The Barrie Allandale Railway Modellers are NOT accepting donations at this time.
We thank the many members of our model railway community and their families that have donated many thousands of items, thereby allowing our Club to remain financially viable during COVID.
The Club may continue to donate funds to local charities as we deem appropriate and may take donations in the future to continue this endeavour.
Note: We are currently not accepting donations.
Donations to Registered Charities
The membership of Barrie Allandale Railway Modellers, have provided donations to various registered charities serving the City of Barrie and the County of Simcoe. A list of the charities and photos is shown below.
We are most grateful to the model railway community for their support, allowing us to make these donations.
Why we receive donations of Model Railway Items
BARM is a not-for-profit Club that has raised significant funding through donations of model railway equipment. These donations are as a result of the 2 years of COVID, at which time we could not hold shows or events to raise funds to support our Club. As such we turned to the Barrie and Simcoe County community by seeking donations of model railway items that we could subsequently sell to raise funds. The response was far beyond our expectations.
Note: We are currently not accepting donations.
Return of generosity to the Community
As a result, we are now in a position of having excess funds and want to give back to the
community. We seek to return funds from donations back to registered charities that meet our
strict criteria and offer targeted assistance to individuals with specific needs.
The following are the Registered Charities to which we have donated funds or in kind items, as noted with each of the photos:
1. Hospice Simcoe – donation of $3000 in cash
June 2024 – A big thanks to Richard, Dave, and Henk from Barrie Allendale Railway Modellers Association, for dropping by with a cheque for Hospice Simcoe. This not-for-profit Club has raised significant funding through donations of model railway equipment. As a result, they want to give back to the community and chose Hospice Simcoe as the recipient of $3,000. Thank you for the generous donation, we greatly appreciate our community support!
2. Busby Center – Donation consisting of 7 tents, 6 tarps and $800 cash totaling $2000
3. Women and Children’s Shelter of Barrie – $3000 in cash and in-kind donations as described below
We want to send a very big THANK YOU to Henk, Richard & Dave from Barrie Allandale Railway Modellers for stopping by with a wonderful donation of much needed outdoor tools, cleaning and shelter supplies. They also brought us 2 beautiful patio sets for our outreach house and even pout them together so they could be used to enjoy the warmer weather.
An addition $1,000 was donated that will go toward the purchase of produce and pantry food, baby items and addition shelter supplies. Community support like this helps us meet the diverse needs of our residents and the growing cost of groceries and supplies. Thank you!
4. COPE Service Dogs – $500
