All physical items (i.e. anything that is not a gift certificate or gift card) should be dropped off at Bent Fink-Jensen's house at 1202 Owen Court in Oakville. Please call Bent first at 905-842-8861 so he can be prepared to greet you. This may change once we have a warehouse location. 

 

 

 

All gift cards or gift certificates should be dropped off at Bob Gardner's house at 2359 Westoak Trails Blvd. in Oakville. The driveway is off of Proudfoot Trail and there is a receptacle at the side door where you can leave your cards or certificates.  Please text or call Bob at 416-704-5748 to let him know that you are leaving or have left items. 

 

Are your loyalty points about to expire? If so, here is an easy and effective way support the auction and you do not have to even leave your home.

 

We all know it’s been a tough year, what with Covid and all its consequences. It has been particularly difficult for our club to raise money, since RIBFEST, our major fundraiser was cancelled. It has tasked us to find innovative ways to raise funds. So here is an idea that you can do to support the ROTARY ONLINE AUCTION.

 

How many of us plan to travel in the next six months to a year? Very Few. Yet we all have Loyalty points of one kind or another, AND SOME OF THOSE LOYALTY POINTS ARE GOING TO EXPIRE BEFORE WE CAN USE THEM.

Why not use them to purchase gift cards you can donate to the auction…..?

 

Most Rotarians and their friends have accumulated tens of thousands of points, and these are not being cashed for travel, etc. due to COVID.  Some will expire soon without being utilized.  So, the Procurement team is encouraging Rotarians and their friends to cash these points for $100 or $50 store gift cards: Home Hardware, The Bay, Food Basics, etc. and donate them to the Rotary Auction. Bidders / purchasers of these cards will help our Club raise funds, as well as support local businesses.

The process for cashing loyalty points is quite straight forward. 

Do it today and help make our auction a success. Remember – We can’t turn ‘Action’ into a ‘Auction’ without “U!”

 

For any questions regarding this, please contact Mary Jane Howie, Ken Coulter or Raj Phalpher

 

 

“ Bag Lady International”

September 1, 2019 to September 1, 2020

 

This Report is designed to give our members of RCOT, an understanding of the operations of “Bag Lady International".

 

Suppliers of clothing, shoes, household items:

           Mark’s  (2 stores) 

           Winners and HomeSense  (3 stores)

           Marshall’s (1)

          

Number of bags collected: 126 (down 76% from last year due largely to Covid and 3 months of no bags)

                                             For over 3 months it was also a challenge to store 18 bags as the reception agencies

                                             were also closed!!

Estimated Value: $50,400.00 - $60,000.00  (estimated bag value $400-$500.00)

 

Transport from Suppliers to the Sorting Centre:

            Kathy Scantlebury,

            Jim Campbell 

 

Location of Sorting Centre:

            208 Watson Ave

 

            Kathy Scantlebury

            Kathy’s Mother 

 

Agencies receiving clothing and supplies:

             Interval House (Almonte)

            Youth Centre (Almonte)

            The Tomato Ladies  (Oakville)

            Toronto’s Out of the Cold Program through Eastminister Church

            St. Vincent de Paul (Hamilton)

            Guatemala and Honduras thought Bruce Friesen (36 bags)

            Oakville Safety Net

 

Transportation to agencies:

           Betty Pristol

          

Restrictions: None of the donated items can be sold by the receiving agencies or individuals.

           

This year’s Budget: $ 0

 

Kathy Scantlebury   “Chair of the Bag Lady Board“