(Note: No 2020 Apple Festival)
1) Thank A Salt Springer Awards ($130 total)
a) One SSI Couples treated to a Farm Dinner. (fund raising dinner for Abattoir)
2) Random Acts of Kindness ($1720 to Date)
The Concept: Random Acts of KINDNESS of $50 each by various persons anywhere in the world. Not so much internationally since the pandemic.
a) Over 290 Organic Chocolate Bars given out in the area.
b) The remainder was Random Acts of Kindness in our local area.
3) Support to Local Artists ($2840 Total)
a) $1000 – Briony Penn / Ali Harris Documentary Native Elders
b) $1200 –To help young weaver buy a big loom.
c) $400 – Cindy Jacobsen videos of Rick Neufeld concert
d) $1000 towards a Native Elder Documentary by Briony Penn and Ali Harris.
d) $450 – Uploading video in project to Document Local Old Timers.
Website: http://characters.saltspringarchives.com/
4) Poster Creation (Not available Total)
Note: Apple Festival pays the Artist, then prints the poster. All Poster Sales go directly to Charity. In Diana’s case, SOLID
a) Diana Morris Knox Apple Poster
5) Projects Away ($1425 Total to Date)
a) $400 to Agriculture Project in Nicaragua (via Ron Pither)
b) $824 to Temporate Orchard Conservancy in Portland, Oregon
c) $100 to Newfoundland Music Festival
d) $100 to Poor in Barra de Navidad , Mexico
6) SOLID ($215 Total to Date)
Salt Spring Organization for Life Improvement and Development) – to improve life in Lesotho, South Africa. (all poster sales goes directly to SOLID.).
a) $215 (from poster sales)– to SOLID
7) Local Community Efforts ($6350 Total to Date)
a) $1000 to Abattoir for new pump
c) 160 new LED rechargeable flashlights to local women.
e) $300 to local musicians.
8) Rex Welland Memorial Bursary ($1500 Total to Date)
a) 2020 Bursary – $750 to Julia Hermani – Graduating GISS (High School) student
a) 2021 Bursary – $750 to Sadie Lucas – Graduating GISS (High School) student
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