Raised:
$6,4708%Goal:
$75,000

Sault Ste. Marie

Hosted by The Ontario Finnish Resthome

15Walkers6Teams3Volunteers109Days Left

The Grand Parade is a family-friendly fundraiser walk that helps support local charities who serve and support seniors and their families across Canada. Team up, walk, and fundraise with us on Saturday, September 16, 2023!

Community Sponsors

Sault Ste. Marie (The Ontario Finnish Resthome) is super grateful for our fantastic 2023 sponsors! View all sponsors >

Arthur Funeral Home

Rest Stop Sponsor

Heritage Home Hardware

Community Sponsor

Specialty Furniture

Route Sponsor

Sault Ste. Marie Scoreboard

Are you thrashing the competition (for a good cause)? Find out here! Stats are updated every 15 minutes. See how you stack up on the national scoreboard >

Teams

Walkers

#	Team Name	Captain	Members	Raised
1	Funky Fingers	Heidi Schell	5	725.00
2	Foundation Fun-Raisers	Margaret Gardner	3	700.00
3	Puddingstone Paraders	Darcy Lillie	1	500.00
4	Piipster's Peeps	Karen E Piippo	1	500.00
5	Team Blue	Shirley Mantyla	2	400.00
6	Not Fast but Fabulous	Gisele MacKay	3	145.00

#	Name	Team Name	Donors	Raised
1	Karen E Piippo	Piipster's Peeps	1	500.00
2	Tarja Loewen	Foundation Fun-Raisers	2	500.00
3	Darcy Lillie	Puddingstone Paraders	1	500.00
4	Shirley Mantyla	Team Blue	2	400.00
5	Heidi Schell	Funky Fingers	1	300.00
6	Melissa Healey	Funky Fingers	1	300.00
7	Margaret Gardner	Foundation Fun-Raisers	1	200.00
8	Lianne Lavergne	Not Fast but Fabulous	3	145.00
9	Sinikka Dawson	Funky Fingers	3	125.00
10	Helina McGrath	Funky Fingers
11	Paul Belair	Team Blue
12	Christina Villeneuve	Funky Fingers
13	Chelsey Yourchuk	Foundation Fun-Raisers
14	Gisele MacKay	Not Fast but Fabulous
15	Jerri Payson	Not Fast but Fabulous

The Challenge

Got a big-hearted business, workplace, group, church, or community? Step up and join the Challenge to compete for your local pride in support of TGP. Check the National Challengeboard to see more!

Ontario Finnish Resthome$400.00Business > Health and Wellness

Ontario Finnish Resthome Association$145.00Business > Health and Wellness

About The Ontario Finnish Resthome

For the past 50 years, The Ontario Finnish Resthome has been the number one choice for senior accommodations, providing multi-level care and support services in an atmosphere that maintains the highest quality of care that is in a class of its own in the Sault Ste. Marie Area and District.

Our Foundation has raised millions to provide our residents with new equipment, recreational activities, upgrades to the facilities, and to support our capital campaigns.

With your support, you will be providing the residents with a new Long-term Care Home. According to the 2021 Canadian Census, there are currently 17,930 Saultites that are over the age of 65 – making up 25% of the population of Sault Ste. Marie. However, our city only has enough beds to accommodate 0.05% of them!

The funds raised on Sept. 16th with The Grand Parade will help supplement the cost of new furnishings and assistive devices for this new home. The Ministry of Health only covers a portion of the basic costs of this project including the basic construction, equipment and in room furniture.

With our fundraising effort, we will be able to give our residents a home that is better than basic, such as improved infection control furniture that is both comfortable and accessible for the residents and their families, top of the line equipment that will benefit both residents and staff, and additional Recreational Therapy equipment that will ensure an optimal quality of the life for the residents.

Be a part of our “Homes with a Heart” by joining in the Grand Parade. Be a captain, form a team, reach out to families and friends and raise money to support the residents of OFRA today – because your heart makes it their home!