HOST ORGANIZATION
La Route du Savoir/
French Literacy Centre of Kingston,
711 Dalton Avenue, Rm. 187,
Kingston, Ontario, K7M 8N6
Phone: 613.544.7447
Fax: 613.544.0431

Impressive numbers
Since the Kingston Operation Red Nose campaign was started in 1997, more than 6,543 rides have been safely completed by more than 3,208 volunteers. To date, more than $111,016.70 has been raised and donated to local literacy programs targeting youth. Last year's twelfth annual campaign was a real success. A very generous 303 volunteers completed an astounding 575 rides during the 9 -night campaign.

Donations totalled just over $12,838.72 which was divided up between local youth programs including the Canadian Diabetes Association's summer camp for children with diabetes, Theatre Quiproquo, Helen Tufts Nursery School, Gala Opti-jeunesse du Club Optimiste de Kingston, Festival de théâtre de Sudbury, Rendez-vous 2009 du Centre culturel Frontenac,and host organization La Route du Savoir, the French Literacy Centre of Kingston's family literacy programs.

Nationally, Operation Red Nose has completed more than one million rides since the program started in 1984. About $1.1 million is donated annually to youth-related projects across the country.

Goals 2009
Operation Red Nose is operating for nine nights in 2009: Nov. 27, 28, Dec. 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, and 31. We hope to recruit 300 volunteers and complete 600 rides. We also hope to gain the support of 100 sponsors who will donate $20,000 in cash and in kind gifts to help fund the campaign.

Local statistics 1997-2008
Year Nights Rides Volunteers Donations
2008 9 575 303 $12,838.72
2007 9 540 317 $10,683.66
2006 11 657 311 $13,211.95
2005 9 588 327 $10,966.21
2004 9 621 350 $11,290.14
2003 10 697 311 $11,474.02
2002 10 466 268 $10,098
2001 12 564 272 $10,995
2000 17 534 275 $7,850
1999 13 442 239 $4,860
1998 14 514 261 $5,140
1997 13 345 225 $1,609
 


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