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Dix Mille Villages Regonline eHow Local Food: Create a form using Google Docs Mangezquebec PayPal Farmers Markets in Montreal Google Checkout Metro’s Harvest Calendar Quebecois Charities: Vegetarian and Vegan Sample Club des petits dejeuners du : Does Menus: its utmost to ensure that every child receives Chef Becky’s Sample Vegetarian Menu two elements required for learning: a Red Lentil’s Sample Vegan Menu nutritious breakfast and a nourishing environment. Local Cheese and Wine: Dans la Rue: grassroots, community-based On the Quebec Cheese Trail (Globe & Mail organization that works with street kids and Article) at-risk youth aged 12 to 25. Metro Cheese Old Brewery Mission: provides homeless Quebec Wines Montreal Adults with meals, overnight SAQ products shelter, transitional residences, clothing and Vins du Quebec food-wine pairings services in an atmosphere of caring and respect. Sustainable Seafood: The Benedict Labre House: Providing guests Marine Stewardship Council of the House with essential services such as Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch hot meals, emergency food bags, clothing, Greenpeace’s Red List showers, as well as providing a variety of individualized services and programs, all Catering: which are available at no cost to its guests. Concordia-Approved Caterers List Special Events Permit for Self-Catered Canadian Charities: Events United Way of Canada Centraide: Providing People’s Potato programs and services alleviate poverty Trans Canada Trail: Creating a hiking trail Purchasing Policy: that stretches across Canada. Sustainable Purchasing Policy Community Forests International: A volunteer-driven organization, working to Distribution of Leftovers: connect people and their communities to the La Tablée des Chefs forests that sustain them. Moisson Montreal The People’s Potato International Charities: Le Frigo Vert Oxfam Unwrapped: program funnels donations into specific projects, like buying Advertise Volunteer Positions: a family a goat or digging them a well. Planet Volunteer Spread The Net: Provides a mosquito net to Idealist.org a child to prevent malaria. McGill Volunteering Trees for Life: Donate money to a certain CSU classifieds (Hojo) project around the world, such as a CON-ADS community library, fruit trees, or educational materials. Projects are generally initiated and led by members of that community. Online Registration and Payments: Doctors without Borders: Provides Jumpstart it independent, impartial assistance in more Formrouter than 60 countries to people whose survival is Sustainable Concordia Event Guide– seg.concordia.ca threatened by violence, neglect, or Special Projects Fund and an overall source catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, of revenue. epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters. New Students Program: This is part of Taking Root: Taking Root is a non-profit CCSL, and collects a fee from all new organization based in Montreal that develops students (approximately $200,000). The social reforestation projects in collaboration money is spent on orientation projects with small-scale farmers in Nicaragua. Its although a lot of it is used internally; about activities are funded through the sale of $80,000 is set aside for student initiatives. third-party verified carbon offsets to You can apply to the NSP fund in June for businesses and individuals around the world. projects aimed at the whole Concordia community. The projects don't need to happen in orientation period, but as said Sources of Funding before must have the whole community as an intended audience. Apply by handing in a A great way to publicize your Club, plan for your proposal to H-440 or AD-103. Department or Association and to educate the Concordia community is to have a guest Office of the President: Although very little speaker give a lecture on a topic of concern money is normally given for projects, you for your organization or have an informative can still apply to the Office of the President project. There are a number of places to for funding. Apply by handing in a proposal obtain funding for such expenses as for your project to the President's office at honorariums, travel, hotel, and rental of GM-801. venues: Clubs Special Project Fund: The CSU has Colleges, Schools and Departments: For a established a $20,000 Clubs Special Projects speaker of an academic nature, funds can be Fund. This fund will be available throughout made available through the related the year to any undergraduate student or department. For example, if you are bringing CSU club. For more information, please in a speaker on an environmental issue, the contact Catherine at 848-7573. Department of Geography could contribute funding. Again, apply early, as funding is Dean of Students Office: The Dean of limited. Contributions from departments Students administers a Special Projects Fund vary, but tend to be approximately $100. for the Concordia Council on Student Life Apply by handing in a plan for your project (CCSL). Apply by handing in a proposal for to the department. Remember if your project your project to the Dean of Students Office touches on more than one issue apply to located at either AD121 or H-637. Inquire more than one department. about deadlines for applications, and apply early in the year if at all possible. Office of Alumni Affairs: There are three The Dean's Special Project Fund gives Alumni funds to apply to, the Sir George donations usually not exceeding $800.00, Alumni, the Loyola Alumni and the and is usually based on the amount of Concordia Alumni. The Loyola Alumni contributions from other sources, along with have more money than the Sir George the merit of the proposal. Alumni, but tend to only fund things that The Special Projects Committee is looking benefit the Loyola campus. As well, the for proposals that benefit the entire office of Alumni Affairs, that administers Concordia community and bring “prestige” both groups, has a small fund available for to the University. Try to go to as many of student projects. Apply by handing in a plan the following sources as possible for support for your project to 1250 Guy St. to ensure a higher contribution from the Sustainable Concordia Event Guide– seg.concordia.ca

Foundations: There are numerous foundations that give money to specific http://sustainable.concordia.ca/ projects. More often than not, non-profit or Sustainable Event Guide: seg.concordia.ca charitable status is required to obtain these funds. Foundations have strict deadlines, and Sustainable Concordia is located on the 2nd you must submit a lot of documentation for and 3rd floor of 2090 Mackay (Annex Z), them to look at your proposal. and the Sustainable Event Guide Program operates out of suite 204-1 Seed Money (CSU groups): Seed money (starting money for fundraising events) is To reach the Sustainable Event Guide available for revenue generating events to all Coordinator contact: CSU groups that are in good financial 514.848.2424 ext 5177 standing with the Student Union. If you [email protected] would like to request seed money, please type up a description of your event and list the following in detail: All related expenses, Description of event, Anticipated revenues, A firm repayment date. Once this has been submitted and reviewed, a ‘Seed Money' contract will be drafted if the proposal is approved.

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