Dear Residents:
The year 2021 continued the challenges of living and dealing with a pandemic. Safe to say it has not been an easy year for anyone. We have all felt the effect of accommodating to a once in a century event, particularly our staff who are our ‘frontline workers’. In addition to their regular tasks, they have all had to increase their workload to ensure we are safe.
We are sure you will agree that their work and personal service deserve our thanks. We do this in a tangible way prior to Christmas each year by asking for contributions to our Kensington Staff Fund, and by dispersing most of what is collected on a formula basis to our employees and the employees who now work for us under contract.
Approximately 10% of our annual collection is retained in the Staff Fund as a contingency for future outlays. This reserve provides for compassionate disbursements, retirements, gratuities and most important, it permits us to at least match the previous year’s Christmas gratuities in the event there might be a shortfall in the current year’s contributions.
Quite often we are asked what size of donation is appropriate. This of course, is a very personal decision and probably depends on the amount of your time in residence… the amount of service you have required and the quality of such service. A general guideline, which has been developed for this year’s appeal, is as follows:
Reasonable MinimumSuggested Maximum
$10:00 per share $20.00 per share
It should be remembered that Christmas gratuities are distributed among staff members, not all of whom perform services which are visible, and that disbursements recognize a full year’s service. This method of rewarding staff removes any need for owners to give individual gratuities to any of our staff.
Whatever you decide to contribute you may be assured that our staff will be sincerely grateful. Cheques should be deposited in the “Board” mail box, in our mail room and should be made payable to Kensington Apartments Ltd. Write “staff fund” in the notes area. It would be appreciated if gifts are received no later than December 13th, 2021.
Sincerely,
KAL Board
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