Karen Shank Foundation

The Karen Shank Foundation was created in 2005 in memory of our dear friend Karen Shank to commemorate and celebrate her life by carrying on her spirit making a difference through community involvement.

Our organization strives to raise awareness of the many needs in our local communities and to promote participation through volunteering in our day-to-day lives.

For more information about the charities we support, please see our partnerships page.

December, 2008

The Karen Shank Foundation is once again sponsoring two volunteer days at Halton Women's Place to help with the holiday hamper. The volunteer days will be December 6th and 13th, please see our events page for more information and directions.

June 7th, 2008

A big thanks to everyone who helped us raise over $7000 in our 3rd annual beach volleyball tournament! In addition, vast amounts of food were collected to help stock the empty shelves during a very busy summer. Both the Eden Food Bank and UTM Food Banks were able to benefit from everyone's generosity. Pictures are online.

December 2007

On Saturday December 8th and Saturday December 15th, the Karen Shank Foundation hosted its 2007 Halton Women's Place Holiday Hamper Days. A remarkable group of almost 40 volunteers worked tirelessly for over 8 hours to sort, wrap, organizer and deliver hampers. It was a wonderful show of community support that included groups of friends and family.

November 4th, 2007

Thanks to everyone who participated in our Indoor Volleyball Tournament and Dinner on October 20th. Through your generosity, we were able to raise $7000 for Halton Women's Place! Pictures from the event are online, you can view them here.