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Do you know a non-profit organization that could use some help raising money this spring and wants to have FUN doing it?

Refer them to RainBarrelFundraising.com or RainBarrel.ca and if they sign up, you can receive your choice of a *FREE rain barrel, downspout diverter or stand.

Click here and provide the information requested. If your referral becomes a Fundraising Partner then we will contact you with details for you to claim your *FREE rain barrel, downspout diverter or stand at their truckload rain barrel sale.

 

Who is our ideal fundraising partner?

We partner with lots of organizations and groups like:

• Community Associations and Centres
• Conservation & Environmental Groups
• Clubs (Kinsmen, Kinettes, Rotary, Lions, Scouts, Guides, etc.)
• Faith Groups (Churches, Synagogues, Mosques, Temples and others)
• Horticultural & Gardening Groups
• Hospitals & Health Related Charities
• Schools (Parent Associations, Student Council, Eco-Clubs, Sports Teams, Theatre Groups)
• Sports Teams and Leagues
• Watershed Protection Groups & Water Related Non-Profits

Organizations fundraise for their own non-profit needs or groups can choose a non-profit to support with their earnings.

We partner with hundreds of non-profit organizations every year and host one-day truckload rain barrel sales in communities throughout Canada and the United States. Our partners raise $3,000+ for their organizations with EASY fundraising. We offer online ordering, free marketing support and materials all at NO COST to the partner.

Refer a non-profit organization today by clicking here.

* To be eligible to receive your FREE gift, your referral is required to sign up as a Fundraising Partner. Your free rain barrel, diverter or stand will be available for pickup at your referred partner’s sale location.  Most organizations can partner with RainBarrel.ca and profit however, this promotion is time limited and we reserve the right to accept partners based on RainBarrel.ca criteria.

2013 proved to be another great fundraising season for RainBarrel.ca and our many partners. Find out what some of them have done with the funds they raised:

From Greenland Carl A. Nesbitt Public School:

The money we raised from our rain barrel sale helped to fight Breast Cancer and was added to our AirBand show proceeds. Together we raised over $4,000 to add to the fight. Along with our own sale, we also assisted RainBarrel.ca with a rain barrel recall, helping to improve their customer service.

From Picton County Sustainability:

We are using 50% of the funds we raised this spring to support our PECI Student Environmental Bursary Fund for 2014 graduating class, and the other 50% to support the ongoing efforts of the CSG to educate and promote sustainability and environmental progress in our community. 

From Livable Sudbury:

With funds from our rain barrel sale, we built a couple of rain gardens at a local elementary school to improve the water quality reaching the lake where we get our drinking water from.

From Dundas In Transition:

Our rain barrel sale held on Saturday April 6 was a great event. Walk-up sales were much larger than expected. The money raised was used to purchase mulch, seeds and seedlings for our community garden project located at St. Mark’s United Church in Dundas. The produce from this year’s garden – donated to the Dundas Salvation Army Food Bank – was far in excess of what we grew last year. Overall we have enjoyed a very successful garden season, due in no small part to the money we raised from our rain barrel sale

From Brighton Lions:

Brighton Lions had a successful Rain Barrel Day for the second time. Proceeds from the project have helped us to buy glasses for child whose family could not afford them, pay for an orthotic boot for a family who could not afford it, sponsor a ” Children’s Village” at the local fall fair, help pay for lift for a child with cerebral palsy, make donations to many local charities like Community Care and many other community service activities. Working with Rain Barrels has been a pleasure as they are so organized and well prepared.

From Ayr Public School:

Our group (Ayr Public School) used the funds to purchase iPads for use in the classrooms.

From Aylmer United Church:

We at Aylmer United Church are pleased to report that we had another successful rain barrel sale.  RainBarrel.ca are a great organization to work with.  This was our 6th sale and the funds raised were used, wherever funds were needed to operate our church. Would recommend it as an excellent fundraiser for any organization.

From Russell & District Horticultural Society:

The Russell & District Horticultural Society used the money raised through our rain barrel sale to start a Children’s Fantasy Reading Garden at our local library. Over the last two years we have found RainBarrell.ca to be an easy, ecological and efficient way to raise money.

From Kanata Scouts:

Through the sales of rain barrels in 2013, the Kanata Scout groups raised funds that enabled trips to the Canadian Jamboree in Sylvan Lake, Alberta, a 7 day canoe trip in Algonquin Park, Ontario and 7 days hiking and camping in the sunshine coast area of British Columbia.

From INDEVOURS:

We are grateful for the opportunity we had in partnering with RainBarrel.ca and in connecting with members of the K-W community through rain barrel sales this summer. Due to generous support, the funds raised are being used to help offset the costs of the International Development students’ 8-month field placements. The 27 students are presently working overseas in 7 different countries for a variety of local NGOs, seeking to learn and to make positive contributions in the development field.

