How It Works

We are gathering 100 men (or more) who can get behind some worthy Lanark County charitable organizations  to help put into place a simple funding source for charities that serve our County.  

It is pure-hearted generosity and a simple way of raising much needed donations for local community organizations: donate just $100 and through the power of numbers, your $100 generates $10,000  to light up the faces of the people who help the people in our neighbourhoods.

Pure and simple! We meet...we vote...we donate! 

I Commit To...

  • donating $100 per event, to a maximum of four times a year (i.e. my participation commitment).
  • remain current, and make the required donation to the charity voted for at the last Participants' meeting.
  • agree to donate to three consecutive charities to maintain active participation .
  • respect the decision of a general participants vote and I agree to make my donation to the recipient charity regardless of how I voted or if I was absent and could not vote. 

We Meet and Vote, by...

  • selecting up to 2 or 3 different charities in advance of a meeting for consideration at an upcoming Participants' meeting.
  • ensuring nominated charities are a properly constituted and registered Canadian Charity serving Lanark County and they use CanadaHelps for their donation campaigns.
  • honouring our time commitments to keep Participants' meeting to one hour or less.
  • respecting the meeting agenda, which starts with a five minute update on how the funds donated at the previous meeting were used by the recipient charity.
  • listening actively to the nominating Participants of two or three randomly selected organizations (or the organizations themselves) who  make a brief, informal presentation (no PowerPoint, no glitz!) about the organization.
  • voting (by ballot) for one of the nominated charities. The charity with the most votes (simple majority) will be the recipient charity.

Donating to a Charity

  • Each Participant will indvidually donate $100 to the recipient charity using CanadaHelps.org. Donations are typically made  electronically, ideally immediately following the vote.
  • Participants will receive a tax receipt directly from CanadaHelps for their charitable donations.
  • The recipient charity will receive the  estimated amount previously calculated and declared at the Participants' meeting,  
  • Participants can, of course, make private donations of money or time to the other two charities if they wish, in addition to their committed donation to the winning charity.
  • A charity not selected at one meeting stays in the pool for a subsequent meeting unless withdrawn by the nominating Participant.
  • A recipient charity is not eligible for future consideration for a (to be determined) interlude;  the nominating Participant may submit the name of another charity.
  • The recipient charity must agree not to give out participant information to any third parties except for tax purposes.

How To Donate

100 Men Who Care Lanark County and all nominated charities use CanadaHelps.org to seamlessly direct your donations. 

Donations are made online through our CanadaHelps.org page. If you have never donated through Canada Helps, you can set up your account at this link to speed up the process when the time comes to donate. We will also email a donation link directly to participants after each meeting so you won’t get lost along the way. 

For logistical and financial reasons, CanadaHelps.org is the best way for our participating donors to send committed contributions to the winning charity. Cash, e-transfers or cheques are not preferred options. 

*Please note: Depending on the tool or form used to make your donation through Canada Helps,  an admin fee of between $3.50 to $5.50 may be charged the recipient charity.  We kindly ask that you top up your $100 donation by adding approximately $4. (i.e. $104 total) to cover the fee so as not to penalize the charity. The admin fee would be considered a donation and Canada Helps will add it to your charitable receipt.

Here are some examples

Watch some examples of 100 Men Who Care groups from across Canada.