Fund Sources:

  1. Donations in 2006 in honour of Kendall's birth
  2. Mini-Masters tournament  "carpet fees" (2007-present)
  3. "Jim's Jar" at Scott's of Muskoka in Bracebridge, ON (2006-2015)
  4. Dianne's homemade soap at Midwives of Muskoka clinic
  5. Donations from parent education workshops
  6. Birthing tub rental donations from Kim/Andrew Ratjke
  7. Thank-you donations from clients of Midwives of Muskoka
  8. Birth production ticket sales (March 2011)
  9. Proceeds from raffle at Midwives of Muskoka picnic (2013-present)
  10. Silent Auction proceeds from Swap'N'Play event in Gravenhurst (2012-2016)
  11. Room "rental" donations from chiropractor Kelly McIntosh

Fund Allocations

  • Financial aid for ultrasounds for a mother without OHIP
  • Television for prenatal education classes
  • Heated birth pool + birth tub liners for midwifery clients
  • Iron supplements for anemic mother
  • Financial aid to a new parent with cancer
  • Aid to bereaved parents of a stillborn son
  • Start-up funds for a Post-Partum Peer Support Group
  • Aid to mother after complicated birth
  • Herbs for mother with PPMD ($30.00)
  • Entinox system for homebirths ($1800.00)
  • Aid for medical expenses of injured mother ($1000.00)
  • Puzzles/books for clinic ($40.00)
  • Bulk purchase of PPMD books ($300.00)
  • Aid for parents travelling to Sick Kids ($300.00)
  • Honorarium for photographer of stillborn babies ($100.00)
  • Monetary assistance for pelvic physiotherapy treatments
  • Victoria's Quilts donation for a cancer survivor with young children
  • Restaurant gift cards for surviving parents of a SIDS baby ($150.00)
  • $500 donation towards gas and accommodation costs for parents of a young child battling leukemia​​