NETraisers
Quick Tidbits About Recent NETraisers
Jeik , Grade 6 student at Cocopah Middle School, donated $180.00, which was his lunch money for one year! “I hope my money helps a lot of famliies prevent malaria in Uganda,” said Jeik.
Nelly, brother of Jeik, and Grade 9 student at Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona, also donated $180.00. Nelly said, “Stephanie Meyer, author of the book, Twilight, went to school here. To help the people in Uganda fight malaria with nets, I saved up my lunch money everyday since last year.” I hope my moeny helps a lot families fight malaria.”
Anna & Edward C. Churchill Foundation BofD grant $3,000 to Buy-A-Net!
“I was deeply touched by your speech, and very impressed with the actions undertaken by your organization to fight Malaria in Uganda,” states Robert Bomba, AVP, The United Health Care Professionals of Montreal, QC. Mr. Bomba personally netted a village with a $350.00 gift!
St. Annes Council of Women (CWL) donated $350 and net a village!
Children at Ecole Joseph-Amedee-Be-langer of St. Jean Sur Richelieu, QC, raised $126.40!
Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, June 2009 Annual Convention, raised approximately $40,000 for nets and medicines. Linda Silas, President, CFNU states, “We are proud to support initiatives started by Canadian nurses. We firmly believe this initiative (Buy-A-Net) is addressing the urgent population health needs related to malaria prevention….together, we can make a difference.”
Anglican Church Women , Diocese of Ontario, contributed to net a village!
Shirley Rayer of Deseronto, at her 2nd Annual Summer Garage Sale, raised $1,750!
Karen Grandy of Bridgewater, NS, at Sue Hinton’s Retirement Brunch raised $616!
In celebration of Michael’s 10th birthday, Michael netted a village!
St. Martha Catholic School, Kingston, raised over $1,500.00 through the year long “Teacher Dress-Down Toonie Fridays”.
Jubilee Elementary School, raised over $900 for Buy-A-Net Malaria Prevention Group. Jubilee Elementary School is the first elementary school in Québec to raise funds.
St. Luke’s Anglican church in Kingston supports Buy-A-Net at the 14th annual choir Festival Advent celebration.
St. Mary’s Catholic School, Trenton raises $1500 for Buy-A-Net. Students, staff and St. Peter Parish members donated during Lent.
New Brunswick nurses union, local # 39 at the Oromocto Public Hospital nearly net two villages.
Town of Goderich, Ontario support Buy-A-Net in celebration World Malaria Day by netting a village.
In celebration of Girl Guides Canada’s ” World Thinking Day” : theme “stop the spread of AIDS, malaria and other diseases” Girl Guides across Canada support Buy-a-Net,
Kingston & Winnipeg Girl Guiders have raised enough money to net nearly 2 villages.
Thank you Girl Guides for “Thinking” and learning about the effects Malaria has on our world, and for saving lives from malaria.
Canadian Nursing Students Association nets a village.
Saskatchewan Union of Nurses Local #66 , supports Buy-A-Net at their Christmas Party.
St. John’s Sunday school nets two villages!
New Brunswick nurses union raises over $6,000 in support of Buy-A-Net.
Oxford learning Center raises nets 7 villages in Kawempe at 2nd Annual Art Exhibition 2009.
Jr. CUPE member, Buys a Net, and Save Lives at the 46th Annual CUPE Convention held in Toronto, ON, 2009.
Colleen, Past-President, CWL, Diocese of Thunder Bay issued a challenge to all councils and raised over $10,000! Many of the councils reported to Past-President, Colleen that they were bringing the project to other areas within their community. Thank you, CWL Thunder Bay for your support and “paying it forward”.
Nova Scotia Nurses Union raised over $7,000 netting 20 villages.
Vanier College Nursing Students Raised over 1,400.
Rod Roy Ski & Snowboard School in Pierrefonds, Quebec raised 1108.00 by challenging it members.
NETraising Stories
Assumption School, Vanier, Ontario
Students raise $570.07, with a penny drive. “When the pennies started rolling in, the kids enthusiasm grew! Our penny drive was huge success. The students were proud to be helping other famliies in Uganda.”
St. Anne’s Roman Catholic Church
January 12, 2009
(Rev.) Fr. Damian S. Ali heard about Buy-A-Net through ladies from the Parish who attend the Catholic Women’s League Convention. “After hearing about Buy-A-Net, we decided that this was a project St. Anne’s Parish could support.” Fr. Damian promoted Buy-A-Net for the pulpit and in the parish bulletin. In one weekend, $2,068.75 was raised = about 345 nets = over 1380 people protected from malaria!
Megan from Kingston
December 1, 2008
Megan from Kingston, Ontario celebrated her 9th birthday and has raised $125 for Buy-A-Net, protecting more than 80 people!
Shelby from Edson
December 1, 2008
Shelby from Edson, Alberta suggested that her friends contribute to BUY-A-NET in lieu of gifts for her birthday party. Shelby raised enough money for 25 nets, protecting as many as 100 people from Malaria.
