2015 Grant Recipients
- Advanced Coronary Treatment Foundation $3,500
Provide CPR & AED programs for local secondary schools
Ideal Supply Community Fund
Larkworthy Family Fund - Avon Trail $1,000
Construct a boardwalk over swampy ground on the Avon Trail
Mansbridge Environment Fund
Judy Reibling Fund - Brodhagen & District Chamber of Commerce $5,000
Install a generator for the Brodhagen community centre
Smart & Caring Community Fund - Friends of the St. Marys Museum $1,500
Enhancements to the Seniors Outreach Program
Annie and Isabelle Chesterfield Fund - Gallery Stratford $5,400
Cross-cultural art program for English as Second Language students
Keith and Frances Culliton Family Fund
Hachborn-Courtnage Fund for the Arts
Ideal Supply Community Fund
Jim and Laurel Laughton Family Fund
- Huron-Perth Centre for Children & Youth $5,000
Youth suicide prevention program
Brain & Mind Matters Commuity Fund (Grant matched by the Cowan Foundation)
- Junior Achievement London & District $2,500
Increased availability of financial literacy programs in Perth County
Frank and Edda Lang Family Fund
Maranger Family Fund - Little Falls Public School $4,500
Promote student learning through hands-on experiences in nature
Annie and Isabelle Chesterfield Fund - Milverton Agricultural Society $5,000
Purchase and install a tube heater at the Milverton Agricultural Centre
International Plowing Match Fund (2005) - Milverton Public School $2,000
Assist with Phase 2 of multidimensional playground
Smart & Caring Community Fund - Municipality of North Perth $4,500
Support for the rehabilitation of the Memorial Park pond
Carnegie Family Fund
Meulensteen Tire Environment Fund
- North Perth Community of Character $2,500
Encourage citizens to live, work and play with character attributes
Smart & Caring Community Fund - One Care Home and Community Support Services $2,000
Enhanced training for volunteer Meals On Wheels drivers
Larkworthy Family Fund
- Optimism Place $2,200
Extend services that assist clients to reconnect with the community
Judi Hemmingway Memorial Fund
Melanson Family Fund - Romeo Public School $7,000
Support the design, purchase and installation of a community playground
Culliton Fund
Smart & Caring Community Fund - Shelterlink $1,700
Mattress, appliance & computer upgrades for the youth shelter
Mathieson Family Fund
- St. Joseph’s Health Care Foundation $17,500
Development of the Parkwood Planning and Pacing mobile app.
Brain & Mind Matters Commuity Fund (Grant matched by the Cowan Foundation) - St. Marys Community Players $5,000
Upgrades to the flooring of the St. Marys Town Hall Theatre
Annie and Isabelle Chesterfield Fund - St. Marys Ringette Association $4,000
Assist families with financial barriers to access Learn to Skate programs
George and Edna Hislop Family Fund
Melanson Family Fund - Stratford House of Blessing $3,500
Purchase a larger freezer to support the Food Bank
John and Colleen MacDonald Family Fund - Stratford Public Library Foundation $5,000
Replacement of PLOW van to allow library access to all
The Reading Fund Melanson Family Fund - Stratford Youth Centre $2,500
Construction costs for repairs to the Youth Centre’s kitchen and common room area
Melanson Family Fund - Stratford-Perth Humane Society $5,000
Support for the construction of a new Animal Welfare Centre in Stratford
Smart & Caring Community Fund - Upper Thames River Conservation Authority $5,257
Support tree plantings to provide environmental protection within UTRCA
Donald McTavish Conservation Fund - Victorian Order of Nurses $500
Provide advanced wound-care education for VON staff
Irene McKennitt Fund for Nursing Excellence - Wellspring Stratford Cancer Support Centre $500
Provide volunteer training to support clients impacted by cancer
Irene McKennitt Fund for Nursing Excellence - YMCA for Stratford-Perth $1,000
Support for Youth Leadership Development Project
McGratten Children’s Fund - North Perth Community Hospice $600
Sid and Margaret Henry Fund - House of Blessing $2,500
Sports Bursary Program
Stratford Sports Fund for Kids - North Perth Public Library $650
North Perth Public Library Fund - Salvation Army North Perth $4,000
Sports Bursary Program
North Perth Sports for Kids Fund - Salvation Army Stratford $1,000
Hockey Bursary Program
John Mavity Hockey Legacy Fund - Stratford Perth Community Foundation $1,000
Tim MacDonald, Founding Chair, Operating Endowment Fund - Stratford Central Secondary School
Peter Donaldson Memorial Fund $1,500
Ian Garner Scholarship Fund $500 - Stratford Northwestern Secondary School
Peter and Lisa Hyde Family Fund $350
Scott Diamond Legacy Fund $500
Gordon and Elaine Steed Family Fund $750
- St. Michael Secondary School
Peter and Lisa Hyde Family Fund $350 - Listowel District Secondary School
Ray Walter Memorial Scholarship Fund $2,000 - Family Services Perth-Huron $500
Anonymous - Stratford General Hospital Foundation
Anonymous $1,000
Strickland Community Fund $5,000 - Stratford Perth Community Foundation $1,000
Anonymous - United Way Perth-Huron $1,000
Anonymous - Community Living $200
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