Sky's the Limit

Sapphire Canada Limited 2010 Charity Auction

Sapphire Technologies Canada Limited held its annual charity auction to raise funds for worthwhile organizations across the country.

Sapphire Canada Limited is Canada's leading provider of customized IT staffing solutions with a deep-rooted commitment to the community. Sky's the Limit is proud to partner with Sapphire Canada Limited.

For more information, please visit www.sapphireca.com

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STL & JP Bickell Foundation donate 6 laptops to Living Rock!

Living Rock is a 25 year old non-profit resource centre that offers youth-at-risk (between the ages of 13-25), a place of belonging, safety, and a bridge to the community, while supporting the youth to develop a personal vision for their lives.

The Living Rock is located on the edge of one of Canada's most impoverished neighborhoods, Beasley, and next to another struggling neighbourhood. Living Rock not only serves youth from the Beasley neighbourhood, but also youth from Hamilton and surrounding areas including Toronto. Youth that access the Living Rock are often new Canadians ans street youth. Living Rock serves youth regardless of race, religious belief, gender or sexual orientation.

STL thanks the JP Bickell Foundation for their generous donation!

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Photographer Anna Keenan supports STL!

STL is honored to have the ongoing support of Toronto-based photographer Anna Keenan. Anna documents STL's annual event and recently captured the STL staff, our Volunteer of the Year and our 2000th recipient for a promotional campaign. This album is a sample of her exquisite work!

STL thanks Anna for her ongoing dedication to STL!

Anna received her BFA in Image Arts from Ryerson Polytechnic University in 1999, and has worked professionally as a photographer since that time. She began her career by undertaking a photo documentary of Toronto's underground hip-hop music scene. It was within this environment that she met many talented artists and musicians, developing a deep respect and admiration for their hard work, dedication and perseverance to their craft. Anna's ability to capture a range of emotions from subtle to angry, from colourful to recluse, has resulted in artists coming to respect her for her ability to capture 'the moment'.

Check out Anna's work at www.annakeenanphotography.com

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Turn your Google searches into cash for STL!

Comtribute allows people to personalize their search engines to their favorite charities, and to contribute money by searching on those sites. Every time someone runs a search, an average of 3 cents is donated to the charity, from the online ad revenues of the participating search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo.

Comtribute is free for non-profit organizations and they can personalize the search engine and toolbar to link to their Facebook pages and Twitter feeds as well as blogs and news feeds.

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STL attends IBM Canada's Employees' Charity event!

STL was honoured to be invited to this year's IBM charity showcase for the opening event of the 2010 IBM Employees' Charitable Fund campaign which was held on Wednesday, October 13th, Noon - 1:30 pm, in Markham, Ontario.

IBM-ers Dave House, Anne McIntire, & Lynn Wong held a 9 & Dine and raised over $1,500 for STL!!!

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STL delivers 5 laptops to Ojibwe Language and Indigenous Studies class!

STL was contacted by Constable John of the Anishinabek Police Services regarding an amazing class taking place at Parry Sound High School called "Ojibwe Language and Indigenous Studies".

He shared that the teacher, Johna Hupfield, has been doing an exceptional job of inspiring younger generations to actively participate and learn about Ojibwe language and cultural teachings. However, the class was in need of technical resources.

On Friday, September 10th, STL had the opportunity to provide 5 laptops for the class and watch a wonderful drumming session by some of the young women in the class!

Check out the pictures here!

5 Youth in Motion's Opportunity Unlimited graduates get laptops!

Youth in Motion (YIM) is a national, not-for-profit organization focused on developing the employability and life skills of today's youth to prepare them effectively for success in life and work. Their programs are designed to provide access to career information and increase awareness about opportunities for youth and those impacting the career decisions of youth.

Opportunities Unlimited™ is an innovative mentoring and internship program for young women under the age of 30 with employment barriers. The program runs twice a year, with 15 young women experiencing four weeks of full -time, paid training. This in-class instruction teaches key employability skills. Upon completion of the training period, 12 of the most motivated women move on to the next phase, a six month paid work placement. During this employment phase, each participant is paired with a mentor who helps her cultivate her self-confidence and prepare to join the workforce.

STL congratulates this year's graduates and awards them with 5 laptops to pursue their academic goals.

See pics from the graduation here!

STL & the George Lunan Foundation donate 5 laptops to Touchstone!

Touchstone Youth Centre serves homeless & at-risk youth 16-24 years of age. The Centre is located in East York, Toronto and is open 24 hours, 365 days per year. Touchstone provides for the immediate needs of youth in crisis by providing food, a 32 bed emergency shelter, the basic necessities and crisis intervention. Touchstone also provides for the needs of youth regarding housing, employment, and life skills through Employment, Housing, and Outreach programs; as well as a Drop-in-Centre. The computers are housed in the Drop-in-Centre & are available to the youth Monday to Friday. This is the second time STL has donated computers to Touchstone, totaling 11 to date.

"An average of 260 different youth access Touchstone's Drop-in-Centre monthly or 3,120 different youth each year." - Touchstone 2009 Quarterly Report

The George Lunan Foundation was established in 1967. Grants are limited to Ontario and have included the Boys' Choir of Toronto, the Jubilate Singers, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Music at Sharon, the Kiwanis Music Festival Association of Greater Toronto, and NYO. STL thanks the George Lunan Foundation for their generous support.

See the pics here!