Community Builder Award

The Community Builder Award recognizes a person or group making a significant positive change in our communities.

About the Community Builder Award

Established in 2018 as a memorial to Geoff Sandiford (1949 –2015), who was Board of Directors president in 2014, the Community Builder Award recognizes a person or group making a significant positive change in our communities.

Nominees will have made an exceptional contribution to the community by one or more of the following:

  • inspiring others to become involved in community building initiatives;
  • motivating fundraising projects large and small;
  • identifying needs and developing creative solutions to address the needs;
  • dedicating time, treasure and talents to community projects/ charities;
  • demonstrating action-based values including giving, joining, “asking” and serving.

Recipients

Past Winners

Bill Richard
Sophie Kiwala
Jimmy Hassan
Jim Brown & Joan Lee
Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul
Wendy Hout
Peter Kingston

About Community Foundation for Kingston & Area

Established in 1995, The Community Foundation for Kingston & Area strengthens our community by connecting the generosity of donors with the energy and ideas of people and charities addressing local community needs. CFKA holds 250 invested funds, totaling over $40-millon, created by individuals, families, and organizations, from which it makes charitable grants to support charities.

Land Acknowledgment

The Community Foundation for Kingston & Area is situated on Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and Huron-Wendat territory. We acknowledge the significance of this land and all that is within it for the Indigenous Peoples who lived and continue to live here and who are sustained by this land.

It is our understanding that this territory is part of the Dish with One Spoon Treaty between the Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee to share and protect this land. In the spirit of peace, friendship and respect, all subsequent Indigenous Nations and newcomers were invited into this living treaty to care for this land and its resources.

We affirm our commitment to continuously listen, learn, and honour Indigenous histories and perspectives as we work towards building a more resilient and welcoming community. We affirm our commitment to be a space for reconciliation in action.