- Each Member commits to donating $100 per meeting, four times a year (4 consecutive meetings from date of joining the organization). Meetings are diligently conducted in one hour or less.
- Any member who has registered by signing a Commitment Form, and who is current with her donations, may nominate a registered charity for consideration at a meeting.
- Representatives from the three organizations, who were selected from the nominations through an audited draw, will make a five-minute presentation about their organization to the group.
- Each registered member in attendance, who is current with her donations, will vote (by ballot) for one of the three organizations.
- Each member will pay $100 through the Member Donation page (link from “Member Donations” on the left side menu of our website) with the funds then distributed to the organization receiving the most votes.
- The selected organization will receive a group donation of $10,000 or more, depending on the number of members!
- Members who did not vote for the selected organization agree to make their donation regardless.
- Members will receive a tax receipt directly from the organization.
- Members who are unable to attend a meeting are obligated to give their $100 donation to another Member to deliver on their behalf.
- Organizations under consideration must serve the communities of Prince Edward Island and must provide individual tax receipts directly to contributing members.
- An organization not selected at one meeting may be nominated again at a subsequent meeting.
- A successful organization will be eligible for future consideration after a 3-year period.
- Ties will be decided by a draw done by the auditor.
- The selected organization must agree not to give out member information to any third parties except for Canada Revenue Agency.
- Each meeting will have a ten minute presentation from the successful organization from the previous meeting, on how Members’ donations were used. This will occur while the votes are being counted.
