Donations in Memory

Denise Shular

We've written before about both Isabelle Robinson, and Denise Shular, but today I want to share with you how these sisters both continue to give back to our community.  Denise & Peter recently sold their home and moved into an apartment complex in town.  It was important to Auntie (great in my case) to repay a loan that Isabelle had long forgotten about.  Denise wrote a cheque and asked me to deliver it to her sister in Calgary, which I did.  After seeing it, and reading the letter, Isabelle looked and me and said "I don't remember this, I don't need it."

Isabelle Robinson

Isabelle decided to donate the money back to the Golden & District Community Foundation, in the Crandlemire-Keenleyside Family Legacy Fund.  This $3,000 gift takes our families fund to just a few thousand dollars short of $30,000.  This amount will see our fund able to provide an approximate grant to the community of $1,500 annually.




With Auntie Denny's recent passing, we wanted to share with you the power of this gift.  Auntie Denny, through Isabelle, will be giving back to Golden now and forever.  Donations in Memory of others can be a powerful way to give back and I am so thankful for the gracious example of generosity these sisters have shown us.


To make a donation to the Fund, click here.

Billy

Since my Nanny passed away last month, my mom and I have been thinking a lot about what kind of donation to the community would best suit her.  We've worked out that a direct donation to the Durand Manor's garden project and to the local Hospice Society (which is not a registered charity), will do the most good in the short term.

In the long term, while she wasn't a Crandlemire, or a Keenleyside, I'm going to make a donation in her name to our Family Fund.  I really believe in the long term impact that the Foundation can make in Golden, and know that charities like Interior Health, or others, can apply for grants in the future - so the money can keep on working for her, for us, and for our Golden.

Sending you all lots of love!
Jessie

If you're thinking of making a donation to the Foundation - you can click on the Donate Now button below and be taken to our unique Family Fund donation page.

Happy New Year!

Mom Leads the Way!

It's that time family, when we really try to grow our fund to celebrate Grandpa's birthday.  We set a Big, Audacious Goal back in February to get to $22,000.  Today, Mom (variously known as Grandma, G-Ma, Ev, and Dear mother, best mother in the world) made her gift of $500.  We don't have to wait to the last day, if this is the gift you choose for Christmas or Birthdays this year.

I'm also glad to tell you all, that the GDCF included our first grant to the Durand Manor Fence project.  Also funded was the Legion Furnace (Dad was happy about that one) and the Local Intelligence Project.

Dean Crandlemire at the Golden, BC Hospital

Here's a few more photo's from Aunty Isabelle's collection of Great Grandpa Dean at the Golden, BC Hospital.

Dean Crandlemire, Chairman of the Hospital

I don't have a date from this newspaper clipping - but here's Great Grandpa Dean having the first X-ray exposure from the Golden General Hospital's brand new X-ray machine.

Thank you!

If you have just recently stumbled upon our family's blog, welcome!

You have probably found this page because you recently made a donation to the Crandlemire-Keenleyside Family Legacy fund within the  Golden & District Community Foundation (GDCF) and we would like to thank you.

Thank-you! From all of us!

In 2012 our family came together to create a donor advised fund to honor our grandparents (and great grandparents) legacy in Golden, BC.  All principal donations are held in trust within the Golden & District Community Foundation (GDCF) and the interest is granted to charitable programs within the community that are in support of health & wellness.  We have found that by donating this way, the money keeps working – and works collectively – to bring more and more long-term funding to our community.

As of November, 2017 the fund currently has a value of approximately $27,000.   Your donation has helped us move towards our current goal of reaching a total fund value of $30,000 which means that the GDCF can donate a grant of approximately $1,500 annually in our families names.

Thank you!

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