United Way Announces New Campaign Co-Chairs
by Bob Montgomery
United Way Perth-Huron has announced Kristin Sainsbury and John Wolfe as their 2024-25 campaign co-chairs.
“Kristin and John have been long-time supporters of United Way Perth-Huron and are well-respected for their ongoing support of the community,” said UWPH Executive Director, Ryan Erb. “Pressing local issues like poverty, housing and mental health aren’t going away. We are looking forward to getting the campaign underway and with Kristin and John’s help, building on the strength of our organization.”
“We are seeing communities in flux with issues becoming bigger and more challenging,” said incoming co-chair, Kristin Sainsbury. “United Way is central to helping ensure that core agencies working on housing, homelessness, food security, mental health and youth have a foundation for their programs. I hope we can help move the needle to fund programs that will continue to be central supports for the most vulnerable in our community.”
“It’s inspiring watching Ryan and his team create new programs and services to help the community,” added John Wolfe. “Having been involved in the early days of The Local Community Food Centre, I saw how an organization can use United Way support to get their feet under them, then soar. Now with United Housing, we have another opportunity to watch a critical new organization emerge. We’re looking forward to being part of the campaign.”
Kristin Sainsbury has over 20 years experience working in municipal, private sector, and not-for-profit in land use policy planning, operations, marketing, tourism, real estate and economic development. She is passionate about community development and has served on boards and committees including Stratford Tourism, Huron Perth Foundation for Education, UWPH, Stratford Chef’s School and the Economic Developer’s Council of Ontario.
Owner of RE/MAX a-b Realty in Stratford, John Wolfe has served on UWPH’s United Centre Advisory Committee, and on boards including the Huron Perth Health Care Alliance, where he also served as chair, the Huron Perth Real Estate Association, the Stratford City Centre Committee, as well as being a member of the transition committee establishing the Stratford Tourism Alliance, now Tourism Stratford.
