Campaign

2009 Achievement Celebration

Thanks again to Mark Rashotte and his team at the Empire for making the 2009 Achievement Celebration a huge success. Another big thanks goes out to Sears and Pepsico for their in-kind donations to the event.

For a full list of Spirit Award nominees and winners click here.

 

Casino Olympia

This year our Casino Olympia was held for the first time at CFB Trenton. This night was a huge success with over 250 guests winning big at Black Jack and many other games. Throughout the evening, $20,000 was raised for United Way of Quinte. Thank you to everyone who came out to supprt this event, all our volunteers and of course all our generous sponsors and donors:

A&D Wine Lovers, ALCDSB, Amer Sports, Arden's Music, Barr Ridge Heating & Air Conditioning, Bayview Family Golf Centre, Beauty Works, Bel-Con  Design-Builders Ltd., Bell Canada, Belleville Bulls, Belleville Dodge Chrysler, Belleville Toyota, Belshield Corporate Group Limited, Black Prince Winery, Brenda's Pizza Gallery, Briar Fox Golf & Country Club, CAA South Central Ontario, Campbell Monument Co., Campbell’s Orchards, Canadian Tire Trenton, Casino Niagara, CFB 8 Wing Trenton, Consumer Flooring Centre, Cool 100.1, Copperfield’s Fitness Centre, Count Dracula's Paint & Paper Warehouse, Crabby Joes, Crossborder Solutions, Deerhaven Farm & Garden, Denny's, Dewes, Donini Chocolate, Dr. Chris Bardwell, Dr. Julianne Peterson, Earl & Angelo's, Edible Arrangements, Empire Theatre & Café E, Fallsview Casino, Fast Freddy’s Auto Service, First Choice Trenton, Flowers by Marvin, Free Flow Petroleum, Giant Tiger, Gilmour Meats, Goodlife Fitness, H.D. Rolf The Jeweller, Hanley Corporation, Hollendale Nursery, Home Hardware #2 HWY, Huff Estates, Impacto Protective Products Inc., Inner Peace Spa, J. and B. Books, John R. Bush Funeral Centre, John Williams, Kaycee's Nook, Kellogg's, Kelsey's Restaurant, Lafferty's Crossings, Laurel Harrison & Barry Brown, Linguine's, Liquidation World, Loyalist Floral Designs, Maple Dale Cheese, Maple Leaf Foods, Mary & Geoff Scott, McCarten Travel, McDougall Insurance, Megan Jacobs - Partylite Consultant, Metro, Molson’s - Roger Babbs, Montana’s, Nestle’s, No Frills, North China Buffet, Oak Hills Golf Club, Oasis Gas Bar, Parmalat, Paulo's, Peter Smith Chevrolet  Oldsmolbile Cadallac, Quinte Bowl, Quinte Mall, Quinte Restaurant, Quinte's Best Music 95.5, Ramada Inn, Rawdon Creek Trophies & Specialty Advertising, RBC - Joy Kostuch, Re/Max Quinte, Red Rock Canyon, Red Shark Menswear, Red Stallion, Reid’s Dairy, Rivers Custom Building, Riverside Music, Rona, Roy & Margie Burness, Sandbanks Winery, Scotland Yards Landscaping Ltd., Sears, Sergio’s Gym, Shopper’s Drug Mart, Sidney Inn Carpet One, Silk Route, Skin Beautiful, Slapshots, Smylies Independent Grocers, Spotless Cleaners, Sprenkles Meat & Variety, Starboard Communications, Stewart Stanley Fashions, Sunoco, Sunsational Sun Tanning, Susan Nurse CPE  Advanced Electrolysis, Sweet Escape, TAS Communications, The Village Shoppe, Thompson Tents, Tommy's Restaurant, Trent Valley Distributors, Trenton Golf Club, Trillium Wood, Uniglobe Travel Trenton, UPS, Warkworth Jaycees, Williams Hotels, Winchester Arms and Zellers.

Without you this event would not have been possible, thank you!

 

Quinte West Warehouse Sale

Despite the rain the 3rd Annual Quinte West Warehouse Sale was a huge success. Over 1,000 shoppers took advantage of the great deals and over $35,000 was raised to support United Way of Quinte. A huge thank you goes out to all our volunteers and donors:

241 Pizza, Pepsico, Trenton Cold Storage, City of Quinte West, Parmalat, LMB Transport, Sears, P&G, Amer Sports, Culligan, St. John Ambulance, Choice Reefer Systems, Nestle, Pizza Hut, Domino's Pizza and A&P.

Without you this event would not have been possible.

 

Saddle Up For United Way of Quinte

The 2009 Saddle Up for United Way was a huge success! Thank you to all 60 riders who came out and raised over $4,000 for United Way!! It was a beautiful day for a trail ride and the Batawa Ski Hill was a perfect location. Thank you to all the donors who made the day possible:

Greenhawk, Montgomery Fleet Service, Stirling Feed & Seed, bridle Path Tack Shop, Double Horse Shoe & Tack Shop, LMB Transportation, Nestle and of course the Batawa Ski Hill. 

