Women have been provided several means of participating in our programs: in-person, on-line and hybrid learning. We continue to provide laptops to our learners, thanks to capital funding and donations. iSisters provides programs in Arabic, Ukrainian, French and English.
We are thrilled to report our major successes during the past fiscal year: iSisters first Community Consultation and Partner Fair, increased our number of corporate connections, received government funding both federally and provincially, increased our social media presence, and more. I am honored to have led our wonderful operations staff: Michael Powell (Executive Assistant), Summer Zhang (Bookkeeper), and Erin Keeley-Messier (Program Manager) who has led and mentored our talented and professional contracted instructors to provide state of the art programs for our learners. Kudos to Erin for an incredible year!
Without our dedicated volunteers we would not be able to operate. Their expertise and hard work have assisted us in administration, programming and event organization. You are valued and appreciated.
Our successful fundraising efforts and talented donors have enabled iSisters to grow as an organization and to offer additional programs and workshops and to increase our much-needed infrastructure. We exceeded our fundraising target from $225,000 to $332,719 this fiscal year. This allowed us to create a new program – iWisdom for seniors and to serve additional women through computer training and employment mentoring. We are currently running 7 programs and several workshops.
A heart-felt thank you to our volunteer Board of Directors. It has been my honor and privilege to work with you all and in particular, Claire Toplis, Board Chair, for her guidance and support.
As this will be my final message before retirement on September 30, 2023, I personally want to thank the Ottawa Non-Profit Community, Funders, Donors, Partners, Volunteers, Staff and Instructors for your incredible support during the past three years. I am so proud to have led such an incredible and amazing organization.
