Saddle Up With Porter

Saddle Up With Porter is a fun, family friendly carnival style event. The event is designed to bring awareness and raise funds for two organizations: Foundation for Cohesive Communities and The GRIT Program.

Foundation for Cohesive Communities is a grassroots non-profit organization comprised of parents, professionals and advocates that understand the complexities of raising a child with diverse medical and/or developmental challenges. They provide information, resources, support, and advocacy for families and children with disability within the Parkland Region.

Getting Ready for Inclusion Today (The GRIT Program) is a non-profit, inclusive early childhood education program for the Edmonton and surrounding areas. GRIT brings together the knowledge and experience of professionals, parents and community partners who work to ensure each child, family and community program is strengthened to ensure all children become full participants in family life, community and their neighborhood school.

Our son Porter was born 5 years ago with a rare Craniofacial Syndrome – Beare Stevenson Syndrome. The first few years of Porter’s life were spent in and out of the Stollery Children’s Hospital. The road was rocky, but we held onto hope. Five years later and Porter is a happy, confident, energetic child, who is thriving, loving life, and building meaningful friendships in his community.
GRIT has provided our family with the tools, knowledge and support my son needs. Cohesive Communities has connected families within our Tri-Region, providing programs while enhancing opportunities to promote meaningful inclusive environments for our children.

As a valued member of the business community, we invite you to contribute to the Saddle Up With Porter event day on October 5th, 2019. We are holding a silent auction and are appreciative of any items you may have to offer.
Alternatively, you may contribute a monetary donation and, as a sponsor, you will receive a tax receipt. There are a few options for sponsorship; for example, sponsoring a game station, food or entertainment. We would also advertise your business at our event and on social media but, most importantly, we invite you to come and enjoy the afternoon.
If you are interested in supporting this fundraising event, please contact me at 1-403-550-9251 or by email at corinecunningham@hotmail.com. Thank you in advance for your consideration toward a monetary or silent auction item contribution.
Sincerely,

Corine Stanley
Event Organizer

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