Thank you to all the volunteers that helped with the trail ride and everyone who collected pledges for United Way of Quinte. Congrats goes out to:

Top 3 Fundraising Individuals
Lori Mallett
Jenna Turner
Mary-Ellen Britton

Top 3 Fundraising Youth
Chanelle Rossitt
Samantha Reid
Molly Verra

 

Belleville Community Warehouse Sale

Thank you to everyone who came out to to enjoy tons of great deals on September 26th at our Annual Warehouse Sale. Your bargain shopping raised over $101,000! A HUGE thank you goes out to our 200 volunteers who worked all day to make this event a success. Another HUGE thanks goes out to all our generous sponsors who made this day even possible:

RentX, Amer Sports, Procter & Gamble, Pizza Pizza, Culligan, Papa John's, Kellogg's, Froggy Fundraising, Domino's, Home Depot, Brenda's Pizza Factory, Tim Hortons, Papa's Kitchen Pizzeria, Hawkin's Cheezies, Parmalat, Great Canadian Bagel, Subway, Canada Post, Pizza Hut, Nestle, City of Belleville, Sigma Stretch Film, The Intelligencer, Ryder, T.A.S. Communications, Campbell's Orchards, Battlefield, A&W, Bob's Portable Toilets, St. John Ambulance, Herbert's Chip Truck, L&B, Choice Reefer Systems and The Intelligencer.

 

Belleville Dragon Boat Festival

What a great turn out at the 2009 Belleville Dragon Boat Festival! It was a beautiful day of races and fierce competition on the Moira River. Huge congrats to The Wonder Women of CFUW for winning this year's Spirit Competition and the Belleville Dragon Boat Club for winning this year's "A" Division Championships! Awesome job everyone, together we raised over $20,000! Thank you to all our generous sponsors:

Belleville Dragon Boat Club, Applebee's, Wellington & District Lions Dragon Boat Club, Culligan, Mr. Sub, Belleville Toyota, The Quinte Mall, City of Belleville, Boston Pizza, Amer Sports, Procter & Gamble, CFB Trenton, Cobourg Dragon Boat Club, Best Western, Mr. Sub & Coffee Time on Dundas, Academy Towing, Swiss Chalet, T.A.S. Communications, Red Ball Radio, Soccer Extreme, Fairfield Inn & Suites, Canadian Labour Congress, Shoppers Drug Mart on Dundas, Choice Reefer Systems, Mike Scott from Back in Motion, Eastern Lift Truck, Montanas, Tipper Financial and Reid's Dairy.

 

2009 Belleville Seeing is Believing Tour

Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's Seeing is Believing Tour. Guests had the opportunity to see first hand where donations to the United Way of Quinte go by visiting a few of our agencies and learning from the employees and recipients there.

Thank you to the City of Belleville Transit, cnib, Continuing On In Education, First Adventure and Big Brothers Big Sisters! 

 

Quinte West Launch

                           

Thank you to everyone who came out for hot bowl of chili and great company. We raised over $1500 as we launched our 2009 campaign in Quinte West. Thank you to EVERYONE who made it possible:

A&P, Britannia Seafood and Steakhouse, City of Quinte West, Culligan, , Dapp’s Restaurant, Great Canadian Oil Change, Helen’s Family Restaurant, Holiday Inn, Kelsey’s Restaurant, Lottie Jones Florist, M and R Auto Repair, MacIntosh Cafe and Catering, Matt Goodman from Quinte Broadcasting, McDonald’s, Nestle, Pine Ridge Knit and Sew, Price Chopper, RBC, Rona, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 110, Rumours Restaurant and Pub, Smylie’s Independent, Solo Salon, Stix and Stones Billiards, Tangles Professional Hair Design, Taishan Gardens, The Experience, The Golden Valley Restaurant, Tim Hortons, Tomasso’s, Trenton Home Hardware Building Centre, Tri & Run Sports, Victorian Order of Nurses, Women’s Auxiliary, YMCA of the City of Quinte West and a special thank you to Marty Halloran!

 

Campaign Launch September 10

                

I hope many of you were able to attend our campaign launch to celebrate with us the beginning of our 2009 campaign season. It was a huge hit thanks to our many sponsors:

• The Quinte Mall
• A&W
• P&G
• Bob House Photography
• Kim Taylor Signs
• Thompson Tents
• The Intelligencer
• Red Ball Radio
• Culligan
• Starbucks
• Belleville Art Association
• Bell

Thank you to everyone who brought with them an office supply to help offset United Way's administrative costs, thank you to Mark Philbin for emceeing the event and a huge thank you to Scott Gibson for sharing his story with us.

Please join us next week at out Quinte West Chili Luncheon put on by the Women's Auxiliary at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 110 from 11am to 2pm. And don't forget about our Seeing is Believing Tour at noon!