This year, the Club had approximately $32,000 to allocate to community organizations, proceeds from Ribfest, Tour de Guelph and Scotch Nosing. 21 recipient organizations attended club meetings in February and March to receive their funds. Pictured below are this year's recipients.
L-R: Dan O'Donnell, Allocations Chair, Peter Gill, Chalmers Community Service Centre, Laura Muirhead, Child Witness Centre, Mira Clarke, Action Read, Mike Treadgold, Big Brothers/Big Sisters Guelph, Brittany Webb, Diabetes Canada, Cherylynn Lumsasag, Beginning Family Services, Anita Macfarlane, Children's Foundation, Norm Greensmith, Club President.
L-R: Dan O'Donnell, Allocations Chair, Simon Bell Focus on Nature, Leslie Fisher, Guelph Contemporary Dance, Justine Morgan, G-W Women in Crisis, Susan Carey, St James the Apostle Anglican Church, Pat Stuart, Wellington Hospice, Kristin Tilley, Lakeside Hope House, Beth Harris, Michael House, Norm Greensmith, Club President.
Front L-R: Penny Jamieson, Power of Hope, Kim Rodrigues, Hopewell Homes, Karen Semma, St. Joes Health Care, Sharon Stewart, The Julien Project, Eric Charlesworth, YM-YWCA,
Back L-R: Dan O'Donnell, Allocations Chair, Colin McVicker, Sanguin Health Centre, Jackson Mathieu, Guelph Enabling Garden, orm Greensmith, Club President.
Community Funding - Guelph Rotary Trillium 2017-8 Disbursement
Organization | Request Details | |
1 | Action Read Community Literacy Ctre. | Membership for credentialing clients basic digital literacy skills |
2 | Beginnings Family Services | Support for prenatal classes for those in need (Note split in funding request) |
3 | Big Brothers - Big Sisters of Guelph | Continuing support of the Play On program for pre-teen girls |
4 | Chalmers Community Service Centre | Provision of coffee/snacks for patrons utilizing the food pantry |
5 | Child Witness Centre | Support of the Guelph Youth Symposium for 1,500 grade 8 students |
6 | Children's Foundation | Support of the Food & Friends program providing breakfast for students |
7 | Diabetes Canada | Funding to send a child with Diabetes to summer camp |
8 | Focus on Nature | Funding of 3 full day workshops at low income neighbourhood schools |
9 | Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival | Funding for 6 underserved youth to attend March Break camp |
10 | Guelph Wellington Women in Crisis | Funds to purchase a new washing machine for Marianne's Place shelter |
11 | Hopewell Homes | Funds to repair siding on home and replace 2 windows |
12 | Hospice Wellington | Funds to deliver their 8-week Adult Grief Group |
13 | Lakeside Hope House | Help to develop a social enterprise café operated by members |
14 | Michael House | Funding to complete maintenance & repairs at housing & office locations |
15 | Power of Hope | Support the "Basket of Hope" hygiene project for 75 homeless people |
16 | Sanguen Health Centre | Fund the purchase of supplies for "the van" in support of homeless people |
17 | St. James the Apostle Anglican Church | Support the "Living Better on Less" 8 week program |
18 | St. Joseph's Health Centre Foundation | Funding of 5 "comfort carts" in support of palliative patients for 1 year |
19 | The Guelph Enabling Garden | Funds to support the ongoing replacement of wooden garden bed structures |
20 | The Julien Project | Funds to be used to support local marginalized adult & youth cooking skills |
21 | YMCA-YWCA of Guelph | Support of the SHARKS swim program for 3200+ grade 3&5 students |