TORONTO, ON (February 13, 2018) – FirstService Residential, Ontario’s leading property management company, launched its second annual fundraising campaign today supporting Samaritan’s Feet, a global humanitarian aid organization that provides new shoes to underprivileged children.

FirstService Residential was the first organization in Canada to complete a fundraising campaign for Samaritan’s Feet, an aid organization that has helped over 6.5 million people around the world. Funds raised during the campaign will go directly towards purchasing new shoes for impoverished children in the Greater Toronto Area.

"FirstService Residential is an integral part of growing our efforts in Canada and bringing new shoes and joy to hundreds of children in the Toronto area and beyond," said Manny Ohonme, Co-Founder, CEO, & President of Samaritan's Feet. "We are so thankful for their upcoming campaign and know that many lives will be positively impacted through it."

This is the second year FirstService Residential has fundraised for Samaritan’s Feet. In 2017, FirstService Residential Ontario raised almost $10,000 which provided shoes to children in the Jane-Finch community.

“Every day, FirstService strives to be genuinely helpful and improve the lifestyle of every resident in the communities we manage and live in. We are honoured to have the opportunity to make a difference throughout the larger community of Toronto as well,” said Randy Hutchings, president of FirstService Residential Ontario.  


To donate to FirstService Residential Ontario’s campaign, visit www.samaritansfeet.org/ontario/.  

About FirstService Residential
FirstService Residential is North America's largest manager of residential communities and the preferred partner of HOAs, community associations and strata corporations in the U.S. and Canada.  FirstService Residential's managed communities include low-, mid- and high-rise condominiums and cooperatives, single-family homes, master-planned, lifestyle and active adult communities, and rental and commercial properties.

With an unmatched combination of deep industry experience, local market expertise and personalized attention, FirstService Residential delivers proven solutions and exceptional service that add value, enhance lifestyles and make a difference, every day, for every resident and community it manages.  FirstService Residential is a subsidiary of FirstService Corporation, a North American leader in the property services sector. For more information, visit www.fsresidential.com.

About Samaritan’s Feet
Samaritan’s Feet is a 501(c)(3) humanitarian aid organization that shares a message of hope and love through washing the feet of impoverished children around the world and adorning them with new shoes. There are an estimated 2.2 billion people worldwide living in poverty and more than 1.5 billion who suffer from foot borne diseases. The goal of Samaritan’s Feet is to create a world with zero shoeless children. Since its founding by Manny Ohonme in 2003, Samaritan’s Feet and its team of ambassadors and partners have blessed more than 6.5 million children in more than 75 nations. For more information about Samaritan’s Feet International, visit www.SamaritansFeet.org.

Feb 13, 2018