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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 11 Mar 2009, p. 21

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{_ WM lel “(t (.IlR()Nl(.l£ ' WednesdAy. Much ll. £003 ° 2I Many different kinds of social enterprises out th r' I'l .tst time we talked ’ ‘ ' tury, lostered by the need tor 0 e I about the idea oi start I l VS \ ( ll l ll social interaction between rig a business that is _ v . ~ . returning soldiers from the t designed as it social etitei BU SI N lbs Will'- pnse . lhey first gathered to Remember that the 1. simply socialize, and in titne ' essential difletenee between ‘ they took on a community setting up a pm. ate enter 2 service function, prise and a social enterprise -. Sen'ice clubs today raise is iound in how the profit or" i millions of dollars for charity the operation is handled. ‘;. and give countless hours of l-or your social enterprise it volunteer time to the com» you certainly pay yoiirsella t A munity salary as you would an) W ROY Kinsmen Clubs (Kin other stall‘and yoti expense . (Animal has its national t S e rve y b tt all your operating costs ‘ WEBER headquarters right herein 0 O u e e r' exactly the same way you »_.7- . .,._A‘_ our region. would fora private enter» shop business model. lllcfllt‘d in Cambridge 4“ prise. in more recent years. the juncture ofthe 401 and Whatever monies let't organizations like the Highway 8. this all-Canadian . over after paying yourself a Ontario March of Dimes nonprofit organization gen~ salary atttl your operating have pioneered unique ETHICS a significant social expenses is your profit fund-earning operations. benefit to Our and other 1 If you were a private Their business, which communities aCl'OSS Cana- enterprise, that tnottey operated in Kitchener from da. In 2008- 8 new kind Of ‘ would be yours to do with as the mid~19805 until 2000, service club emerged right you want tafter paying tax began as a repackaging and here in Waterloo. - on it of course), sanitizin service for Air ‘ F O c e e ‘ In your social enterprise, (‘anada'sginvflight passenger Corporate Service Clubs ‘ O r y u r O nv n I n ce that profit would be directed earphones. Corporate Service Clubs to the charitable cause of Did you ever wonder how Of Canada formed as a serv~ 1 your choosing. they recycled those headsets ice club with members as of M a rc h 1 5th i you received in the little drawn from the stafiand What kind ofsocial plastic bag every time you their associates in the work» i enterprise could you start? took a flight? place. So what kind of social The March of Dimes The ClUb members raise th e CI 8 C conesto a M a l I i enterprise could you start? hired workers, with pnefer- fUYldS for charities like the i The answer is quite Iimit- ence given to their clients United Way. and give oftheir less. Any business that you with physical challenges. time volunteering for com- ' can think ofthat offers and the profit they generat~ munity programs like the Ba n kl n g ce ntre ‘ either a product or serv1ce ed from this service went fOOd bank's door-to-door ' would qualify. directly into funding their food drive- I'll share some examples client services. Next time we Will 00“ ' ’ of social enterprises l have This is an excellent examv clude our series 0" social ' Wl I I be been involved with over the ple ofcreating a double enterprise by taking a 100k at years to give you ati idea of social benefit. some examples Of individu- the diversity that exists right First by creating employ~ 315 from our community l here in the Region oil’v'atcrv merit and second by funding Wh0 have embraced the O pe n u n ays loo. wnricgs that provide needed spirit of social entrepreneur- Tbe concept of social support to the community. Ship by' beginning a social enterprise anti fundâ€"earning Service organizations like enterprise oftheir own. ' ' hi“ bt‘t‘li around for Kinsmen. Kiwanis and the “' i 1 2 COO n 00“ - 4! 00 pl m l . decades. Linng (Zlub (rm- fundamental Roy Weber [sari adviser with (lite orgamration that examples of social enter "1“?me Region Small t ‘ comes to mind as a pioneer prise. 3144171955 Centre. ”0 “I" be in fundâ€"earning is the Salvo? Most service clubs had ”00194111 tion Army and their thrilt- their genesis in the last cen- fll't’h’rfal'lfy-“WW’len’H'IL A 7 .- at G H N OW! Please ViSit us for all of your personal __ __ - â€" »_ - 1â€" A p q / and busmess banking needs. _ w“ ... [ fl.‘ ' s, rE‘R ‘h( Qt " ' , RONICll’“ 4 ' ‘ A? â€" f 1 . â€"- 9 â€" _. ?' final/live fl/ . . . . . Nil/ill ( |B( i m. - ~ . â€" ~ . le.ca ‘ _ . â€" . i ‘ W! . it i w a .- . i / ‘ or look tor M. ' / yourln .'*' "f 55 . plporblllol taste lot what matters . “fl 2 v t v - - A I \

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