Mary Marriott
Mary Marriott (left) and Carol Rogers (right), who took in donations
Mary Marriott from Kingston, Ontario, retired in July 2008
Instead of asking for gifts, she instead asked her friends to donate money to BUY-A-NET in the celebration of her retirement. Over 100 people donated, raising $6,531.21. Together, they raised enough to net 19 villages and saved 4,000 people from malaria.
Hannah from Kingston
December 1, 2008
Hannah from Kingston, Ontario celebrated her 13th birthday on September 27th 2008. Inviting all her classmates to come to her dance in her backyard, instead of gifts she asked for a small donation to BUY-A-NET. Dancing under tents, because of a light rain! She & her guests raised $300! Because of her thoughtfulness, she has protected almost 200 people from Malaria with a bed net.
Helping Hands in Ottawa
October 9, 2008
Helping Hands, an Ottawa based group of caring individuals, led by Andy McAfee (2nd from left), organized a fundraiser at Lone Star restaurant in support of BUY-A-NET Malaria Prevention Group and an Ethiopian charity known as Little Voices. “It’s an honour to help good groups like these,” said Andy. The evening was fun with a silent auction offering great items such as Sens and Habs tickets and cottage stays in PEI. It was a great success with great food and kind people.
$11,000.00 was raised and shared with BUY-A-NET. Helping Hands netted 17 villages!
Rotary Shares
September 29, 2008
“Our membership were quite insistent that we assist you in your work. It is not often that I see that type of reaction from a single presentation. The Rotary International theme for 2007-2008 was ‘Rotary Shares’ and we are pleased that we can share in your fine work.”
Colin, Rotary President
Winnipeg
Mother Barb
September 29, 2008
“Our 5 yr old son passed away 7 yrs ago… it is our tradition to choose a charitable cause that helps children as our way to remember Sean.” (A village was netted in Sean’s memory )
Mother Barb
Manitoba Nurses Union
July 17, 2008
Manitoba Nurses Union (MNU) has joined the war on malaria with their contribution of $16,416.13 for nets in Uganda! MNU believes that as a united team, we can beat malaria! You can learn more about the MNU by visiting Manitoba Nurses Union online.
Seven Oaks Nurses Union
July 17, 2008
Seven Oaks Nurses Union Local 72 Of the Manitoba Nurses Union. Secretary Treasurer, Maria Jonker, notes, “we present you this cheque for $542, 1 dollar for each of our members, towards buying nets and saving lives.”
St. Francis of Assisi
July 14, 2008
Jule Angione and the St. Francis of Assisi Leader’s Today raised $280.00!
The Grade 7 and 8 students in the Leader’s Today program at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Elementary School in Newcastle, Ontario asked students to bring in $0.50 each to reach their goal of $200.00 for nets.
With the dedication of the students, announcements and posters, and a teacher who volunteered to ride his stationary bike outside the office all day, the goal was surpassed!
Congratulations and great job!
Shirley Rayer of Deseronto
July 8, 2008
Shirley Rayer (3rd from left) of Deseronto, Ontario, held a garage sale for Buy-A-Net, June 27, 2008.
Joined by Rose O’Brien, President, Deseronto CWL (left), Debra Lefebvre, Founder, and Dr. Martin Nkundeki, Board Member visiting from Uganda, showed up to give their support! Over $1,500.00 was raised for Buy-A-Net!
No LACK of Love
May 30, 2008
A story of kids saving kids.
I (Nancy Stevens) work with a wonderful woman, Mary Ellen Porteous, and she has amazing grandchildren. The kids came up with an idea with their granny to save pennies, nickels and dimes, and give it to children who lack. SO they decided to call it: Nana’s LACK Project.Ironically, each letter in the word LACK stands for the kids names, Logan, Angie, Connor and Katie. SO, Nana went home to tell the kids about a girl that she works with,who volunteers with the BUY-A-NET project. SO the kids rolled the change, and have given BAN the $100 from their Lack Project to saves the lives of children in Uganda.
Dr. Leyton Nets a Village
May 18, 2008
Although this was a one-time ‘launch’ association, Dr. Leyton intends to continue to support Buy-A-Net, as he believes there is a connection in a way i.e. sleeping peacefully because you have a net over you protecting you from malaria, whereas in this country it is usually our thoughts that keep us awake, and my sleep CD deals with this.
Dr. Leyton raised $372 from the launch, enough to protect more than a village in Uganda from malaria at a 90% rate of protection.
Edward Leyton MD FCFP CGPP
Integrative Medicine
Nutrition – Hypnosis – Psychotherapy
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
www.integrativemedicineclinic.ca
Queens University Medical
April 22, 2008
Meredith Davidson, first year medical student at Queens said the following about a recent BAN Event:
Saturday evening, a group of Queen’s medical students hosted “Kingstons Night Under a Net” to raise money for Buy-A-Net. The event took place at the Radisson Hotel (who generously donated their lovely Habourshadows Ballroom) and featured a silent auction, DJ Louis Furtado and a great crowd of enthusiastic students and faculty.
