Need Financial Assistance?
The registration fee for attending the Encounter With Canada program is $625.
In the near future, The Encounters With Canada Support Foundation plans to subsidize Encounters With Canada participants' registration fees from the Foundation's fundraising initiatives and from the income earned from its endowment portfolio. However, at this point in time, we have limited our support to purchasing Olympic clothing and other Olympic paraphernalia for those EWC participants who are going to the Olympics and the Paralympics.
Nevertheless, if you and your family would like financial assistance to pay that fee, the Foundation has researched possible sources of financial assistance for you, some of which have been very helpful to EWC participants in the past. The Foundation strongly recommends that you do one or more of the following:
- Contact your school officials including your school Principal, Student Council President, District Superintendent, or the Chairperson of the School District Board of Directors. Many schools and school districts financially support EWC Students.
- Contact your local service organization. For your convenience, we have listed a number of service organizations and their web links below. Many of the branches and clubs within these service organizations have helped EWC students in the past.
The Royal Canadian Legion - The Royal Canadian Legion has been a strong supporter of the Encounters With Canada Program and The Encounters With Canada Support Foundation since the inception of each of these organizations. To find your local branch, go to: http://legion.ca. Click on the 'Provincial Commands' tab at the top. Click on the 'LEGION BRANCHES / COMMANDS' banner in the middle of the page. Click on your Province or Territory and then click on your city.
Rotary Clubs - Rotary has approximately 33,000 Clubs in over 200 countries and political regions around the world. To find the nearest club to you click on the following link and follow the directions. http://www.rotary.org/en/aboutus/sitetools/clublocator/pages/ridefault.aspx
Lions Clubs - Lions Clubs International is a large service organization. With 45,000 clubs in more than 200 countries, there’s probably a Lions Club near you. To find a Lions Club near click on the following link http://www.lionsclubs.org/EN/find-a-club.php Click on the 'Find a Club' tab at the top of the page and follow directions.
Kiwanas Clubs - Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world, one child and one community at a time. To find a Kiwanis Club in your area, contact The Kiwanas Foundation of Canada, P.O. Box 5034, Brantford, ON, N3T 6J7. Phone (519) 304-3038. Fax (519) 304-3549. Email kfcdnoffice@rogers.com.
Fraternal Order of Eagles Clubs - The Fraternal Order of Eagles has Aeries (clubs) in over 1700 cities across the United States and Canada. To find an Eagles Club near you go to http://www.foe.com/aerie-locator.aspx and follow the directions.
- Contact a prominent company in your city.
- For more information in this matter and all aspects of The Encounters With Canada Support Foundation, register for The Encounters With Canada Support Foundation Newsletter.
Note:
- With each of these contacts you should begin the process by writing a letter to the person or organization to whom you are making the request. Again, for your convenience, a sample letter has been provided in PDF form for you to use as a guide. Your letter should include a reference letter from a school official confirming your application to the EWC program
- Be prepared to visit the contact person and to offer to speak to their organization once you have attended the EWC program to tell them of your experience and to thank them for their support if they request your attendance.
- You must write them a letter thanking them for their support.
- Your attendance to these details will demonstrate to these organizations the strength of your own character and it will make it easier for the next EWC participant to also receive their support.