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Kilos of Coins Campaign |
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Our Kilos of Coins Campaign has now been retired.
Our Kilos of Coins Campaign originated in the fall
of 2010 and
started with the participation of several schools located in Renfrew and the immediate
vicinity: Renfrew Collegiate Institute, St. Joseph's High School, Queen Elizabeth
School, St. Thomas The Apostle School, Our Lady of Fatima School, Admaston Public School and The Christian
School.
The idea was to see how many pounds / kilos of spare change
we could collect. The official weigh-in took place at our 2010 Telethon on
an industrial scale furnished by Scott's Hardware.
It seems that the general public also embraced this campaign
and brought coins by the kilos to the telethon and also dropped them off at the Sunshine
Coach Offices. As a result, we managed to collect a whopping 183
pounds or 83.2 kilos of coins at the telethon. In addition, following the telethon
more donations arrived at our offices. After all was said and done, the coins
were counted and rolled resulting in an impressive $1355.06 being added to the telethon
total.
Our Kilos of Coins Campaign for 2011 much to our delight,
managed to better last year's total in all categories. We managed to collect
213 pounds or 96.8 kilos of coins which translated into a total of $1426.44.
Our Kilos of Coins Campaign for 2012 weighed-in at an
impressive 257 lbs / 116.82 kilos. The final total amount raised was $1442.67.
Our Kilos of Coins Campaign for 2013 weighed-in at a respectable (for the
post-pennies era) 157 lbs / 71.36 kilos. The final total amount raised was
$1,408.45.
Our Kilos of Coins Campaign for 2014 weighed-in at an impressive 128 lbs
/ 58.2 kilos. The final total amount raised was $1,185.66.
Our Kilos of Coins Campaign for 2015 weighed-in at 143.5 lbs / 65.2 kilos.
The final record-breaking total amount raised was $1,886.72.
All of the money raised goes directly towards ensuring that
the Sunshine Coach Service remains viable and that our fares are kept affordable
for everyone who needs the service on a daily basis to ensure maximum accessibility
to everything that our great community has to offer.
Watch for our distinctive cans to appear in selected locations
around the Town of Renfrew and the surrounding area as we set
out to break the impressive record set in our initial Kilos of Coins campaigns.
Clean out those wells in your vehicle where coins always seem to collect, turn over
your couch seat cushions, toss the coins from your pockets into a coffee can all
through the year but especially the month of October. However you do it, by all means come on out to the Raqdiothon and weigh-in. |
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