We are now creating partnerships for our 2014 season.

Limited space available.

Click here to contact us today.

Learn about partnering with RainBarrel.ca to raise funds for your favourite non-profit organization, or purchase one of our new downspout diverters that comply with Toronto’s Mandatory Downspout Disconnect Program.

Come say hello to us at the Live Green Toronto Festival!
You will be able to find us at booth #68 in Green Street Market.

For more information about the event click here to view our latest newsletter.

We hope to see you there!  

Reconnect to Rain Barrels to Reduce Flooding

 HAMILTON ON, July 10, 2013 – RainBarrel.ca is hoping for a swift recovery from the devastating flooding that recently occurred in the Greater Toronto Area and suggests further preparation is now needed to avert repeated disaster.

Toronto has already been unrolling a positive and essential initiative by requiring households to disconnect their downspout thereby reducing the impact on the city storm water system. Unfortunately with impacts from climate change, such fierce, rapid downpours are only likely to increase as warming causes disruptive and unpredictable shifts in weather.

Water damage insurance claims have soared to $1.7 billion annually in Canada, surpassing fire as the leading cause of damage to homes. This rise prompted the Insurance Bureau of Canada to undertake a study in Wingham that found that rain barrels, if emptied regularly, could divert 4.5 million litres of rainwater runoff away from a municipality’s sewer system and out of homes.

Combining rain water collection with Toronto’s downspout disconnect is a sure method to help reduce flood and flood damage to GTA homes. Along with other initiatives to reduce our environmental impacts that are damaging our climate, Canadians need to make practical efforts to reduce the current impacts of climate change on our communities.

Rain barrels decrease pressure and chance of overflow contamination with city sewage systems during heavy rains as well as reduce the chance of basement flooding. At the same time collecting water provides a free source of water that is ideal for vegetables and plants since it does not contain fluoride and chlorine which are added to many municipal water systems. Rain barrels also permit homeowners to wash vehicles and do other cleaning and water activities when water restrictions may be in force.

RainBarrel.ca not only provides rain barrels but uses recycled food grade barrels to further reduce the environmental impact of the barrels they offer. Products are normally sold via non-profit partnerships to help raise funds for communities across Canada. These fundraisers are an ongoing effort to provide communities with practical eco-friendly rain capturing tools while raising funds for positive local initiatives. RainBarrel.ca also has rain barrels available locally in three Toronto locations Looney Twooney, Toronto Botanical Gardens and Grassroots.

With increased flooding from heavy rainfall and rising insurance costs, simple tried and true mitigation methods are not only beneficial but have become essential in reducing the impact of our new weather reality on our communities.

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About RainBarrel.ca – RainBarrel.ca reclaims food grade barrels previously used to import fruits and vegetables to be reused as rain barrels. Partnerships with non-profit organizations result in fundraising truckload sales events for communities across Ontario. For additional information please contact Larry Pomerantz, [email protected], call 905-545-5577 or visit www.RainBarrel.ca.

The Friends of Ecological and Environmental Learning (FEEL) is a newly formed registered charity stemming from the origins of the Friends of the Frost group.  Their mission is to advance the public’s awareness, understanding and appreciation of ecosystems through education.

With their new website being launched in summer 2013, FEEL is prepared to move forward in support of local environmental education and community stewardship through various community projects and the 2013 Muskoka-Haliburton-Kawartha Children’s Water Festival.

The Haliburton-Muskoka-Kawartha Children’s Water Festival brings together the expertise of educators, water quality and quantity specialists, community volunteers, conservation groups, industry and government to provide elementary students from Haliburton, Muskoka and the City of Kawartha Lakes with the opportunity to discover the importance and diversity of water.

The purpose of hosting a Children’s Water Festival is to educate students on the importance of water quality, how the water (hydrology) cycle works, what each person can do to maintain and/or improve water quality so that future generations will have the water resources required to maintain human and animal populations. It is also important to educate students that what happens in the Muskoka and Haliburton Watersheds will impact upon communities, habitats and wildlife populations anywhere downstream. Given the reliance of the regional economy on our natural resource base, the wise use and protection of our resources particularly water, which grows out of knowledge is essential to our continued well being.

Two of the primary objectives of this holistic-focused event are to develop personal awareness of the importance of water, and to foster respect for the natural environment. It is hoped that by increasing awareness and respect, as individuals we will make a commitment to use natural resources wisely.

The Friends of Ecological and Environmental Learning are holding a rain barrel fundraiser to help raise funds for their initiatives including this fabulous water festival and orders can be made by visiting: https://rainbarrel.ca/feel/