AWARD WINNING SINGER-SONGWRITER LENDS A HAND

It was a partnership that started back in 2005 and culminated in a song!  “After the Song” was penned by multi-award winning Singer-Songwriter, Ali Matthews and added to a reissue of her Christmas CD, “On Angels’ Wings”.

Ali Matthews

On Sunday December 5th Ali held her Annual Christmas Concert in support of FTC Canada. The event held in Stratford, Ontario, at the elegant Church Restaurant, was hotly anticipated by people far and wide and was packed out.

During the concert, Ali talked about how “After the Song” came to be.  In thinking about the struggles of others around world, she could not help but think that, once Christmas ended, those people were likely still struggling.  It became clear to her, and she wrote:

Finding the lost, feeding the hungry

The motherless child without a prayer

Ending the wars, calming the angry

And soothing the souls in despair

When we can love a world that’s broken apart

That’s when Christmas will start

Ali will donate a portion of her concert ticket sales to FTC Canada to support the ongoing work of feeding hungry children in Canada and around the world.

You can receive a copy of “On Angels’ Wings” for a $20.00 donation.  Just click the button below to donate now. Please share this post with your friends so they can enjoy this special offer.
(offer available to December 17, 2010: we can not guarantee delivery for December 25, 2010)

On Angels' Wings

2005 Seasonal Song Of The Year*: "On Angels’ Wings"

2006 Seasonal Song Of The Year*: "Brand New Miracle"

*GMA Canada Covenant Awards

TO MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE - HAITI TRIBUTE

Ali Matthews is an accomplished Singer-Songwriter from Stratford, ON. Her love for creating and producing music has earned her respect from her peers and fans throughout North America. She is also a long time supporter and spokesperson for FTC Canada.

Her brother is Dr. Anthony Brown, FTC Canada Medical Team Advisor, who helped lead the very first FTC medical team to Honduras in 2007. In January, just days after an earthquake rocked Port-au-Prince Haiti, Dr. Brown was working diligently to secure medicines and supplies and coordinating plans with FTC to send a medical team to the country.

As Ali stood back watching all this unfold, she wondered how she might help too. In the best way she knew how, Ali headed into the studio to produce her own version of the Bob Dylan classic, "To Make You Feel My Love". When images started coming back from the team in Haiti, it was a natural next step to pair music and photos and share it with her fans. The following video can also be found on YouTube.

The video first aired publicly at the 2nd Annual FTC Canada Blue & White Gala March 7, 2010.

To learn more about Ali Matthews visit www.alimatthews.com

SPIRIT DAY RAISES FUNDS FOR HAITI

April 5, 2010

Spirit day raises funds for Haiti.

Caledonia, Ontario – Monday, April 5, 2010 – 200 students from St. Patrick’s School in Caledonia, ON celebrated the spirit of Canada by raising $1,400 for Haiti relief.

As a way to show support for Canadians at the Olympic Games the school organized a “Spirit Day” where students dressed up in red and white and raised funds to help send packages of dry soup to children like them who are in desperate need.

“I am truly inspired and proud to be apart of the St. Patrick's School community in Caledonia.” says Denis Shaw, a mother of two students at St. Patrick’s and a nurse who traveled to Haiti last month. “The students did an amazing job in doing what they can to help.”

The funds raised by the school are helping pay for the shipment of dried soup pouches which left on a container for Haiti this week. FTC Canada has sent 6 containers of food and supplies to Haiti and has two more scheduled to leave in April.

To learn more please visit www.ftccanada.ca.

FEMININE DIGNITY KITS HAVE AN ADVOCATE

Vancouver speaker and author Grace Fox is helping to promote what she describes as an "innovative project".

Grace Fox is promoting the Feminine Dignity Kit (FDK) at her speaking engagements in North America. 

Speaking directly to the plight of women around the world, Grace seeks to provide listeners with resources so they can explore ways to get involved.  This is a very practical way to make a difference.

An FDK means a girl can attend school because they have the following:

~ feminine hygenine supplies

~ soap

~ toothpaste and toothbrush

~ combs

~ hair picks

The FDK is wrapped with a beautiful scarf and shipped in a box

Some young girls in Africa and Central America can miss almost 25% of a school year because they can't afford proper hygiene products. For just $9 anyone can help a young girl complete high school!

Grace has a passion is to help women become daring in their faith, deep in their convictions, and devoted in their relationship with Jesus Christ. Grace uses the written page and the public stage to build Christ-based confidence in audiences worldwide.

Please visit www.ftccanada.ca/fdk to learn more and visit www.gracefox.com to see where Grace will be speaking.

PORT PERRY 2/5K WALK-RUN RAISES $7500 FOR HAITI RELIEF

Updated Feb 3, 2010
A special FUNd run (JAN 30), organized by local Port Perry, ON residents has helped raise $7,500 for relief efforts in Haiti.  The funds will be directed to earthquake relief projects by FTC Canada through its partner agencies near Port-au-Prince.

Race organizer, Angela Connolly has long been following the efforts of local "port" doctors in Haiti and the medical-dental teams to Central America organized by FTC Canada.  This local connection runs deep as the FTC Canada Medical Advisor is Dr. Anthony Brown, a resident of Port Perry.

In fact, FTC Canada Medical Teams to Central America, since 2007,  have been largely composed of medical professionals from the Port Perry and Oshawa area.  This includes doctors, nurses and a pharmacist.

Dr. Brown, and Dr. Paul Puckrin, also from Port Perry, just returned from an FTC medical trip to Haiti last week just seven days after the 7.0 quake devastated the country.

Dr. Brown, an avid marathoner, was driving to the FTC Canada Head Office on Saturday preparing a medical team for El Salvador but dropped in for the start of the event.

"We showed up at the start of the race," says Brown, "and learned that 11 year old, William Leeder (shown in photo with Dr. Brown) had raised $1000 all on his own!"

"It was a great success." adds Brown.

CLICK HERE to read about the event in durhamregion.com