Holiday Tree Auction
Join us for an annual joyful event that will guarantee smiles. BIG SMILES! The 26th Annual Holiday Tree Auction is Thursday December 3, and this year, it will be held virtually. As always, TWELVE trees will be decorated at the Victoria Inn with safety and remaining socially distant in mind. The trees will be prepared for delivery to families, and beneath them, gifts-a-plenty!
The auction will be held online via Zoom. Log in from home or the office (they might be the same place!) using the following information. You can enter the webinar style auction at https://zoom.us/join When prompted, continue with the following.
In the area marked MEETING ID, enter the following: 204-761-5652
The password is UWAuction
We can’t wait to see what the trees and mountains of gifts look like, and we know you will love them. The families that get them will love them even more, and your generosity in making that happen is the most beautiful gift one can give. #unitedforcommunityrecovery #uwbdn #wearecommunity #locallove
Annual Community Fun Lunch
We NEED something fun! So let’s DO something fun!
Be part of the Annual Fun Lunch on November 20th, 2020. It starts with curbside pickup of your lunch at the Victoria Inn & Conference Centre (3550 Victoria Ave, Brandon), and is followed by an hour of fun and laughs with a special United Way web based broadcast. Link provided with purchase of lunch.
$20/person (includes spaghetti dinner, breadstick, 2 cookies)
6 Bottle Wine Cellar giveaway: Enter to win by wearing and showing off your spaghetti bib!
Then play along to “Reverse Lyrics”. Guess the song, score points!
Email events@brandonuw.ca or call our office 204-571-8929 for details.
The Restaurant Challenge
Your favorite restaurants in Brandon are coming together to help our amazing community by supporting our Tools for School program!
Check out all the details and see which restaurants are ensuring all students receive the educational supplies needed for success in the classroom.
Pulling for our Community
Pulling for our community by engaging community members from workplaces, social clubs and the general public. We are pulling together to show that anything can be accomplished through mobilized action. Through teamwork teams pull a bus 80 ft in record time. We are inviting teams of 8 to 10 people to pull a Transit Bus in time trials against other teams. These teams will compete for the coveted Community Cup!
Bus Pull for The United Way Brandon & District
Pulling for our community
CANCELLED
Registration: 5:30PM
Kickoff: 6:00PM
Bus Pull: 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Our Third annual “Pulling for our Community” Bus Pull is happening in the South East parking lot of the Keystone Centre grounds. All are welcome to this wonderful event. There are bleachers at the location and tons of things to hand out for people to yell and cheer as out community rallies together to see who can pull a Brandon City bus to the finish-line the fastest!
All of the proceeds from this event get 100% put back in to Brandon and Area - ensuring that everyone in our community has the opportunity to thrive in all areas of life.
We are extremely excited to partner with all the dedicated teams in this event, last year was an exciting first year and the second annual bus pull is panning out to be even better than the first!
To register your team early, download the registration form now.
Be a community hero!
2019 Bus Pull Heroes:
Building community through love.
The Annual General Meeting
Our Annual General Meeting, is a formal meeting to act as a review of the year and conduct the elections of committee/board members as well as reviewing the annual accounts. It is also a good opportunity to communicate with members, clients, partners and stakeholders. This year we will be saying goodbye to Derek Radics as our Board Chair and welcoming Sara Peto as our incoming Chair.
Virtual Meeting
June 15, 2020
12pm
The RBC Lip Sync Battle
Bring out your inner Rockstar and support The United Way Brandon & District at the annual RBC Lip Sync Battle!
The 2nd Annual RBC Lip Sync Battle in support of United Way - May 12, 2020
For more information on Sponsorship or entering a team, contact:
janis@brandonuw.ca or call 204-571-8929.
THe TOUCHDOWN LUNCH
Each year The United Way of Brandon & District brings together many businesses, individuals, organizations and over 500 volunteers throughout our community to run an annual Campaign to help create a better community by:
By building a stronger community
Moving people from poverty to possibility
Helping kids be all they can be.
We are all ordinary people wanting to contribute in a meaningful to the community that we all live in. Our successes would not be possible if it wasn’t for all of the generous support we receive. As a way to say thank you, we dedicate an entire luncheon to all of our volunteers and supporters to show how much we appreciate everything they do, not only for United Way, but more importantly for our community.
This annual luncheon is a way to recognize our businesses, individuals, organizations and volunteers who make change happen in our community. A way to say thank you for all the countless hours they dedicate to the United Way and their community.
It is also where we show all of the hard work dedicated to the campaign with the grand reveal of our Campaign Total! This luncheon quickly becomes one of the most exciting and anticipated events of the year!
Our annual luncheon took place on Tuesday March 10th, 2020 at the Victoria Inn where our community will gather and listen to our stories and successes, enjoy a delicious lunch and of course learn the grand total of our 2019. Our 2019 Campaign Co Chair, Kevin Bailey will announce that they along with their team raised for our annual 2019 Campaign.
