February 15, 2005
1000th match for innovative, online volunteer program,
BoardMatch Fundamentals
BoardMatch®
Fundamentals (BMF), a program of Altruvest Charitable
Services, is proud to celebrate its 1000th online volunteer
match to a charitable board. “It is truly a milestone
for us! Being able to say that we have helped 1000 volunteers
connect with a local charity board is truly a celebration
and a testament to the impact we can have on our communities”,
says Sol Kasimer, CEO of Altruvest.
October 25, 2004
Top Toronto Philanthropists to Receive Awards at Inaugural
Charity Event
(Toronto,
October 25, 2004) - Outstanding contributions to the charitable
sector have marked the remarkable careers of the five
individuals named as the recipients of the Altruvest CharityExpo2004
Awards. The five recipients, Bob Rae, Seymour Schulich,
David Folk, Aubrey LeBlanc and Glenda Hummel, will receive
the prestigious awards at the CharityExpo awards reception
October 28th in Toronto. CharityExpo will also feature
over 75 charities in an information tradeshow, as well
as a panel discussion on today’s hot topics with leaders
from both the corporate and charitable sectors.
September 21, 2004
Imagine Announces 2004 New Spirit of
Community Partnership Awards
Celebrates outstanding partnerships between Canadian businesses,
nonprofits and charities
Toronto, Ontario, September 21, 2004 – Imagine’s 2004
New Spirit of Community Partnership Awards were announced
today at an event held in Toronto during the Canadian
Centre for Philanthropy’s Annual Symposium.
September 13, 2004
Inaugural event “teams up” corporations and charities
to explore and engage in the challenges of, and celebrate
the contributions to, the charitable sector
Altruvest
Charitable Services expands its innovative BoardMatch®
Programs to introduce CharityExpo2004 — a first-of-its-kind
event in Canada that will bring together, in one place,
an anticipated 1000 attendees from the charitable and
corporate sectors with more than 75 charities to inform,
engage and recognize.
April 27, 2004
ALTRUVEST ANNOUNCES THE CLASS OF 2004
BoardMatch Leaders program inducts 58 talented corporate
leaders onto charity boards
Toronto,
On, April 27, 2004 - Altruvest, a registered Canadian
charity, is announcing today that 58 corporate participants
have graduated from its BoardMatch Leaders program and
are now serving on the boards of 48 registered charities.
JUNE 2003
Altruvest Charitable Services
begins BoardMatch Fundamentals Expansion
BoardMatch Greater Vancouver launched June 24, 2003
On June 24th,
BoardMatch Fundamentals expanded to the west coast! Altruvest
Charitable Services, in collaboration with Volunteer Vancouver
has launched BoardMatch Fundamentals Greater Vancouver.
Volunteer Vancouver is celebrating its 60th anniversary
and its mission is to be a leader in promoting volunteerism
and strengthening the voluntary sector. This collaboration
with Altruvest provides a powerful tool for Volunteer
Vancouver to promote volunteerism to highly-skilled professionals.
October 2002
BoardMatch Fundamentals program
is featured in Globe and Mail. Please click here
to read the whole article.
September 2002
BoardMatch Fundamentals Won Showcase
Ontario Merit Award 2002
Click here
to see BoardMatch Fundamentals team photo at the awards
ceremony.
APRIL 2002
CEO of YMCA CANADA JOINS
ALTRUVEST CHARITABLE SERVICES
Sol Kasimer,
CEO of YMCA Canada, has joined as CEO of Altruvest Charitable
Services, on April 1st. Sol's career in the Y movement
spans 32 years, with 21 years at the YMCA of Montreal
and 10 years at YMCA Canada.
Altruvest is
one of a few charities of its kind that offers
performance improvement solutions to other charities at
little or no
cost. The organization appealed to Sol because of the
potential to
build the young charity from the ground up and because
of the real
impact it can have in helping small to mid-sized charities
maximize
their effectiveness.
"As Chair
of the Capacity Joint Table for the Voluntary Sector
Initiative, I became aware that many of the tools to support
charities
exist, but they are not being made accessible or reaching
organizations," said Sol. "At Altruvest, I have
an opportunity to do
just that."
To contact Sol,
you can reach him either by email at
skasimer@altruvest.org
or by telephone at, 905-696-5135.
BoardMatch Fundamentals Exceeds
Expectations
Altruvest’s innovative BoardMatch
Fundamentals program introduces charities to qualified,
interested and informed volunteers who are willing to
share their expertise by serving on boards of charitable
organizations. Currently, operational in the Greater Toronto
Area, BoardMatch Fundamentals will soon be available across
Canada with the provision of “anytime, anyplace” access
to volunteer charitable board service opportunities.
In the past 8 months, BoardMatch
Fundamentals has filled 105 board positions on Greater
Toronto Area charities. These results far exceed our projected
sixty positions and also exceed benchmarks for similar
programs in the United States (this is the only program
of its kind in Canada).
BoardMatch Fundamentals Community
Leadership Development Program Launched
The first pilot class was
launched on April 23rd. The program started
with a session on the significance of the Voluntary Sector
and the benefits of volunteering led by Don McCreesh,
SVP Human Resources Celestica, Susan Piggott, CEO St.
Christopher House and Sol Kasimer, CEO Altruvest.
The BoardMatch Fundamentals
Community Leadership Development Program provides sponsoring
corporations with classroom-based experiential leadership
development opportunities for senior employees through
customized board placement, learning from charitable sector
experts, access to online coaching and networking opportunities
in Canadian communities.
