Our Steering Committee

We have all been involved in various aspects of community service over our careers and have come together as the Steering Committee for 100 People Who Care Brant.

• Shawna communicates with the charities, reviews and prequalifies all nominees, with a focus on community outreach. 

• Donna is our coordinator, maintaining documents, forms and voting system, and assists with digital content. 

• Kim is also involved in maintaining relationships with the local charities, and is our media liaison. 

• Andrea sets up our CanadaHelps fundraisers, collects members' cheques to deliver to the selected charity and keeps records of all donations. 

• Callum, with over 4 years of experience working in social media, creates digital magic for the group. 

• Kathleen, after a long career in education, brings robust organizational & communication skills to the committee.

• Jennifer manages memberships, responds to inquiries, and monitors our email inbox.

Together, we are a great team and we work very hard to make participation in the group as easy as possible for you. We are always happy to hear from you!

We thank founding member Susan Ritchie for her years of service on the Steering Committee; her vision and warm heart, and top notch interview skills guided our group to success.

 History of

100 People Who Care Brant

 In early 2021,  our founding members were moved to respond to the increasing need for help in the community, brought to the forefront by the effects of the global pandemic. Charities were struggling to finance a rapidly increasing need for services.

To the founders of 100 People Who Care Brant, their personal donations of $25 or even $100 dollars seemed like a tiny drop in a bucket overflowing with needs - and so they considered the question of how to turn their small ability to contribute individually into something larger, more meaningful and with greater impact in the community.

Their research quickly focused on the "100 Who Care" concept of collective philanthropy - yet the model of 100 people gathering together in a room for 1 hour to generate donations of $10,000 was not a perfect fit for the times nor our community. They decided to create one of the first entirely virtual "100 Who Care" chapters in the world, with all business done online. This online platform met the challenges that a pandemic created for group activities, and offered the appeal of a minimal time commitment for those with busy lives.

 In an effort to be more inclusive, membership was opened up to men and women of all ages, with varying levels of commitment starting at $75 annually, making participation more accessible to a wide range of financial abilities.

Membership quickly rose to more than 100 members, with the first cycle generating over $8,000 in donations to Food4Kids Brant-Haldimand. 100 People Who Care Brant is grateful for the continued generosity of our friends and neighbours in the Brant, Brantford and Six Nations community!