(November 2006 – Musagetes Fund): Immigrating and becoming a new Canadian is a significant change and many women feel isolated as they begin a new life in a completely different culture. The Guelph Community Health Centre was granted $3,000 for the Helping Hands for Arts & …
(2005 Guelph Mercury Kids-to-Camp Fund): This past Thanksgiving, the Guelph Mercury successfully revived the historic Thanksgiving Day Races. Over 300 runners and walkers participated and over 1000 people took in the festivities of the Family Fun Day on a perfect fall day. At …
KidzCreate Grant Story By Judith Rosenberg – Founder & Director, Spark of Brilliance (2005 Musagetes Fund grant ) – “It’s like trying to put a square peg in a round hole”, explained a frustrated mother of her beautiful young daughter with autism. “Our kids just …
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(2005 McNeil Consumer Healthcare Fund) – Evergreen Action Nutrition is a nutrition education program offered to seniors at the Evergreen Senior Centre. “About half of older adults [aged 55+] continue to be ‘at risk’ nutritionally. Along with early detection and treatment of disease, …
(2005 GCF Community Fund) – “Did you know China is one of the largest countries in the world, mom?” stated 8 year old Halli. “Did you know China is in Asia and the Asian continent is the largest in the world, and that …
(November 2006 – Musagetes Fund): Immigrating and becoming a new Canadian is a significant change and many women feel isolated as they begin a new life in a completely different culture. The Guelph Community Health Centre was granted $3,000 for the Helping Hands for Arts & …
(2004 Sanctuary Woods Fund) – In 2004, The Guelph Community Foundation’s Sanctuary Woods Fund granted $1,350 to Fred A. Hamilton Public School and $1,350 to Jean Little Public School for the purchase of trees. Many schools, particularly in new subdivisions have very little [if …
Make Your Mark Foundation in Memory of Kayla Chadwick (a field of interest fund) On December 12, 2019 Kayla Chadwick suffered a seizure in the middle of the night, one she was unable to over-come. Sadly, Kayla passed away in …
Wismer Fund for the Arts (Field of Interest Fund) In setting up the Wismer Fund for the Arts at the Guelph Community Foundation, and at the same time making provisions in their wills for a future bequest to that fund, John and …
The local First Nations, Metis, Mixed Ancestry and Inuit community in Guelph and Wellington County have created a fund to support a variety of Indigenous programs. Dollars from this fund go to support the need to walk with Indigenous to …
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Hugh and Lorna Guthrie Fund (donor advised fund) Hugh and Lorna Guthrie (photo left) were modest and very private people. Having both grown up in Guelph they loved the City and believed deeply in everyone’s responsibility to contribute to the community. Throughout …
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The Co-operators Fund (an unrestricted named Community Fund)Did you know that The Co-operators was founded by a group of farmers seeking a local solution to a local problem? Over time, the organization has grown to be one of Canada’s largest insurers, …
