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Skip The Dinner is CareImpact’s year-end Christmas campaign, a fundraising non-event. You keep your time, and you give from wherever you are.

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Most days, the news scrolls by faster than a Tim Hortons drive-thru—but every so often, a few stories remind us that goodness is still trending quietly, faithfully, one act at a time.

This week, Johan shares stories of neighbours whose small acts made a big impact:

00:55 The Interest Rate on Kindness Just Went Up

02:27 Waffling Her Way into Everyone’s Heart

4:40 Neighbourhood Watch | When Fences Make Good Neighbours—and Jackhammers Don’t

6:46 Knit Happens – How Port Stanley Painted the Town Red

From hidden cash to hand-stitched gratitude, these stories prove compassion is still Canada’s quiet superpower.

Sources

1️⃣ “‘Sharing the Wealth’ with Kindness Project” — by Christina Chkarboul, Newmarket Today, Sept. 23 2025

2️⃣ “Years of Kindness and Compassion Recognized” — by Amanda Jeffery, Drayton Valley and District Free Press, Oct. 9 2025

3️⃣ “Belching and Jackhammering ‘Bad Neighbour’ Earns Rebuke from B.C. Judge” — by Jason Proctor, CBC News, Aug. 14 2020

4️⃣ “How More Than 100 Volunteers Painted Port Stanley Red to Pay Respect to Veterans” — by Alessio Donnini, CBC News, Nov. 4 2025

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Email: podcast@careimpact.ca

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Skip The Dinner-Double Your Impact

Skip The Dinner is CareImpact’s year-end Christmas campaign, a fundraising non-event. You keep your time, and you give from wherever you are.

Right now, every year-end gift or pledge is DOUBLED by a generous donor, so your giving goes twice as far to help strengthen CareImpact’s work with churches and community partners across Canada.
Each donation will be matched before January 1, 2026.