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We did it. Congrats to everyone involved – whether you donated, volunteered, attended HoHoTO or offered your support – for helping make this happen! Together we raised $30,000 for the YWCA Toronto’s Girls’ Centre.

According to Valerie Thompson, Events & Stewardship Officer of the YWCA Toronto, “Those funds will go a long way to helping inspire the girls we serve to achieve their dreams and become leaders.”

Davina, Summer and Alex are mentors in the YWCA Girls’ Council. They develop, plan and evaluate programs at the YWCA Girls’ Centre. Girls participate in special events, community outreach, advocacy and media initiatives.
More event photos and video.

Many Thanks to Our Participating Organizations

Participating in HoHoTO year-round are a number of organizations who are helping to drive opportunity, diversity, and innovation in the workplace now and in the future.

YWCA Toronto with money raised going to YWCA Toronto’s Girls’ Centre.

“It was so great to see the tech community come out to support this initiative, and to see so many young professionals want to network with the girls and talk to them about careers in media, tech, or whatever field interested them.” – Valerie Thompson, YWCA Toronto

Ladies Learning Code and their women & youth coding and technology programs.

TechGirls Canada, providing national leadership to hundreds of organizations encouraging girls to consider tech as a career.

hErVOLUTION, working on access to innovative education and employment services for girls and young women.

Thanks to Our Sponsors!

Kanetix, Fair Trade, Wesell, Zuul, Say Yeah, Maze Solutions, Pagerduty, Shopify, Panago, Herscu & Goldsilver, Rangle, Rogers Fido, Allure, Techvibes, Universe DevTO, Fused, Rent frock Repeat, Sam:) Plaza Ventures, The Wild North, 111 Richmond, Yelp, Betakit, Kin Community, Interactive Ontario

Thanks Volunteers!

Without you we could not have done it. We appreciate all your effort! Thank you.

Thanks Organizers!

Thank you for all your work in pulling off an amazing event. If you’d like to help shape the event next year, send a message to team@HoHoTO.ca. Feedback welcome! BTW, HoHoTO’s goal is to be the hub that connects efforts to engage more women and minorities in entrepreneurial, digital, and engineering pursuits.

Lee Dale, Co-chair @smack416
Ryan Taylor, Co-chair @ryantaylor

Niya Bajaj, Sponsorship & Logistics @destiniya
Rajesh Kutty, Sponsorship @kuttysark

Matthew Burpee, Social Media @matthewburpee
Lauren Souch, Communications @misslau

Jason Carlin, Finance @the2scoops
Keith Foster, Tech @nomadicsettler

Rochelle Latinsky, Volunteers & Coordinator @rochlatinsky

 
To the HOHOTO Team:

Thank you for all your work in pulling off an amazing event and raising $30,000 for the Girls’ Centre! Those funds will go a long way to helping inspire the girls we serve to achieve their dreams and become leaders.

It was so great to see the tech community come out to support this initiative, and to see so many young professionals want to network with the girls and talk to them about careers in media, tech, or whatever field interested them. I know that this experience will stay with Davina, Alex, and Summer for many years to come.

Congrats on a job well done, and for mobilizing your community of supporters both at the event and on social media around advancing role of women in tech, and supporting YWCA Toronto’s Girls’ Centre.

Happy Holidays from our whole team!

-Val

Valerie Thompson
Events & Stewardship Officer | Philanthropy Department
YWCA Toronto | A Turning Point for Women

 

Of course, we wouldn’t be where we are today without the collective awesomeness of the HoHoTO founders and other former committee members. Thank you to each and everyone one of them.

Happy Holidays!

More photos and video

The next HoHoTO holiday party will be in December 2016.