REFERRALS: Our families are referred to us by various social service agencies, such as Ontario Works , Children’s Aid and Baldwin House to name a few. FOOD: Our families are provided with approximately 5 - 6 staples paper boxes full of groceries. These boxes are all individually wrapped. We want to present this food as a gift and not charity. We also provide them with a complete turkey dinner including the potatoes, carrots, stuffing, gravy and cranberry sauce. Every families’ order is personalized based on their family size and/or allergies. If the family has young children, they also receive baby food, formula and diapers. GIFTS: Every child receive about 5 gifts each, depending on the value. We contact the parents and spend a long time discussing their children’s wish list. We also provide our families with wrapping paper, tags and tape. TUQUES AND SCARFS: Every child receives a knitted tuque, scarf and mitts in their favorite color, knitted by the Chateau Cornwall Knitting Club. GIFT BAGS: In addition to their other gifts, we prepare personalized gift bags for each child, (instead of a stocking), with small items, toys, tooth brush, etc... GIFT BASKET: Moms and Dads also receive a personalized gift basket with toiletries and various items. DELIVERY: These gifts and groceries are delivered mid December by my sisters and our husbands. Each family receives a car full so we have a convoy of 5 cars when delivering. Seeing the tears of joy and the hugs we receive when we deliver is our thanks for the hundreds of hours spent fundraising and preparing their orders. FUNDRAISING: We have 9 food donation boxes placed in various areas in Cornwall. We send out over 100 fundraising letters in October of every year. We receive funds, food and gifts from many local businesses, family and friends. REVENUE CANADA REGISTRATION: In April 2014, we were approved by Revenue Canada as a Charitable Organization, #81407 8374 RR0001. As a result, we can now issue official income tax deductible receipts for all donations of money and gifts in kind.