Yonge Street Mission: Yonge Street Mission in downtown Toronto is one of Canada's leading agencies dealing meaningfully with poor and marginalized people in urban settings. They identified high priority needs for computer training for children, as a fundamental literacy and life-skills issue. As well, they wanted to take steps to create a viable business in the community, as well as address other needs. KMA was commissioned to conduct a planning and implementation study, and then to consult to a $4 million campaign. The result was a new branch housing a groundbreaking computer literacy lab for children, and a retail for high quality used clothing, known as DoubleTake.

"KMA was instrumental in the planning and launch of the capital campaign for a new branch we initiated as part of our centennial. Their contribution in the early months helped us understand how a campaign operates, and how the major gifts process unfolds. KMA gave valuable help in shaping how our vision would be worked out in practical terms, and they also helped us believe it was possible to succeed. We're glad we got professional help at the outset."

Rick Tobias, Executive Director
Yonge Street Mission