Donate to Tyndale St-Georges Community Centre

Tyndale St-GeorgesCommunity Centre has been selected as CBC Montreal'scharitythis holiday season.

Throughout December, CBC will collaborate with Tyndale St-Georges to showcase stories of people in our communitywho are making a difference.

About Tyndale St-Georges Community Centre

Since 1927, Tyndale St-Georges Community Centre has provided empowering educational programming for residents of Little Burgundy from birth through adulthood. Programs range from early literacy programs to life skills training for adults. Their aim is to ensure that each member of the community has the opportunity and skills needed to realize their potential.

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"Being selected as one of CBC's charities is an absolute privilege and honour", says Shauna Joyce, the centre's executive director. "It has been a challenging year for many people and we want the Little Burgundy community to know that, more than ever, we are here".

How you can help

Tyndale St-Georges Community Centre is currently running a125K Matching Gift Campaignto help recoup the lost revenue from fundraising events canceled because of the Coronavirus pandemic. The campaign runsuntil December 31, 2020. Anyone who donates during the month of December automatically gets entered into a draw to win a pair of CBC Socks.

In addition to monetary donations, these are the kinds of other itemsTyndale St-Georgeswould love to receive:

• New children's books for their Children's Library Tyndale St-Georges Children's Library.
• New winter clothingfor children 0 to adolescence. These would be given to participants in their programs in need of winter clothes as well as children of the adult participants at Tyndale's Adult Centre.
• School supplies to use at the centre and also to give out toyoung participants of the centre's programs.
• Pre-prepared food baskets that the centre could give out to their adult andsenior participants as gifts.

For details on how to give, please contact Tina Naim attinanaim@tyndalestgeorges.com

Raffles - your chance to win 2 airline tickets OR a piece of costume jewelry from Schitt$ Creek!

Another way to support Tyndale St-Georges is through buying a raffle ticket. You could winfor a pairofAir Canada Economy Class tickets, donated by theAir Canada Foundation. The airline tickets are valid until December, 2021.

Deadline to purchase tickets is 11:59 p.m. on December 31st 2020. TyndaleSt-Georges will randomly select the lucky winner January 4th 2021.

Enter the Air Canada rafflehere.

Also up for grabs is a brooch was worn by Catherine O'Hara on the CBC Television seriesSchitt'sCreek. The Cartier knock-offhas been generously donatedby series costume designer Debra Hanson in support of Tyndale St-Georges Community Centre.Hanson received an Emmy award for her costume design in the contemporary costume design category in 2020 for her work onSchitt's Creek.

Enter the Schitt$Creek raffle here.

For more CBC stories about Tyndale St-Georges Community Centre, click here.