1. Ongoing |
Point of Contact Campaign. Liberty For Youth will provide one-page request letters to personal contacts and local businesses, to source one-time donations of $20: symbolizing 20 years of service to youth. Donate here. |
All Year |
2. Completed
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Dough-Raiser, read about it here. |
February 7th |
3. Completed
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Speaking engagement & book signing at the COYO 2024 conference. Read about it here. |
February 21st and 22nd |
4. Completed |
Bishop Tonnos Basketball Buy-out Event. Bishop Tonnos Senior Boys basketball team playing a game against Liberty For Youth’s Prodigal Sonz team. Watch here. |
March 8th |
5. Completed |
Evening of Appreciation, read more here. |
March 21st |
6. Ongoing |
Lettie Mzwinila, from Salesforce, will be hosting a staff matching grant for any donations made to Liberty For Youth. |
All Year |
7. Completed |
Hamilton Driving School and Burlington Driving School will be supporting Liberty For Youth with each Beginner Driving Education E-Learning Program attendee. Learn more here. |
Month of April |
8. Completed |
Hamilton All-Star Basketball 2nd Annual Event. The top 24 basketball players in Hamilton gather for a skill showcase, with post-secondary recruiters in attendance. Event Director, Jerome Smith, was mentored by Frederick 20 years ago and is directing event proceeds to Liberty For Youth. |
Sat, April 6th |
9. Completed |
Liberty For Youth was nominated by youth council member & Meridian employee, Jacob, for Meridian’s Annual Community Impact Award. Liberty For Youth won 2nd place and will be receiving $25,000 at Meridian’s Annual General Meeting Community Impact Awards Ceremony. Executive Director, Frederick Dryden will be speaking at the event. |
Thu, April 18th |
10. Completed |
20 trade industry leaders will partner with 20 youth at-risk, to provide exposure and trades-related mentorship through strategic conversation, as they collectively climb over 20,000 stairs together. Learn more here. |
Fri, April 26th |
11. Completed |
St. Matthew School has been holding a TCBY Frozen Yogurt fundraiser every Friday throughout June. This fundraiser is being held to celebrate Liberty For Youth's 20th Anniversary. They have organized a basketball game for Tuesday, April 30th to close the fundraiser. The teams playing in the basketball game will be a combination of St. Matthew School's students and teachers, along with Liberty For Youth's Prodigal Sonz |
Tue, April 30th |
12. Completed |
Book signing/speaking engagement at Ontario Association for Counselling and Attendance Services’ 70th Anniversary Annual Conference - Blue Mountain, Collingwood, ON. Learn more here. |
May 23rd |
13. Completed |
Liberty For Youth is hosting our 1st Annual Golf Tournament. The 18-hole scramble-style tournament will be at the local Chedoke Golf Course. |
May 24th |
14. Completed |
The Canning family is hosting a fundraising Golf event in memory of Darin Canning. All proceeds from this auction will be donated to Liberty For Youth. |
July 13th |
15. Completed |
Prophix’s corporate partners will gather with youth at-risk, for their mid-year kickoff/sports day event. |
July 26th |
16. Completed |
Hamilton Police Association’s Annual Charity Tournament will be supporting Liberty For Youth as a partner recipient with proceeds going towards the charity. |
August 8th |
17. Completed |
WAMBO (Wallaceburg Antique Motor and Boat Outing) is one of Canada's largest transportation shows. The show features Antique Boats, Antique, Classic & Specialty Cars, Fire Trucks, & Motorcycles. speaking engagement in Chatham, ON.
Liberty For Youth will be joining for the Sunday Church Service as Frederick Dryden, along with 3 other youth share their powerful testimonies. |
August 11th |
18. |
In November, Mountain Tire will donate $1 per winter tire purchase and/or change to Liberty For Youth. |
Month of November |
19. |
A Google employee will be hosting a Google staff matching grant for any donations made to Liberty For Youth. |
Nov 30th-Dec 13th |