success Stories
All the Right Reasons Gala Fundraiser
On May 6th, 2009 Uncommon Results was proud to collaborate with Lukas Lundin of Lundin for Africa and Chip and Shannon Wilson of Imagine One Day; two prominent local Vancouver foundations working in the African cause. The event took place at Coast Restaurant in Vancouver, and it was attended by 160 of Vancouver’s finest guests. The event raised over 300,000 dollars for the specific causes of both foundations in Africa. ...read more
Heroes of Hope Capital Campaign
The R.S. McLaughlin Durham Regional Cancer Centre (MDRCC) was one of the first cancer centres required to share capital costs with the government. The task seemed daunting to say the least—especially when a feasibility study declared the Oshawa Hospital Foundation only capable of raising $10 million of the $16 million community contribution... read more
Twenty five percent of people living with HIV don’t know they are infected. The unnerving wait for test results has been a roadblock to change. Until the Test Your Commitment Campaign. This cross-country, media-rich road trip brought the INSTI 60-second HIV test to Canadian neighbourhoods... read more
Amid the ever-growing popularity of healthcare lotteries and government cuts to healthcare funding, it has become all the more challenging and imperative for a mega-lottery to succeed. ... read more
For each of its first nine
years, the Annual Gus Brown Golf Classic would raise on average $5000.
The Gus Brown team felt satisfied enough. They never imagined being
able to raise much more. ... read more