History

Highlights from LITE's history

• 1993 - Hamper season depressed sales at inner-city grocery businesses
• 1993-4 - Volunteers started raising money for “the gift that gives twice”: the Christmas LITE campaign that purchases Christmas hampers from inner-city businesses
• 1997 - First Pancake Breakfast
• 1998 - First grants to partners, with a 50/50 split of donations between grants and inner-city purchases
• 1999 - Incorporated
• 2001 - Name changed from 'Christmas LITE' to 'LITE' to reflect the shift to year-long campaign
• 2002 - LITE achieves charitable status
• 2003 - First participation in the Run for Rights
• 2006 - LITE moves into its own office at 571 Selkirk Avenue

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Download LITE's story "Traveling LITE" (full article) (Making Waves Magazine, Jan 2006)