Do you, your family and friends, or a group you belong to want to do something special that benefits St. Michael’s and our patients? Why not organize a community fundraiser?

Your event can celebrate your own recovery or honour those you cared for you.  Your event can also raise funds and awareness for a specific area of need at our hospital. It’s a wonderful way to support St. Michael’s.

Getting Started

Here are some of the ways we can help you make your event a success. We can provide you with the following support:

• Offer advice on event planning 
• Provide a letter of support to validate the authenticity of the event  
• Promote your event on the Events page of the Foundation website 
• When possible, promote your event in Hospital and Foundation newsletters
• When possible, arrange for staff or volunteers to attend the event and/or accept a cheque presentation
• Issue tax receipts to individual donors in accordance with Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) guidelines
• Send letters of acknowledgement to businesses for their donations and sponsorships

Limitations of Foundation Support 

There are a few things we can't do to support your community event. Please note we cannot:

• Fund or reimburse any of the event expenses 
• Share our mailing list of donors or volunteers 
• Guarantee staff or volunteer support and/or attendance at your event 
• Provide applications for gaming licenses, permits, insurance 
• Provide prizes, auction items, awards
• Accept funds raised from Texas Hold ‘Em Poker events  

For more tips and insight on planning your event, please see our Event Guidelines and fill out our Community Event Proposal Form. Send your completed form to Lindsay Godbold GodboldL@smh.ca.  If you have questions, you can call Lindsay at at 416-864-5262. Thank you, and we look forward to hearing about your upcoming event to benefit St. Michael's!