Cambridge and North Dumfries Community Foundation (CNDCF) is pleased to announce that our 2021 Community Grants program disbursed $83,099.00 to local initiatives this year. We were able to disburse our highest financial support to date, and that was made possible by our generous donors, through the Field of Interest Funds and the Smart & Caring Community Funds established within the Community Foundation.
Thanks to our Community Grants Committee and North Dumfries Committees in Cambridge & North Dumfries, we were able to fund 37 local projects, events and programs in 2021.
Despite the ongoing challenges and disruption that the COVID-19 pandemic brought upon all of us, local organizations were inventive and adaptive, and understood the necessity for their services and programs in these communities. All 37 grants disbursed embodied the meaning of community, and in times like these, the support amongst local organizations and initiatives is much needed and something to celebrate.
Below you will find the listing of the 2021 Community Grants recipients:
Cambridge Smart & Caring Community Grants
| Organization Name | Program/Project Title |
|---|---|
| Alison Neighbourhood Community Centre | Alison’s Youth Gardening Initiative |
| Brain Injury Association Waterloo-Wellington | Brain Connect |
| Business and Education Partnership of Waterloo Region | Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship Challenges |
| Cambridge Art Galleries / Idea Exchange | Bridging GAAPS: Youth Unplugged |
| Child Witness Centre of Waterloo Region | Critical support to children and youth |
| Dawn Centre | Mom & Dad Support Group Programs |
| Family Counselling Centre of Cambridge and North Dumfries | Taming the Dragon (Dealing with Anxiety) |
| Family Counselling Centre of Cambridge and North Dumfries | Creative Coping: The ABC’s of Managing Stress |
| Fiddlesticks | COVID-19 Summer Camp |
| Greenway-Chaplin Community Centre | Recreation Lending Library |
| Greenway-Chaplin Community Centre | Community Garden |
| Hospice of Waterloo Region | Caregiver Bereavement Support Group |
| Kinbridge Community Association | Skillz and Drillz – All Sorts of Sports |
| KindMinds | Leadership program for Black youth |
| Langs Farm Village Association | Kitchen Kreations |
| Preston Heights Community Centre | Recreation Lending Library |
| rare Charitable Research Reserve | Artificial Incubation of Turtle Eggs |
| Scientists in School | Advancing STEM Enrichment Programming in Cambridge |
| Silverheights Neighbourhood Association | lead |
| Silverheights Neighbourhood Association | Recreation Lending Library |
| SPECTRUM, Waterloo Region’s Rainbow Community Space | Trans Peer Support Group for Cambridge |
| Strong Start Charitable Organization | Letters, Sounds and Words program |
| Strong Start Charitable Organization | Get Ready for School program |
| Sunrise Therapeutic Riding & Learning | AED Defibrillator for Sunrise |
| The Healing of the Seven Generations | Parent Program |
| YWCA Cambridge | Weekend Workshops |
North Dumfries Smart & Caring Community Grants
| Organization Name | Program/Project Title |
|---|---|
| Ayr Curling Club | Curling rock replacement project |
| Ayr and District Citizens Association O/A Kirkwood Apartments | Exterior Landscaping project |
| Ayr Minor Softball Association | Return to Softball |
| Ayr Paris Band | Barriers and Masks for Band |
| Ayr Rockets Girls Hockey Association | Development Skills |
| Ayr Summer Fun Hockey Skills | Ayr Summer Fun Hockey Skills |
| CrossWalk | Food for Friends |
| Family Counselling Centre of Cambridge and North Dumfries | Young at Heart – Seniors’ Lunch and Learn |
| Langs Farm Village Association – North Dumfries | Kids That Cook |
| North Dumfries CMH Foundation | CMH Mental Health Vital Signs Spot Monitor |
| Nutrition for Learning | Student Nutrition |
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