Community charity initiatives and fundraisers. Currently supporting Samm Simon’s 251 KM run for cancer research — benefiting London Health Sciences Cancer Program, Stratford General ER, and Wellspring Stratford. Donate at gofundme.com/f/2mspu-charity-run
Looks like this category has been sitting quiet since it was stood up in January, so a proper anchor post to set the tone.
The Charity category is where we collect everything the community is doing beyond the usual reno work: fundraisers, cause-marketing, volunteer trade days, and community builds where crews donate time or materials. Different from the rest of the site — nothing here needs a quote, a permit, or a contractor bid.
The current headliner: Samm Simon’s 251 KM charity run for cancer research. Beneficiaries are the London Health Sciences Cancer Program, Stratford General ER, and Wellspring Stratford. If you want to back it, the GoFundMe is gofundme.com/f/2mspu-charity-run and Samm’s own page at sammsimon.ca has the route, milestone updates, and training log.
What else belongs in here, beyond the run:
- Contractors running pro-bono builds (Habitat days, veteran housing, accessibility ramps)
- Renovation-adjacent fundraiser events (reveal parties, auctioned design consults, trade-supplier drives)
- Charity partnerships between trades, showrooms, and community orgs
- Awareness campaigns connected to the building trades
If you’re running a drive, a build day, or a cause event — in the GTA or beyond — post it here. We’ll help boost the signal.