Jul 25, 2019 | Events - Foundation Funded, Featured, Grants - Project Updates
New panel acknowledges Indigenous land use around Murney Tower. The Murney Tower Museum, one of our 2018 Fall Community Grant Recipients, hosted a talk on July 17 with Dr. Terri-Lynn Brennan. The event, entitled ‘Murney Tower’s First Nations History’, gave community...
Mar 9, 2018 | Events - Foundation Funded, Grants - Project Updates
“The Café has become a space where seniors, our volunteers, and even our staff gather for coffee and pastries, card games, board games, and ad hoc meetings.” The face of our community is changing. Similar to the rest of Canada, the demographic make-up of...
Mar 7, 2018 | Events - Foundation Funded, Grants - Project Updates
“The highlight of the program was applying all that I had learned to produce an acrylic on canvas painting of a vase filled with flowers” Since its inception, the generosity of donors has enabled Community Foundation for Kingston & Area Community...
Jan 11, 2018 | Events - Foundation Hosted, Grants - Project Updates
“Vibrant and healthy communities are possible when people get to know one another” The purpose behind last year’s Canada’s 150th grants was to “build vibrant and healthy communities with the broadest possible engagement…” as well as affect “a deeper...
Dec 6, 2017 | Grants - Project Updates, Grants – Community Grants
“A Win-Win for All” Stretching the weekly grocery budget for one’s own family is a challenge, but just imagine trying to provide 50-100 individuals and families with nutritious food on a daily basis, week in and week out. As the price of meat has steadily...
Dec 6, 2017 | Grants - Project Updates
“The results are in: Canada’s 150 Best Books” Congratulations to Kingston WritersFest for a great finale to their Canada 150 Best Books project last week. The project, funded through the Community Foundation’s special Canada 150 granting round, held an...
