Hello everyone! We’d first like to sincerely thank those that cast votes for StopGap during the second qualifying round of the Aviva Community Fund Competition. We amassed more than 800 votes but came up short to be selected as a semifinalist… BUT… we have another chance! The third and final qualifying round began November 12, …
This past Monday Michael and I were interviewed on CBCs Metro Morning with Matt Galloway. We are incredibly grateful for this amazing opportunity to share our story with such a huge audience. Click here to listen to the interview!
Hey everyone! We are competing for a chance to win some cash from the Aviva Community Fund. The competition is based on a voting system, the more votes you get the better your chances are of winning! You can vote once per day so if you’ve got a couple of spare moments in each day …
Here are some photos that we have received from Lori Montcalm of Cranbrook British Columbia. Lori was inspired to take on her own Ramp Project in Cranbrook after she caught Michael and I talking about the initiative on Canada A.M. back in July. We are over the moon, our campaign has spread wings! Congratulations Lori, …
We have some incredibly exciting news to share on this Thanksgiving weekend holiday Monday, it goes really well with pumpkin pie… oh soooooo sweet! Last week Toronto City Council passed a motion supporting the StopGap initiative, it was past on Wednesday in a unanimous vote. The motion was proposed by Ward 10 Councillor James Pasternak …
Thank you Erin Hatfield from the Parkdale Liberty Villager for writing such a great piece about The Ramp Project in Ronces! Follow the link below to the article. http://www.zuza.com/news-story/1311402-bright-ramps-on-roncesvalles-remove-built-barriers/
My good friends Justin and Kara got hitched at the end of August in Saskatchewan, I made the trek with my buds Laura, Mike and Anna. We flew into Regina and took a cab (I’ll explain why we took a cab in another post… it’s quite the saga) to Thompson Lake which is about 2 1/2 hours outside …
Here’s an article that was recently featured in the Cranbrook Daily Townsman: September 14, 2012 Annalee Grant It was a simple shopping trip that inspired Lori Montcalm to take action. Lori was forced to wait outside earlier this summer as her visiting family toured local shops. They rushed through so they didn’t leave her waiting …
What a weekend! Some were skeptical but we did it – 43 ramps built, painted and delivered! We’d like to give our sincere thanks to Pollock’s Home Hardware for providing all of the materials for this humongous ramp project – our biggest one to date! We are incredibly thankful for the amazing volunteer crew from …
We are anxiously anticipating the kick-off to our biggest ramp project yet, The Roncesvalles Ramp Project! We will be building approximately 70 ramps for Ronces Avenue businesses. Our plan is to construct all of the ramps on Saturday and paint them on Sunday, weather permitting. Swing by our booth on Sunday and throw down a …