In powerful interview with Graeme Dargavel from Gillian’s Place, John Porter talks about the impact that business owners in Niagara are having on the shelter for those suffering from domestic violence. What difference has $35,000 made to the charity? And what’s incredible is that $35,000 is donated WITHOUT USING MONEY.

How? Find out more at www.barterpay.ca

Founder & CEO of BarterPay®, John Porter, chats with Sheryl Bruggeling from Mennonite Central Committee about how they gained $90,000 for their charity in less than two years. This $90,000 was able to go towards relief, development and peace for people all over the world.

These Barter Credits™ were able to provide 6,000 bottles of hand sanitizer which were shipped to remote indigenous communities at the beginning of COVID-19. They were also used to cover general administrative costs and for online/in person auctions. Sheryl explains about how charities need to cover administrative costs, so the support from BarterPay® means that they can keep this percentage low. Having the support from BarterPay® extends the impact of everything they do.

Sheryl explains how her Barter Coach™ has been a huge asset for their organization “Beatrice is amazing,” explains Sheryl  “she is intuitive and has allowed MCC to make great use of the Barter Credits™ .”

All of this was possible because of the incredible way that BarterPay® members help non-profits! Thank you to all of the amazing businesses that donate Barter Credits™  to the BarterPay It Forward Foundation®. Your donations are helping to change lives all over the world.

Founder & CEO of BarterPay®, John Porter, chats with Jessica Brown, Marketing and Events Coordinator, from the Hamilton/Burlington SPCA. The HBSPCA works to “keep people and pets together by helping community members be the pet parents they want to be and by acting as a vote for those who don’t have one.”

Jessica shares about the incredible impact that BarterPay® has been able to have on their charity, helping them gain nearly $20,000 for their charity in just one year. All of this because they simply tapped into the incredible way that BarterPay® members help non-profits! 

Jessica talks about their relationship with Leslie McNicoll, their Barter Coach™, and how she is an invaluable member of their team. Jessica shares about how every dollar spent in a charitable context is extremely valuable, and that they need to be accountable to their donors for every dollar spent. She explains how Leslie has saved them so much time from going to vendor-to-vendor and finding the best price for what’s needed.

Thank you to all the businesses across Canada that help support charities in the amazing work that they are doing in the community.

Watch this video for more details on how the Hamilton/Burlington SPCA has gained support from the BarterPay community.

In an interview with Lincoln County Humane Society director, Kevin Strooband, we learn how one amazing charity that rescues animals has been able to save tens of thousands of dollars through the BarterPay It Forward® program where business owners can actually donate to charities without using money. 

Kevin talks about how business owners are truly saving animals lives. Watch this video to find out more.

Oakville Community Foundation director, Gillian McLaren, shares how her charity has been able to save $20,000 because they joined the BarterPay It Forward Foundation and how it has impacted what they are able to do for their community.

For more information on how you as a charity can benefit from being a part of the BarterPay It Forward Foundation, go to www.barterpay.ca and join over 100 charities across Canada who are saving tens of thousands of dollars per year because they are able to cover some admin and overhead costs.

Executive Director of the Melanoma Network of Canada, Falyn, chats with Founder & CEO of BarterPay, John Porter about how her charity saved around $30K in a short period of time DURING A PANDEMIC when donations were at an all-time low. How is that possible? Watch and see.

For more information go to www.barterpay.ca

Hi everybody! My name is John Porter, Founder and CEO with BarterPay.  Today I have the pleasure of sitting down with Orlando Bowen, executive director and founder of One Voice One Team….

What’s sort of your journey to One Voice One Team and what do you guys do and how you help the community and kids and that sort of thing just give us the overall kind of overview that’d be great.

Orlando: Absolutely, so one of the things that we believe strongly is that young people are at risk of not realizing their potential the potential to to see what they have to offer but their ability to pour into other people’s lives and to make a difference there so for us it’s it’s doing what we can to empower and equip young people to see beyond their current circumstances, challenges or what life situations so that they could know, not think,  but so that they can KNOW that they have the gifts the skills and tools to be able to make a difference for themselves and for others so we do that through assemblies, workshops, summer camp, service activities, where they see themselves actually in action in service making a difference and meeting the needs of their communities.

John: How have you been able to utilize Barter Credits™ and we’re a charity too. Our foundation specifically likes to support the administration and overhead costs of a charity which is actually more of an anomaly because most donors like to see their funds go straight to the end costs whether it be the backpacks for the kids or buying a certain number of meals and that sort of thing but we’re a charity that really just funds administration overhead so the cash donations they received actually go to their end cause – not putting as much money towards expenses.

When I scan your account here Orlando I know that we’ve hit almost 125 000 in Barter Credits™ that have flowed from our members to our foundation back out to One Voice One Team and already been utilized back within the marketplace to offset some of those costs they’re things like SEO and printing and business machines and backpacks and all sorts of different things but maybe you can just touch on some of the things that you’ve been able to get through the network.

Orlando: I don’t even know how obviously you could put a price on it but some of the impacts have been priceless in terms of how it the effect it has on community like real effect we’ve been able to some of the backend things that we’ve been able to acquire like banners and signage, you know from a personnel perspective, and expertise around SEO and marketing, website development and how they work together has been so powerful. It’s really been a game changer for us in terms of our ability to not just do the work but to tell the story about the work that’s being done……

and the expertise that has been made available through barter has been transformative for us…..
it’s just we’ve been able to really level up in the way not just the way that we operate behind the scenes but what the end users experience is because of some of those items yeah amazing!  I love seeing this list.  I mean I literally have to scroll my mouse for a good 60 seconds here to get through all the transactions that have been put together!

Watch video for more from Orlando’s amazing testimony…

Founder & CEO of BarterPay®, John Porter, chats with Marla Smith from the Niagara Children’s Centre, a local charity that services around 5,800 children in the Niagara region. Marla talks about how they gained $6,000 for their charity right after joining the BarterPay community.

Marla explains that gaining the 6,000 Barter Credits™ has allowed them to be able to provide more therapy and support services for children and families in the community. She thanks the BarterPay® members for donating Barter Credits™ to the BarterPay It Forward Foundation®, explaining that they were very moved.  

Watch this video to find out more about how the NCC has been able to leverage the housekeeping work that always needs to get done!

Small business owners across Canada are making SIGNIFICANT contributions, not just small ones, but BIG donations, to their local communities even in the middle of a worldwide pandemic.

How is that possible? It’s hard for many business owners to keep their businesses above water, let alone helping local charities stay afloat!

Find out why businesses like AV WATER can impact local charities without using any money AND not just in small ways, but with thousands of dollars in value that would otherwise be almost impossible to give, especially in these challenging times!