October 19, 2015
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The Community Foundation Grey Bruce is holding its fall granting presentation Thursday, Oct. 29, at the Best Western Plus Governor's Inn, Kincardine, beginning at 5 p.m.
The foundation will announce community grants totalling more than $210,000 at the annual dinner and presentation. The evening will also feature a performance by Kincardine‘s Lighthouse Players prior to the awarding of grants to 42 different community non-profit organizations. This represents welcome news for charities serving people in the two counties and both First Nation territories.
The establishment of the new Kincardine Community Fund will be highlighted. Kincardine councillor Andrew White, who chairs the committee working to develop the fund, will speak about what this fund will mean for Kincardine.
More than $112,000 will be awarded for not-for-profit projects and programs, while $100,000 will be distributed for capital projects, including renovations, retrofits and the purchase of capital equipment. All grants will support the charitable sector's vast and varied efforts to improve quality of life in Grey and Bruce communities.
The event is the culmination of the 2015 fall grants cycle for the foundation. Following a day-long review of the grant applications Oct. 13, Joan Eaglesham, chairperson of the Grants Review Team, expressed her thanks to the volunteers and staff.
“It’s gratifying to see the number and variety of programs and projects being developed to serve our residents," she said, "in social, health, recreation and education services as well as supports for the arts and environmental sectors — all important elements of healthy communities. I’m especially pleased by the work undertaken in Kincardine to develop a community fund that will direct even more support to this community. There are so many needs here; we only wish we could do more.”
Community Foundation Grey Bruce is a public charitable organization founded in 1994, with a mandate to strengthen Grey and Bruce communities through endowment-building, grant-making and community partnerships.
Written ByLiz Dadson is the founder and editor of the Kincardine Record and has been in the news business since 1986.
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