With the establishment of
this program as a state wide initiative, it is hoped that the
Councils of Ontario can provide the needed assistance to the two
chosen recipients and this event would qualify as a Community and
Youth program 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. The concept is similar to a tag day.
(See
Program Guidelines).
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.
Intent
to Participate Form - French Version
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 Final
Report Form. Funds raised will be shared
between the Council (40%) for their own charitable endeavours and
Ontario State (60%) which will then donate these funds to Special
Olympics Ontario.
Final
Report Form- French Version
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.