Join us on Friday, September 26, for an evening of Dancing, Dining, and DJ Music
This is an evening you won’t want to miss.
Bring your appetite and dancing shoes to help support Early Childhood Education schools in Jamaica and Canada. We have a growing list of activities including:
- Keynote Speaker:
- Minister of Education, Jamaica – Senator The Hon. Dr. Dana Morris DixonDance
- Welcoming Introductions:
- Consul General, Kurt Davis
- Music for your dancing pleasure:
- Jay Douglas and The All-Stars
- DJ Eugene Chang of Psycho Soul
We will be at the historic venue of the Old Mill Toronto, since 1914, offering exquisite dining, where we will celebrate in style in one of the elegant ballrooms.
Tickets are now on sale, so get yours for only $125 or a table of 10 persons for $1,250.
See PACE Canada President’s message below outlining how you can contribute to help making this a successful fundraising event.
Message from PACE Canada President
Published: July 2025
Dear Members, Supporters, Partners and Friends,On behalf of the PACE Canada Board and Executives, I trust you are all enjoying the Summer. May you have a wonderful time with friends and family, and at the same time invite them to be with us at the Fall Social (see details above).
PACE Canada has launched an ambitious strategy to increase our support to 1,000 Early Childhood Education (ECE) schools in Jamaica. Our current support is now over 700 schools.
Earlier this year we successful provisioned 2,500 ONETAB educational devices to 500 schools across the island, plus the 200+ schools supported in our signature Adopt-A-School Program (AAS).
To help us achieve this goal PACE is again reaching out for your support of our September 26,2025 fundraising event at the Old Mill Hotel.Our Key Note Speaker will be the Jamaica Minister of Education the Hon. Senator Dr. Dana Morris Dixon.The following are options where your support would be greatly appreciated:1. Purchase a table for 10 at the event for $1,2502. Purchase a full page advertisement in the event Program booklet for $5003. Provide in-kind donations for door prizes or auction4. Adopt one or more ECE school in Jamaica through our signature Adopt-A-School (AAS) Program.The AAS program provides a minimum of C$365 annually to each school supported and requires a three year commitment. You can choose the Parish and/or School(s) with help from PACE to focus on the most needy ones. Funds provided are used to enhance the school’s education and environment with the aim of attaining 100% certification towards the 12 standards in the government’s Early Childhood Education Act. As of 2022 only about 12% of the over 2,300 schools have attained 100% and 45% of schools are below the 50% mark. So the need is great.I would be pleased to speak with you at your convenience to discuss this opportunity in more detail.You can reach me via email (president@pacecanada.org).We thank you all for your continued support of PACE Canada, as your support goes a long way to achieving our goal of Helping Young Children Succeed.Diana Burke,
President P.A.C.E. (Canada)
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- not controlled by a single profit-driven corporate entity
- 42% of users are aged 25 to 44, which is a key demographic for us
- as of March 2025 there were over 33 million users
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We have been in operation since 1987.
Under the Auspices of
High Commissioner of Jamaica to Canada
Her Excellency Mrs. Marsha Coore Lobban currently serves as the High Commissioner of Jamaica to Canada
There are over 2,400 early childhood institutions in Jamaica.
PACE is now supporting 700 schools across the island,
and we have a goal to reach 1,000 schools.
We can only achieve this with your support.
