Cambridge & North Dumfries Community Foundation (CNDCF) is pleased to announce that the 2019 Community Grants program disbursed $63,675.00 to local initiatives. These grants are made possible through Field of Interest funds and the Smart & Caring Community Funds established within the Community Foundation.
With the help of our Community Grants Committee and North Dumfries Committees in Cambridge & North Dumfries, we were able to fund sixty local projects, events and programs this year.
The sixty grants disbursed include grants to six organizations that facilitate support groups for youth, young parents, seniors and other vulnerable community members; Four neighbourhood associations that will provide High Five Training to their youth volunteers, and we are really pleased to share that 27 new initiatives will be launched.
We received a record number of applications this year and had the highest financial request to-date. We know that as our community continues to grow, so will the need for services. We continue to focus on asset growth, through generous donors, in order to meet those needs.
Below you will find the listing of the 2019 Community Grant recipients:
North Dumfries Smart & Caring Community Grants
| Organization Name | Program/Project Title |
| Ayr Horticultural Society (North Dumfries Garden Club) | School Field trip for children in 3 elementary schools |
| Ayr Horticultural Society (North Dumfries Garden Club) | Ayr Roots (delivered at Ayr Elementary Schools) |
| Ayr Minor Softball Association | Coach and Player Development Program |
| Ayr Rockets Girls Hockey Association | Jersey Replacement |
| Ayr Skatepark Committee Inc. | North Dumfries Skatepark |
| Ayr Skating Club | Skater Jump Line/Harness Training Enhancement Equipment |
| Ayr Summer Fun Hockey Skills | Ayr Summer Fun Hockey Skills |
| Ayr-Paris Band | Parade Bass Drum |
| Family Counselling Centre of Cambridge and North Dumfries | Young at Heart – Seniors’ Lunch and Learn |
| North Dumfries Historical Preservation Society | Historical Digital Video Production on the History of Early Communities |
| North Dumfries Preschool Cooperative Inc. | Afternoon Class |
| WeCareCMH North Dumfries | Exercise equipment for patients of CMH’s Mental Health Department |
| YOUth A.C.T. (Ayr Community Theatre) | YOUth A.C.T. (two productions per year) |
Cambridge Smart & Caring Community Grants
| Organization Name | Program/Project Title |
| Alison Neighbourhood Community Centre | Breakfast & After School Club |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Waterloo Region | Big Bunch |
| Brain Injury Association Waterloo-Wellington | Lidz on Kidz Education for schools and community events |
| Business and Education Partnership of Waterloo Region | ZOOM into the Workplace Program |
| Cambridge Art Galleries | Idea Exchange | Common Waters: Keynote and Workshop |
| Cambridge Family Early Years Centre | Expansion of Young Parents Connect (addition of 8 weeks) |
| Cambridge Memorial Hospital Foundation | Exercise equipment for patients of CMH’s Mental Health Department |
| Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank | Food, Sustainability, and Community Building Workshops |
| Child Witness Centre of Waterloo Region | Youth Advocacy Program |
| Child Witness Centre of Waterloo Region | 2020 Child Witness Centre Youth Symposium |
| Coping Bereavement Support Groups of Ontario | Library Resources |
| Dawn Centre/ Cambridge Pregnancy Resource Centre | Moms Support Group- Nobody’s Perfect |
| DeafBlind Ontario Services | Sensory Exploration Arts (SEA) Program |
| Drayton Entertainment | Drayton Entertainment’s Youth Musical Theatre Program |
| Family Counselling Centre of Cambridge and North Dumfries | System Navigation |
| Family Counselling Centre of Cambridge and North Dumfries | Taming the Dragon (Dealing with Anxiety) |
| Fiddlesticks Community Centre | “High Five’s, all around for Fiddlesticks Youth” |
| Greenway-Chaplin Community Centre | Youth Leadership Development Program- Phase 3 |
| Hespeler Village Neighborhood Association | High Fives all around for HVNA Youth |
| HopeSpring Cancer Support Centre | Puddle Jumpers – Child Cancer Support System |
| Huntington Society of Canada | Huntington Disease Family Services Outreach in Cambridge & North Dumfries |
| JA Waterloo Region | Financial Literacy for Youth |
| JHSS Breakfast Club | JHSS Breakfast Club |
| KidsAbility | Baby Connections (BC) |
| Kinbridge Community Association | 200 Hoops – Summer Skillz & Drillz |
| Kinbridge Community Association | COPS – Cambridge Outreach Programs Mentorship Program |
| Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest | Schools Program |
| KW Counselling Services | OK2BME Cambridge Youth Group |
| Monica Place | Supporting Anxiety and Mood Disorders in young at risk mothers and their babies |
| Musical Lives Inc. | Musical Lives Guitar Orchestra |
| Nutrition for Learning | Keep it COOL, Keep it SAFE |
| Preston Heights Community Group | Connecting Youth Through Community Gardening |
| Preston Scout House Band Inc. | Scout House Equipment |
| Recess Guardians | Recess Guardians Workshops |
| Reep Green Solutions | Avenue Road Baptist Water Work Bee |
| Sexual Health Options, Resources & Education Centre | Pregnancy Options Support |
| Sexual Health Options, Resources & Education Centre | Health Matters |
| Silverheights Neighbourhood Association | High Five Training for Youth Volunteers |
| Social Planning Council of Cambridge and North Dumfries | Voices of Older Adults: Aging with Confidence |
| Strong Start Charitable Organization | Strong Start’s Letters, Sounds and Words program |
| Strong Start Charitable Organization | Strong Start’s Get Ready for School program |
| Sunrise Theraputic Riding & Learning Centre | Camp Sunrise Activities Shelter |
| The Galt Curling Club | Little Rocks, Bantam, and Junior Participation Program |
| Vera Causa Opera | The Community Opera Project |
| Volunteer Action Centre Waterloo Region | Volunteer Services Supports |
| Women’s Crisis Services of Waterloo Region | Mom & Child Music and Movement Group |
| YWCA Cambridge – The W | The W Feminist Youth Collective |
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