Meredith Davidson
Oxford Learning
April 7, 2008
Oxford Learning Kingston held a silent auction to raise money for BUY-A-NET. The artwork auctioned was created by the students at the centre. The auction was held at a local Chapters book store.
Many thanks to all of you who came out for opening night! We’re well on our way to achieving AND SURPASSING our fundraising goal… Buy a painting, save a life!
Danielle LaPointe, Oxford Learning Kingston Director
Oxford Learning students are helping children in Uganda tell malaria-infected mosquitoes to buzz off by raising funds for Buy A Net, a charitable organization that supplies bed netting and medicines to families in Africa…
All participating Oxford Learning students will set a personal reading goal and strive to read a pre-determined number of books during throughout the month of April. “Read-A-Thon students feel empowered by their reading goals”, said Emma Cecchin of Oxford Learning Byron “They know that by simply reading books at home, their actions help students in a less fortunate country have a better quality of life.”
Canadian Nurses Association
March 22, 2008
Update: The Canadian Nurses Association has demonstrated their commitment to saving lives from malaria. At the Centennial Celebration of the Canadian Nurses Association in Ottawa, June 2008, over $25,000.00 was raised for nets in Uganda! Canadian nurses make Canada and the world a better place! Nurses are the change!
The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) is very pleased to inform you of our endorsement of the BUY-A-NET Malaria Prevention initiative. By endorsing this initiative, CNA acknowledges the important contribution of BUY-A-NET as a direct mechanism for the prevention of Malaria deaths in Uganda. This endorsement also expresses our willingness to support this initiative publicly.
The BUY-A-Net Malaria Prevention initiative, led by a dedicated group of volunteer Canadian Registered Nurses, contributes to the advancement of CNA’s Vision for Registered Nurses to be leaders and partners working to advance health for all. The initiative further supports CNA’s Goal five, to advance international health policy and development in Canada and abroad to support global health and equity. The leadership role of registered nurses in the initiative, in Canada and in Uganda, is an important element that stands to contribute to professional exchange and support of the nursing profession in Uganda as the project builds.
CNA has a 30-year history of advancing the nursing profession internationally, a programme that generally focuses on strengthening nursing leadership capacity in resource- poor countries so that nurses address and advocate for improved health, health system and nursing priorities. Through multiple interventions that include education, advocacy and the provision of nets, we firmly believe this initiative, BUY-A-NET, is addressing the urgent population health needs related to malaria prevention while standing to build an important professional platform that strengthens and sustains the results of this initiative.
We look forward to remaining abreast of developments and, where possible, supporting this very important initiative.
Museum of Health Care
February 22, 2008
Special thanks to Paul Robertson, Curator
The Museum of Health Care hosted our very own Debra Lefebvre on February 21, 2008, for a presentation on Malaria.
Amnesty Intl. Concordia
February 21, 2008
Helen Downie of Amnesty International Concordia, organized a benefit concert to raise money to help in fight to prevent Malaria. The concert was open to the public and ticket proceeds were donated. Local and upcoming artists performed at the event.
Canadian Federation of Nurses Union
September 10, 2008
Linda Silas, President, of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Union (CFNU) presented BUY-A-NET with $6,000.00 for nets in Uganda. The CFNU is a national voice for nurses, and they have spoken loud and clear that they want to save lives from malaria!
A Proud Father
September 29, 2008
Chris, a father in Ottawa, is very proud of his boys, Noah and Isaac, and shares this story:
Hi guys,
I wanted to share with you the fundraising story of my son, Noah.
He’s 10 years old, and knows what bed nets means for the health of kids in Africa. In the past couple of years, he and his older son Isaac have run a Backyard Fair each fall and raised $200-300 for bed nets.
We live in Ottawa and one of the local events is called Westfest which is a large community event in west-central Ottawa. They allow buskers, and Noah decide this year to use his Magic Sticks to raise funds for bed nets. In a few hours he raised $108 which is coming your way by check (to avoid the 3% visa charge). He hung in there even when he was getting blisters on his hands.
For me as his father it was amazing experience watching him do this. I am enormously proud of him, and he’s proud of himself, and his service to others. He knows exactly what this means for kids in Africa.
Attached are some pictures of Noah in action.
Thanks
~ Chris
Bayridge Secondary School
September 29, 2008
BAYRIDGE Secondary School students net villages
My husband and I told the students in a little flyer that we will distributing nets to villages in Uganda with ‘BUY-A-NET’ and we challenged the students to net an entire village. The students brought in $6.00 (some bought more nets) in an envelope, and we raised enough to net 3 villages!
Thanks,
Brenda, Teacher, and Gr. 9 Geo Class