Robert Jawl
@robertjawl
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Very excited to officially launch today! Thank you to our speakers, guests, donors, volunteer board members. Looking forward to great things ahead. @vicpd @SaanichPolice @OakBayPolice @robertjawl @rasoolr @tartanbond
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On a day for the history books, @TheAmandaGorman delivered a poem that more than met the moment. Young people like her are proof that "there is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it; if only we're brave enough to be it."
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Support a family in need this holiday season! Thanks to @CapitalDailyVic @robertjawl @awilkinson and @rxvictoria your gift will be DOUBLED #matchgift We have a $55,000 match until Dec. 31 to help families in need. The clock is ticking - double it now! https://t.co/9mKpXa3cs6
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Here is a summary of where funds disbursed to date have gone:
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$6m raised from 15,000 donors in 8 weeks. The YYJ Rapid Relief Fund exceeded our most optimistic hopes. 85% of funds already deployed supporting Victoria’s most impacted and vulnerable groups. To all who contributed, thank you
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As we wrap up the most important fundraising project in Times Colonist history, it is important that we acknowledge and thank the people who helped to make the Rapid Relief Fund a great success. The...
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Seems like a no brainer for both business and community reasons. What am I missing?
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YYJ Landlords: with CECRA program, seems only logical to extend rent support to hurting small retail and restaurants yet many still aren’t. Whole city wins when small biz survives and you reduce risk of vacancy in a tough market + big releasing costs (for a 25% temp rent hit).
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Thanks for your support @JustinTrudeau!
Great initiative on Vancouver Island! If you’re looking for something to do while staying at home this evening, the #RockForRelief concert sounds like it’ll be worth your time - and it’s all to help those most in need right now. Get more info below and enjoy the show! ⤵️
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YYJ Rapid Relief Fund just crossed $4.5mm. I’ve never been more proud to be a member of this community. Overwhelming generosity from those that are able to support friends and neighbours facing challenges. 10/10 tonight @CHEK_News @VicFoundation @timescolonist @officialdfoster
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Drop off is Thursday, 6:45-7:15pm in the staff lot off Coronation. Another small token of gratitude for everything you’re doing from your friends at @JawlProperties @rxvictoria @dobosalacantina and @drinkrumble #7pmThankYou
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Hey incredible folks at YYJ Royal Jubilee - we are back tomorrow evening with more nourishment! 400 x 1 L jars of Chef Kunal Ghose’s famous seafood chowder (+ vegan option) from @dobosalacantina and 100 cases of @drinkrumble
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MEDIA RELEASE: Greater Victoria School District Provides 10,000 Meals Weekly for Families Amid COVID-19 Pandemic https://t.co/fbnpfCovKV
#OneLearningCommunity #InThisTogetherVictoria #sd61learn
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Hey amazing folks at YYJ Royal Jubilee - we’ve got 200 lasagnas coming in hot for you TONIGHT. 6:45-7:15pm in the staff lot off Coronation. A small token of gratitude from the gang at @ZambrisVictoria and @JawlProperties. Look for the @BigWheelBurger truck! #7pmThankYou
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YYJ Rapid Relief Fund just crossed $3mm raised in less than 2 weeks with > 5,000 individual contributors. A stunning show of community support. Needs keep compounding -> we’ll keep going. #InThisTogetherYYJ
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Tonight, Patrol officers began their night shift with a salute to the amazing work of hospital staff and healthcare workers. Thank you for your commitment. Thank you for taking care of our community. #respect #15carsalute Info: https://t.co/8asbS0yUL4
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$10/meal so $500 donation = meals for 50 people tonight. Also keeps beloved YYJ restaurants alive during this time and jobs in tact for kitchen staff. @timescolonist @CityOfVictoria
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We’ve worked w @HomeForHope and @jonesgotmeat to launch Boxes of Hope. Live now serving 200 healthy meals / day following safe C-19 protocol to YYJ’s most vulnerable (other meal sources closed this past week). We need to scale. Donate here:
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Check out these awesome YYJ initiatives from @awilkinson and the team at Tiny. Rapid iteration and creative thinking in a time of crisis - no wonder they’re great entrepreneurs.
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Explore this post and more from the VictoriaBC community
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A group of tech companies in Victoria (us included) are matching donations up to $350,000 to the Victoria Rapid Relief Fund. If you donate $1, we will match it up to $350k. Details here:
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As the Rapid Relief Fund, launched to help those in need as a result of COVID-19, edges toward $1.3 million, it’s safe to say that this effort is without match anywhere else in Canada. It will soon...
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Friends in YYJ hotel biz. Who can mobilize for this? Critical crunch coming and we need supports for health teams on front lines in place. If interested, I can link you up with the key folks at VIHA
The Four Seasons Hotel on 57th Street will provide FREE lodging to doctors, nurses & medical personnel currently working to respond to the #COVID19 pandemic. Thank you @FourSeasons. The first of many hotels we hope will make their rooms available.
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