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Knights of Columbus

Ontario State Council

393 Rymal Road West
Suite #201
Hamilton, Ontario
L9B 1V2

Phone: (905) 388-2731      Toll Free: 1-800-759-0959      Fax: (905) 388-8738
Website address: http://www.ontariokofc.ca/

 

The Tootsie Roll® Fund Raising Event was initiated 2005 by Ontario State Council as an endeavour in support of Special Olympics Ontario and Catholic Missions in Canada.


This programme has been very successful for years all over the United States and in particular with our own Council # 4386 Holy Family in Windsor in support of those with developmental handicaps.

With the establishment of this program as a state wide initiative, it is hoped that the Council s of Ontario can provide the needed assistance to the two chosen recipients and this event would qualify as a Community, Youth and Church programme for the Columbian Service Award.

 The project involves Council members going out into the community, offering Tootsie Rolls® to the public in exchange for a donation. (See Programme Guidelines) The concept is similar to a tag day.

Councils are asked to do the following:

  • Notify State Office that they wish to conduct an event by filling out and sending the “Intent to Participate Form” to the State Office . They will also indicate on the form if they wish to purchase smocks for the event. These will be sent and invoiced from State Office.
  • The State Office will then send out an official Order Form which the council is complete and send directly to    Tootsie Roll® Canada , with the other copies to the noted recipients.
  • Upon receipt of the product, the council will conduct the drive and report their success with the Report Forms. Funds raised will be shared between the Council (30%) for their own charitable endeavours and Ontario State (70%) which will then donate these funds in equal portions to Special Olympics Ontario and the Catholic Missions in Canada .

  This program should be incorporated with your regular Council Surge with Service activities for the upcoming fraternal year. The potential for this program is great; the more Council s participating, the more funds that can be raised and we can continue our history of service to the Church and the Community.