Community Impact

Strengthening Our Community

Since 2005, the Mayor’s Gala has been strengthening our community by supporting our local hospital and other important charities. The total amount raised to date is $2,865,032.

Together, with our sponsors and volunteers, we are making a real difference.

Funding Recipients:

Ajax Pickering Hospital
Alzheimer’s Society of Durham
Big Brothers Big Sisters of South West Durham
Boys & Girls Club of Durham
Canadian Blood Services
Canadian Red Cross – Typhoon Haiyan Relief Fund
Carea Community Health Centre
Charles H. Best – Juvenile Diabetes
Children’s Wish
CNIB
Community Care Durham
Community Living Association
Durham Hospice
Durham Mental Health Services
Durham Region 2019 Ontario Parasport Games
Durham West Arts Centre Foundation
Epilepsy Durham
Footprints 4 Autism
Grandview Kids
Hearth Place
Jennifer Ashleigh Children’s Charity
Joanne’s House
Kinark Foundation for Children
Luke’s Place
Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Science – Dementia Program
Ontario Special Olympics
Pickering Rotary Music Festival
PineRidge Arts Council
Scientists in School
St. Paul’s on the Hill Food Bank
St. Vincent’s Kitchen
Their Opportunity
VON Durham Hospice
WindReach Farm
Woman’s Multicultural Resource Centre of Durham
Wounded Warriors Canada
Youth Group of Pickering
Young Singers