Recent Grants

A grant to assist Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cambridge to work together with the Cambridge and North Dumfries school boards to provide the In-School Mentoring Expansion and the addition of the Adult In-School Mentors.

Cambridge Shelter Corporation

Relapse Prevention Program

http://www.cambridgesheltercorp.ca

$100,000 (2 year grant )

The Relapse Prevention Program will work with people who have returned to the community after successfully completing an addiction rehabilitation treatment program. The goal is to provide people with the skills and tools necessary to cope with day to day living. The grant includes a contribution towards the purchase a second facility.

Corporation of the City of Kitchener

Places to Play - First public Indoor Walking Track for the City of Kitchener - 4 Lanes - Fully Accessible - Safe, low impact fitness activity for people of all ages and abilities.

http://www.kitchener.ca

$200,000

A capital grant to the City of Kitchener to support the construction of an Public Indoor Walking Track at Hansen Athletic Complex which will help fulfill the City’s "Healthy Community Initiatives" by providing low cost fitness activities for people of all ages, genders, cultural backgrounds & abilities.

Evergreen

Engaging Children and Youth in School Ground Greening

http://www.evergreen.ca

$85,560

A grant to expand Evergreen’s support for school greening projects in Waterloo Region involving children and youth in school ground naturalization projects.

Get Active Now - Active Living Resource Centre For Ontarians With A Disability

Let's Get Active Now Waterloo Region

http://www.getactivenow.ca

$28,000

Get Active Now has developed a holistic project that seeks to transform Waterloo Region into a vibrant community in terms of accessibility and inclusion for people with disabilities, creating a model for all Ontario. This grant helps with the cost of developing a Preschool Activity Bags to assist children with disabilities to more fully participate in preschool activities.

J Steckle Heritage Homestead

Volunteer Program

http://www.stecklehomestead.ca

$37,500 (2 year grant)

This grant supports the establishment of a volunteer program that will help ensure the sustainability of the J Steckle Heritage Homestead while providing exceptional hands-on learning experiences for volunteers in our community.

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kidsLINK

Tools for Life: A relationship problem solving curriculum.

http://www.kidslink.ndsa.on.ca

$50,000

Tools for Life is a curriculum aimed at children in junior kindergarten to grades three.

KidsLINK has completed a major redesign of the program based on program assessments best practices from current research. In addition, the new design includes an approach to have KidsLINK train teachers to deliver the program in order to have the program reach more children. The Foundation’s grant supports the implementation of the revised curriculum and approach.

Kitchener- Waterloo Young Men's Christian Association

New Family YMCA in West Waterloo

http://www.kwymca.org

$150,000

A capital grant from the Lyle S. Hallman Foundation will aid the KW YMCA with creating a community recreation facility where families, children, youth, adults and seniors of all abilities and ethnic backgrounds can come together to learn, play, get active and belong in a growing and underserved area of Waterloo.

Langs Farm Village Association

ACCESS - Advancing Community Collaboration by Establishing Services Strategically.

http://www.langs.org

$129,000.00 (2 year grant)

A two year grant to help increase access to a range of services through developing more coordinated and integrated service delivery with other service providers at both Langs Farm Cambridge Community Health Centre and at the new Community Health Centre in Ayr, North Dumfries.

Nutrition for Learning

New Beginnings

http://www.nutritionforlearning.ca

$85,000

The project will develop 10 new breakfast and snack programs in Waterloo region impacting 2,300 children and youth; engage the community in addressing poverty prevention and child hunger and to increase volunteerism in programs.

Opportunities Waterloo Region

Increased Access to Youth Recreation: Building on Strengths in Waterloo Region

http://www.owr.ca

$24,994

Opportunities Waterloo Region ignites community action and leadership to create bold solutions that reduce and prevent poverty through collaboration, advocacy and education.

This grant project is designed to make recreational opportunities more accessible to all youth of Waterloo Region by mobilizing community resources to overcome the known barriers to such access.

