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2006 Grants
The following is a listing of grants made by the Lyle S. Hallman Foundation in 2006
Catholic Family Counselling Centre (Region Of Waterloo) - Waterloo Region Domestic Violence Collaborative
Social Planning Council of Cambridge & North Dumfries - Building Community Capacity in Rural Waterloo Region
Centre for Research and Education in Human Services - Augmenting Services for Autistic Children in Waterloo Region
Heartwood Place - Heartwood Place on Ainslie
Hospice of Waterloo Region -Completing the Circle of Care
House of Friendship-Community Centre After-School Programs
The Kitchener & Waterloo Community Foundation -Waterloo Region’s VITAL SIGNS
Kitchener-Waterloo Counselling Services Inc. -S.T.E.A.M.-Supporting Temper, Emotions and Anger Management
Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre Inc. -Child Minding Program
K-W Working Centre For The Unemployed -Psychiatric Outreach Project (POP)
Kitchener Waterloo YMCA -Virtual YMCA
Mennohomes Inc. -The Rockway Gardens Village
Mennonite Economic Development Associates of Canada/ Waterloo Region and K-W Working Centre -Waterloo Region ASSETS Project (W.R.A.P.)
Raise -Home Support Service for the Elderly
rare Charitable Research Reserve -Land and Interpreter Centre
Region of Waterloo Public Health -Child Health Fairs
Region of Waterloo Public Health -Healthy Community Food Systems Plan
Township of North Dumfries -Central Ayr Playground Rejuvenation Committee
Waterloo Region Catholic Schools Foundation (WRCSF) -The Blended Bicycles Program
KW Symphony -Strategic Funding
Grant Descriptions
Catholic Family Counselling Centre (Region Of Waterloo) Grant Story
(Some of their current partners include the Waterloo Catholic District School Board, K-W Alzheimer Society, Seniors and Medication Project, Community Action Program for Children (CAPC), Karen Walk Neighbourhood Association, Waterloo District Board of Education, Woolwich Community Services, and the Sexual Assault Treatment Centre and the Waterloo Region Wraparound Initiative.)
$200,000 (3 year grant)
Waterloo Region Domestic Violence Collaborative
To fund the construction of an addition to house the 10 co-located agencies providing essential services to victims of domestic violence and their families, and to assist with the coordination costs of the collaboration.
Social Planning Council of Cambridge & North Dumfries
www.socialplanningcouncil-cnd.org
$145,173 (2 year grant)
A grant to help build on the success of an earlier pilot for “Building Community Capacity in Rural Waterloo Region”. It will do this by broadening the geographic scope to include all four rural townships in Waterloo Region, by providing funds to address multiple determinants of health, and by adding quarterly skill development workshops and inter-community knowledge sharing opportunities.
Centre for Research and Education in Human Services
$49,600
Augmenting Services for Autistic Children in Waterloo Region
To consolidate existing information on the needs of families with autistic children, identify the strengths and shortcomings of the existing system of services, and propose priority areas for action.
$150,000
Heartwood Place on Ainslie
To develop a 69 unit, supportive affordable housing project for families and singles in downtown Cambridge Galt.
$60,800
Completing the Circle of Care
This project will give individuals, families and health care professionals a resource centre to help them cope with death by providing a compassionate presence, practical support and education.
House of Friendship Grant Story
$90,000 (2 year grant)
Community Centre After-School Programs
To provide after-school programmes in four Kitchener Waterloo neighbourhoods and to assist House of Friendship explore longer-term funding options for these programmes.
The Kitchener & Waterloo Community Foundation
(In partnership with Cambridge and North Dumfries Community Foundation)
$50,000
Waterloo Region’s VITAL SIGNS
To launch VITAL SIGNS, an annual report card evaluating the Region as a place to live. It will measure the health of our Region, identify trends, and assign grades in 10 key areas critical to the Region's quality of life.
Kitchener-Waterloo Counselling Services Inc.
