We gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance of the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage and Service Canada. Also thanks to our Presenting Partners, Media Sponsors, Corporate Donors, Event Sponsors and individual sponsors.
How you can contribute
There are many ways in which you can be a part of the Festival. Contact the Festival office for more details.
Government Support
We gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance of the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage (Canada Arts Presentation Fund and the Endowment Incentives Component of the Canada Cultural Investment Fund) and Service Canada (Canada Summer Jobs).
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts which last year invested $20 million in writing and publishing through Canada.
Nous remercions de son soutien le Conseil des Arts du Canada, qui a investi 20 million dollars l’an dernier dans les letters et l’édition à travers le Canada.
The Province of British Columbia through the British Columbia Arts Council
District of Sechelt
Platinum Sponsor
Presenting Partners
Canadian Union of Public Employees — BC Division, Local 391
Foundations
- The Helpalittle Foundation
- The Milner Family Fund
Corporate Donors
- Investors Group Matching Gift Program
- Attention! Web and Graphic Design
Event Sponsorships 2018
- Event 1 — Investors Group
- Event 2 — H&R Block
- Event 3 — Harper Collins Canada
- Event 4 — Douglas & McIntyre
- Event 5 — Julie Hegyi, Sotheby’s International Realty Canada
- Event 6 — The Coast Group
- Event 7 — Sunshine Coast Arts Council
- Event 8 — Strait Coffee
- Event 9 — Driftwood Inn
- Event 10 — One O One Office Supply
- Event 11 — Eleven Equal Artists / Power of Paint
- Event 12 — Lynn Pakulak Endowment Fund
- Event 13 — Sunshine Coast Credit Union
- Event 14 — Blue Magnolia
- Event 15 — HollisWealth
- Event 16 — Spani Developments
- Event 17 — Capilano University
- Event 18 — Talewind Books
- Event 19 — The Marie Steel Memorial Endowment
- Event 20 — Jane Darling
- Event 21 — Clayton’s Heritage Market
In Kind Support
- Apex Printing Centre
- Gibsons Florist
- Halfmoon Bay Nursery
- Rusty Hinge
- Sunshine Coast Nursery
- Tasters Oil and Vinegars
Community Partners
We thank our 2018 Festival Donors
Roll of Honour
- Debbie Mealia & Jim Budd
- Alain & Nicole Normand
- Paddy Wales
Readers Circle
- Jean Bennett & Norma Brow
- Dianne & Michael Goldberg
- Sahra Hailey
- Bonnie Jackson
- Trudy Jaskela
- Pamela Lockhart
- Linda & Keith Maxwell
- Rose & Bryan Norton
- Bonnie & Eric Paetkau
- Vi Roden
- Bette Thompson
Book Club
- Judith Allen
- Bob & Nancy Benmore
- Arlene Clark
- Elaine & Peter Clayden
- Jack & Gail Corse
- John & Shelley Hilditch
- Helen Ible
- Bonnie Jackson
- Julie Kirkland
- Janelyn Kotaska
- Karen MacKenzie
- Marilyn McKee
- Dixie Meagher
- Jude Morrison
- Lonnie & Susan Propas
- Marney Qually
- David & Jeanmarie Rushton
- Andrew Scott
- Margaret Talor
- Rosemary Terry
- John & Gail Watson
Book Mark
- Jill Brandon
- Susan Charlton
- Katherine Doyle
- Patricia Elliott
- Deborah Ferguson
- Lee Ferguson
- Joan & Peter Fortier
- Charlene Jenkins
- Isabel Jones
- Julie Kevilovski
- Isabelle Pidoux
- Sheila Pope
- David Roberts
- Susan Sitter
- Susan Sutherland
- Gale Tyler
- Joan Wagner
- Eva Wall
Legacy of Literacy Upstarts
We thank the following donors who helped us launch Legacy of Literacy. Thanks to their contributions, our endowment funds grew by $66,000 over the past year.
- Marisa Alps
- Kit Artus
- Jean Bennett & Norma Brow
- Jill Brandon
- Susan Bryant
- Candy Caple
- Anne & Geoffrey Carr
- Bette Chadwick
- Adrienne M. Clark
- Moira Clement
- Don & Donna Currie
- Jane Darling
- Patricia Elliott
- Bill & Joyce Foyle
- Sara Gerring
- Camilla Gibb
- Don & Patti Gunning
- Joan Harvey
- Margaret Hodgins
- Wendy Hunt & Chris Staples
- Helen Ible
- Janice Iverson
- Marianne Larsen
- D. Lewis Contracting
- Beatrice Marshall
- Maureen McBeath
- Dorothy McCallum
- Debbie Mealia
- Marilyn Millard
- Kathy Mulder
- The Nickle Family Foundation
- Len Pakulak
- Sally Quinn
- Gillian Roberts
- Vi Roden
- Sheryl Sacks
- Maureen & Philip Sawkins
- Donalda Smith
- Fern Walker
- Nattanya Wardel
- Janice Webb
- Nancy Webber
We thank the following for their donations of books:
- Caitlin Press
- Douglas & McIntyre
- Harbour Publishing
- McClelland & Stewart
- Nightwood Editions
- Penguin Random House Canada
- Freehand Books
- Orca Books
Special Thanks
- Joan Graham, Rockwood Lodge and Seaside Centre
- Perry Schmitt and Crew, Parks Department, District of Sechelt
- St. Hilda’s Anglican Church and our neighbours
- Teresa Nightingale, Attention Web and Graphic Design
- Boyd Norman, Office Alternatives
- Marje Umezuki
- Karen Weissenborn, Karen Weissenborn Design
- Sharon Brown and Andreas Schroeder