Over the past 17 years, the Riverdale Share Concert — a star-studded, grass-roots event held annually each December—has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars and truckloads of food for families in crisis in Riverdale. The funds generated from the concert are distributed each subsequent spring to organizations with programs or projects that directly benefit families and individuals in need and that are community-oriented.

Now, for the second time, Riverdale Share will publicly announce the successful recipients and award them with the funds raised from the 2008 concert at a gala dinner and dance entitled BEBOP-A-LOOZA!  This night of fun, food and frolic features the amazing RIVERDALE SHARE HOUSE BAND from the Riverdale Share Concert featuring members of the Bebop Cowboys, along with a selection of special musical guests including Michael Brennan, Blair Packham and more. Dinner is presented by the Magic Oven, Second Cup will supply coffee and dessert and Mill St. Brewery will supply the beer. Dance lessons will be available and a silent auction will be in play during the evening as well.

Tickets are only $25.00 after the charitable tax receipt ( $40.00 with a $15.00 tax receipt) for this action packed, fun-filled celebration of community spirit. Tickets must be reserved in advance using a Visa or Mastercard, but then can then be replaced by cash or cheque at the door on the day of the event in order to receive the tax receipt. The 300 plus tickets sold out last year weeks in advance, so act fast. Tables of 10 available - bring all your friends! More information is available by calling (416) 465-1944, or by email: info@riverdaleshare.com.

Stay tuned for updates as we add our musical guests!

The Bebop Cowboys - The virtuostic country jazz group, the Bebop Cowboys Swing-a-Billy Orchestra and their fun, danceable music have quickly become known as “Canada’s premier western swing outfit.”  As highly respected performers from the Canadian music elite, playing polished arrangements by jazz and country guitarist/band leader Steve Briggs, the Bebops have toured across the country bringing the joy of country swing to the people. Best Roots/Country Act (NOW magazine), Best Ensemble nomination (Canadian Folk Music Awards). www.bebopcowboys.com

Michael Brennan

Grant Application 2009

Grant Term
Grants are exclusively made for a one-year period. Riverdale Share Community Association (RSCA) will consider multiple proposals from an organization within a twelve-month period, but only for separate and different projects or programs within the organizations mandate.
Grant requests are considered up to a maximum of $5,000.00 for each proposal.

Grant Criteria
In order to make the best use of available funds, programs and projects that address families and individuals in need and are community-oriented will receive the highest priority.

Riverdale Catchment Area
Organizations must be located within the following area: The Don River to the west; Coxwell Avenue to the east; Lake Ontario to the south; and O’Connor Avenue to the north.
The program or project must directly benefit residents and/or participants within the above catchment area.

Evidence of the following will be used to assess the merit of proposals:
Impact: Project and programs that serve the community and assist people not being adequately served by existing resources.
Innovation: Pilot projects providing practical approaches for dealing with specific community problems.
Management: Applications are evaluated for management capacity, taking into consideration staff qualification, composition of the governing Board of Directors, capacity for project or program delivery, and accountability of financial operations.
Non-Duplication: Proposals that do not duplicate existing services or programs, or that are able to clearly demonstrate need for duplication.

Deadlines, Copies and Submissions
Submit full proposal by email to: info@riverdaleshare.com
And also to: riverdaleshare@gmail.com

Mail one copy to:
Riverdale Share Community Association
Grant Review Committee
44 Riverdale Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M4K 1C3
Proposals must be postmarked on or before April 16th, 2009
Recipients will by notified by May 4th, 2009
Grants will be awarded on May 29th at an awards ceremony as part of Riverdale Share’s “Bebop-a-looza”

Questions? Please call 416 465-1944

The Mirror Newspaper  December 13, 2007 BY NORM NELSON You’d be hard pressed to find a better entertainment bargain then the $10 admission price to last Sunday’s sold-out 16th annual Riverdale Share Christmas Concert at the Danforth Music Hall. After all, where else are you going to get Steve Page of the Barenaked Ladies sharing the spotlight with the Frankland School Choir who sang with him on Hanukkah, Oh, Hanukkah (which he covers on BNL’s Barenaked for the Holidays CD)? Or Canadian icon Murray McLauchlan dedicating one of his early signature songs On the Boulevard to Christmas shoppers and then backing up Lorraine Segato of Parachute Club fame? Residents from Riverdale and beyond obviously agree it’s a bargain as the event, which has now become an institution, as it boasted its earliest ever sell-out date. [Read more →]