Fundraising
Building Development Project
INTRODUCTION:
Welcome to the fundraising page for CCCO.
Our church has taken on the huge task to renovate our property at 116 Empress. The church has been blessed to have this building and to gather in it with its three congregations. The Lord has blessed us in so many ways but to have this building has been, literally, the foundation for each congregation to minister to various people around Ottawa and especially here in Chinatown.
The building itself is quite old. It has been used by the Catholic Church as its gym facility for its school. The upstairs used to be the basketball court and the basement was a bowling alley. Now we use those spaces for worship. CCCO has been faithful in using and maintaining this building for all these years but we know that it is in much need of some updates.
We are hoping that the renovations can help update safety and accessibility issues such as installing a proper elevator, getting our fire system up to code, improving security, and increasing the overall function of our building. These changes will be necessary and they will also be costly.
Thank you for your consideration in supporting us financially to help us to make this dream a reality.
Fundraising Committee members
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Pastor Jin Chong (Chair and English representative)
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Chunsheng Li (Mandarin representative)
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Iris Lau (Cantonese representative)
HistoryCCCO decided at AGM (Fall 2019) to remain in its current location
Fundraising for the Building Fund began in 2021
Church board decides in May 2022 to commit to raising $1 - 1.5 million in four
years
Donations received:
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2017 - $13, 590​
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2018 - $21,667.63
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2019 - $35,061.00
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2020 - $40, 665.51
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2021 - $315,943.54
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2022 - $71, 162.00
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2023 - $49,468.76
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Grand Total as of Dec 2023 - $580,831.12
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Instructions for donating to the building fund
We sincerely thank you for your interest in supporting our building development project. We are thankful to the Lord for your financial support to make this project possible.
We are a registered nonprofit charity. Our charitable number is 137603981 RR 0001. You can verify this on the CRA website under the list of charities.
CRA Registration for CCCO (click link)
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Download our 2024 pledge letter (click the link to download and print)
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​Make sure to include “Building Development Fund” in the message portion
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Writing a cheque
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You can submit your donation on Sundays during the collection of the offering
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you can also mail it to our church address: 116 Empress Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1R7G2
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Please use the church offering envelope
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Fill in the “other” amount
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Write “Building Development Fund”
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Also, include “Building Development Fund” in the memo portion of your cheque
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