Progress on our Fundraising Goal of $50,000.00
Circles for Reconciliation (CFR) is announcing a “Fundraising for Reconciliation Efforts Campaign” to continue with our circle activities and events.
The landscape is changing fast for reconciliation efforts and all non-profits. On January 16th, 2025 CFR received two emails within 1.25 minutes of each other, indicating our project was not selected for continuous support funding. The total of these two grants were one million dollars for three years of core and growth funding. Our organization was shocked as we were patiently waiting most of the 2024 year to hear back from these partners. Then this sad news came our way.
This unexpected and devastating turn of events has created a temporary cash flow crunch for our operations as we await the outcome of pending grant applications. Word is expected sometime in July, 2025.
June 23, 2025
A heartfelt thank you to Canada Life!
Circles for Reconciliation is incredibly grateful for Canada Life’s generous $20,000 donation. This support comes at a critical moment while we await crucial grant decisions in July 2025, allowing us to regain our normal momentum in the reconciliation journey so many are waiting to begin.
Thank you, Canada Life, your support makes a difference.
Donations totalling $2763.63 have also been received.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to our special fundraiser as we continue in our reconciliation efforts!
It’s been necessary to lay-off a Circle Coordinator and cut-back hours for another. They are dedicated and committed to coordinating the circles’ activities that so many are waiting patiently for their journey. There have been 158 Circles held since 2016 and 20 Facilitator Training Sessions . We all work virtually from our homes, so there are no overhead expenses. We are still maintaining our regular circle activities at a reduced pace with utilizing valuable time, skill and energy donations from our volunteers. The good news for everyone is that we are continuing to plan for our biggest annual event, our National Indigenous Peoples Day Community Barbeque in June!
This immediate fundraising need is for bridging the gap to enable our ongoing activities to move forward in their normal timeframes.
Your legacy donations of any size will make a huge impact and allow us to foster important relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. They will continue advancing reconciliation through proven pathways.
Our track record from over nine years of growth demonstrates that our core approach of facilitating balanced Talking Circles between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people is a personal way to bring minds and hearts together to initiate that all important change and unity through our reconciliation process.
The TRC Commissioners wrote: “Survivors told us that Canadians must learn about the history of residential schools in ways that change both minds and hearts.” (page 234). Bringing these words to life is a large-scale systemic transformation!
Welcome to our journey and a heartfelt “Thank you in advance for your contribution that means so much to many Indigenous and non-Indigenous people creating deep and relational commitments to one another”.
Mínwastá Kákike (to repair forever)
Circles for Reconciliation Team Members.
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