Planned Lifetime Networks

Reaching Out to Senior Parents

http://Under construction

$30,000 (2 year grant )

The grant will be used to hire a part-time person to raise community awareness of PLAN’s social support networks among elderly parents of people with disabilities and assist financially-challenged families to establish social support networks for their adult children.

rare Charitable Research Reserve

Every Child Outdoors: rare Environmental Education in Waterloo Region

http://www.raresites.org

$165,000 (3 year grant)

The Foundation’s support will enable rare to hire a senior educator to implement the “Chain of Learning Outdoor Education Program” with schools in both boards of education. rare wants to create a shift in the way students think about our environment and their role in saving it, and believe that every child should have an outdoor education and first-hand opportunities to adopt conservation and energy-awareness values.

Reaching Our Outdoor Friends (Kitchener)

Building ROOF for Youth

http://www.roof-agency.net

$35,000

A capital grant to help rebuild ROOF’s burned out facility at 242 Queen Street South. The new facility will enable ROOF to continue to offer homeless youth and youth at-risk in KW the programs/services they need to remain healthy and safe.

Region of Waterloo Library

"Come Read With Me" RWL Family Literacy Project

http://www.rwl.library.on.ca

$91,678 (2 year grant)

Modeled after a successful pilot project in Baden, this project will encourage reading through library family literacy programs for families with young children at the Region of Waterloo Library branches in North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich Townships.

The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation

Waterloo Region's Vital Signs

www.kwcf.ca

$42,500

Waterloo Region's Vital Signs is an annual report card evaluating the Region as a place to live. It measures the health of our Region, identifies trends and assigns grades in 11 key areas critical to the Region's quality of life. The project is region-wide and includes the Cambridge and North Dumfries Community Foundation.

The Strong Start Charitable Foundation

Literacy for Newborns

http://www.strongstart.ca

$33,160

Strong Start will conduct a feasibility study to consider the wisdom and logistics of starting a book-gifting program for newborns, which includes information for parents and encouragement for them to start a focus on literacy from the birth of their child.

The Working Centre

Supporting Employers Hiring New Canadians

http://www.theworkingcentre.org

$15,000

This project supports employers who hire New Canadians, providing tutorial based English language supports, cross-cultural communication supports, and assisting employers develop strategies for recruiting and integrating New Canadians in their workplaces.

University of Waterloo

Run for Life grassroots elementary school fitness initiatives

http://www.uwaterloo.ca

$30,000 (2 year grant)

A project to support and foster volunteer-based running and fitness programs for elementary school-aged children in the Region of Waterloo.

University of Waterloo

Social Innovation Waterloo Region

http://www.uwaterloo.ca

$75,000

Waterloo Institute for Social and Ecological Resilience (WISER) will build capacity and partnerships for social innovation in Waterloo region by creating a hub for a lasting network of social and ecological innovation researchers and practitioners.

Waterloo Public Library

Children's Library within West Waterloo District Branch Library

www.wpl.ca

$50,000

This is a capital grant towards the costs of building the children's library in the new branch library being constructed as part of a shared 65,000 square library-recreation facility with the YMCA of Kitchener Waterloo. The project will support early literacy and lifelong learning in the growing population on the west side of Waterloo.

Waterloo Regional Arts Council / Alliance for a Grand Community

Waterloo Region ArtsSmarts program development project

http://www.waterlooregionalartscouncil.on.ca / artsportalwr.ca

$12,000

ArtsSmarts is the largest national children’s initiative dedicated to improving the lives and learning capacity of children by injecting arts into their academic programmes. The grant funds the exploration of possibilities for launching an ArtsSmarts program in Waterloo Region, including community consultation, building partnerships, program design and a pilot project.

Woolwich Recreational Facility Foundation

"Fit for the Future" Campaign

$50,000

A capital grant towards the construction of the new Woolwich Recreational Facility will provide recreational programs and services for people of all ages in the Township of Woolwich.