• $50 = 20 x $2.40 kid’s bus ticket ($84 for a monthly pass), 5 bunches of bananas for after school snacks.
• $50 = 5 x 4-pack of kids’ socks for warm feet in the centre, 5 large packages of toilet paper or paper towels for the centre.
• $50 = 2 bags of fruit, 2 board games, paint for a large canvass, 4 painting tshirts.
• $50 Cereal and milk for a week, juice for one week at the centre, 3 paint canvasses for budding artists, a pair of warm mitts, a grocery gift card for one family to buy necessities.
• $100 Two basketballs, house plants for kids to tend, vegetables for after school snacks for one week.
• $150 The cost of a Christmas food box, with everything a family will need for a holiday meal. (halal or traditional turkey)
• $200 A toaster oven for easy after school prep – cheese toast, bagels.
• $250 Fresh fruit for 2 weeks’ worth of snacks, 2 pair of basketball sneakers, cleaning supplies for half of a year.
• $300 The cost of hosting an event for kids – a BBQ, Halloween, birthday, a cooking class, Pizza Friday, an art project for all to participate.
• $500 Kitchen supplies for cooking lessons, shelving for sports equipment storage, bedding plants and seeds for summer garden boxes, the monthly cost of a communications and social media contract worker/poster design and print.
• $800 A portable full sized piano keyboard for kids to take home to practice for their lessons. (needed: 4-6)
• $1000 A laptop for homework use (no limit to the number needed), drywall repair for “gently used walls”, 10 yoga mats for yoga and pilates classes.
• $1500 The total cost of sponsoring to register and transport one kid to and from club sports (basketball, soccer), who will otherwise not get to play, for a year, the cost of a new basketball hoop (needed: 4/year), one month salary of the snack and meal preparation and cooking instructor/youth worker.
• $2,000 Groceries for one month, one month salary of a daily sports coach employee. (4 hours/day)
• $10,000 The cost of one program for one year – sports, music, art, including materials and instruction, 2-month summer camp program staffing.
• $35,000 The annual cost of running the home, including upkeep.
• $400,000 The cost of purchasing a new home, in another neighborhood.

We are grateful for every contribution!