$225,000 (3 year grant)
S.T.E.A.M.-Supporting Temper, Emotions and Anger Management
To help create supportive conditions for peaceful schools in our community using a locally designed and piloted, research-based early intervention and primary prevention program, guided by multi-sector collaboration.
Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre Inc.
$64,000
To implement a child minding program while parents access settlement services and refurbish a classroom for parenting classes, other educational activities and community group meetings.
K-W Working Centre For The Unemployed Grant Story
$240,000 (3 year grant)
Psychiatric Outreach Project (POP)
POP provides access to psychiatric medical supports in an innovative outreach model for those at-risk of homelessness in K-W. This project helps to create a sustainable model for bridging the homeless with the medical system.
$138,000 (3 year grant)
Virtual YMCA
To establish a Virtual YMCA as a pilot project in one school. The Virtual YMCA provides a consistent and holistic approach to helping families and children in our community build capacity for future success in areas such as academics, social growth and personal health. Modeled after a successful project in other communities
The Rockway Gardens Village
A Capital grant to the Rockway Gardens Village, a new six-story, 50-unit supportive and affordable housing project for seniors of primarily low or modest income.
Mennonite Economic Development Associates of Canada/ Waterloo Region and K-W Working Centre Grant Story
(In partnership with The K-W Working Centre)
$30,000
Waterloo Region ASSETS Project (W.R.A.P.)
MEDA ASSETS programs provide fundamental resources to individuals who enable them to act to create a livelihood which is self-determined and promotes the health of their families and the broader community. This project is a new startup collaborative effort between MEDA, The Working Centre, The House of Friendship and the local MEDA chapter members.
Raise Grant Story
(A collaboration between Raise, Meals on Wheels of Kitchener-Waterloo, Kitchener-Waterloo Friendship Group for Seniors, Meals on Wheels and Community Home Support (Cambridge))
$75,000
Home Support Service for the Elderly
To merge four independent not-for-profit charitable community support service agencies into one entity, in order to better and more efficiently serve seniors.
rare Charitable Research Reserve
$150,000
Land and Interpreter Centre
A contribution used towards the cost of purchasing the parcel of land. A Natural Investment Protecting rare in perpetuity will add to the quality of life in our area for generations to come, be a model of biodiversity for the planet, and educate the next generation about environmental stewardship.
Region of Waterloo Public Health Grant Story
(A collaboration between Public Health, KidsAbility, KidsLINK, Developmental Services Access Centre, YWCA of Cambridge and Child Care, K-W Habilitation Services Preschool Outreach, Infant Development Program, Waterloo Catholic District School Board, Waterloo Region District School Board)
$77,500 (2 year grant)
Child Health Fairs
Coordination costs to continue the successful Child Health Fairs for children (0-6 yrs) and their families supporting healthy child development and early identification of concerns.
Region of Waterloo Public Health
(A collaboration between Public Health, Foodlink Waterloo Region and the Canadian Organic Growers)
$200,000 (2 year grant)
Healthy Community Food Systems Plan
A grant to improve citizen access to fresh produce, support local food producers with collective marketing strategies, and to offer workshops to encourage a transition to supplying organic markets. Rotating farmers markets will be held in low-income neighbourhoods to improve individual and community health.
(A collaboration between four volunteer groups)
www.township.northdumfries.on.ca
$20,000
Central Ayr Playground Rejuvenation Committee
The grant will be used towards the cost of creating a playground with funds designated to the certified playground centre.
Waterloo Region Catholic Schools Foundation (WRCSF) Grant Story
$20,000
The Blended Bicycles Program
The program will provide students the opportunity to participate in a "hands-on" learning experience, divert bicycles from the Region's landfill, promote healthy-active living, and offer the community access to affordable bicycles.
$50,000
A grant to provide strategic funding for the Symphony to develop a Business Recovery plan, by hiring external consultants to examine the internally prepared Strategic Recovery plan to ensure the fundamental issues have been identified and addressed.