Raising $2M for Camp Trillium

At the annual Set Sail for Hope event every single penny raised goes to the children of Camp Trillium. How do they do it?

It’s rare. Very rare. But good. Spending $0 and raising $166,000 from one event, then sending every last penny of that to a group of local children struggling with cancer is no mean feat. And all this done against a backdrop of luxury yachts, gourmet food, and a uniquely upbeat charity event to which Toronto corporations and individuals enthusiastically divert their charitable giving.

A bunch of Toronto individuals with heart, that modestly describes themselves as a ‘rag-tag group’, has been volunteering their time for over 20 years to put on a mega-event that raises funds for worthy organizations. For more than a decade the beneficiary of Set Sail for Hope www.setsailforhope.com has been Camp Trillium www.camptrillium.com.

In all, the Set Sail for Hope crew has delivered close to $2 million for the benefit of children with cancer,  many of whose families face crippling economic challenges too. Set Sail for Hope helps the children and their families to experience rewarding summer camp experiences together. Sadly, for some of those children it may be their last summer.

2009 was a really tough year to be fund raising, with so many worthy causes and so much less charitable donation funding available from corporations and individuals. It was really hard on Camp Trillium too.

Fiona Fisher, Director of Fundraising at Camp Trillium said,”For Camp Trillium we are looking at this as a year of survival and hard work. We have lost more kids to cancer this year than any other year in our history. Every week I get an e-mail from our clinic coordinator telling me another child has passed away and every week I realize my life is so much easier even in recession than anyone of the children that go to our camps. I am lucky to be part of Set Sail for Hope and I thank you for all of your extra work this year to make the event a success and to ensure that Camp Trillium has money to send children living with cancer to camp.”

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