Dear Friends in Pride--

I am honoured to have been elected to the office of President of the Board of Windsor Pride Community. I have lived in Windsor for six years and have been associated with Windsor Pride in a variety of roles since then. I bring to the Board table a knowledge of Windsor Pride's past, an understanding of present needs, and high hope and ambitions for the future. We have a strong Board, hard-working and dedicated volunteers, and a supportive community--we can and will go far.

We are coming to the end of the year, and that means time is short to get your donations in to Windsor Pride Community. We have received charitable status, which means your donations are tax-deductible! Get them to us by the end of the year and you will receive a tax receipt for 2011. After that date, you'll still get a receipt of course, but it will be for 2012.....

Windsor Pride has done so much in the community. Our 50+ members have presented diversity training to a number of organizations, from community groups to support services to nursing homes. We sponsor the T-Party and 50+ potluck, and with community partners, Rainbow Recovery and support groups for coming out, for LGBTIQ youth, for bisexual individuals, and parents and families of LGBTIQ individuals. We have published a book of oral history on the LGBTIQ community in Windsor--a one of a kind record of history that is often lost--but not in Windsor! We are also recipients of a grant, with SAFE and Windsor Police Services, to promote 'Report Homophobic Violence Now', through publications and the creation of a new play (coming in March 2012!).

But we can't do it alone. We need your support. YOU can make a difference in our community. Your donations stay in the community and help our youth, our seniors, our brothers and sisters of all ages coming out, transition, recovering, learning, and celebrating who they--we--are.

You can visit the following www.canadahelps.org to make a quick and easy online donation or print out the following form and bring it to the Windsor Pride Office along with your donation. Every dollar raised stays in our city and makes a difference!

Please consider including Windsor Pride in your year-end giving, and as you plan your giving for 2012.

Yours in Pride,

Martha Daniels
President of the Board
Windsor Pride Community