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TIES Charity Information Return for 2022
TIES submitted our T3010, Registered Charity Information Return to the CRA for the year 2022. That return can now be viewed on the CRA Charities Directorate website. Here’s the link to the TIES Quick View page: TIES CRA Quick View Every registered charity in Canada must file this return annually, or risk losing their registered … Read more
TIES Projects – 2022 Impact Report
We recently provided our major donor, Viaduct Foundation, with an impact report outlining the benefits that TIES delivered to students through four education projects in three developing countries. The text from the Impact Summary of the report is quoted below. A nicely formatted PDF version of the entire report with some highlight pictures is available … Read more
Holiday Thank-you and Draw Entry
We were going to post a “Happy Holidays” message from TIES, but one of our Kenya University Scholarships recipients, Nellius, sent us a video that says it all more eloquently than we could: In case you don’t have time to watch the whole clip (it’s only 1:44 long!), here is the key message: I do … Read more
Newsletter Sign-up Promotion II !
Text the word “DRAW” to 604 628-0506 We’ve made it even easier to enter our TIES newsletter sign-up draw for a Pure Serenity Spa gift certificate from Sabai Thai Spa. Just text “draw” to the number above and receive the link to the entry form right on your phone. Our second newsletter sign-up promotion is … Read more
Giving Tuesday on GlobalGiving
On Giving Tuesday, we wanted to share this great email from Global Giving. We would love it if you donated to the first project on their list (our very own TIES Kenya Scholarships Project), but there are many worthy causes to support on this inspiring day. Donate + help us give away $1 million this … Read more
Become a TIES Scholarship Sponsor!
For Giving Tuesday this year (November 29, 2022) we’d like to ask you to become a sponsor of a TIES scholarship recipient. TIES currently has scholarship programs in two less developed countries: The best way to sponsor a student is via a monthly donation: Visit our Donate page for further details, or use the PayPal … Read more
Renewed Support for the Sierra Leone Afterschool Project
TIES is renewing its support for the Sierra Leone Afterschool Project delivered by CAUSE Canada in the Koinadugu District of Sierra Leone in western Africa. CAUSE is tripling the size of of the program to provide assistance to 1,152 students to improve their math and literacy scores. TIES will provide funding to buy additional RACHELs … Read more