GRANT RECIPIENTS

With Your Support We Granted $135,000 Back Into the Burlington Community in 2006!

The following is a list of grants distributed in 2006-2007

Burlington Art Centre
$1750 towards the Burlington Art Centre Scholarship program for disadvantaged children.

Burlington Family Resource Centre
$1,600 to purchase an LCD Projector and accessories.

Community Living Burlington
$9,000 towards a 2 week summer camp experience for developmentally challenged adults.

Conservation Halton
$2500 towards tree planting for the watershed and for a sponsorship of the 2007 Halton Children’s Water Festival.

Food For Life
$5000 towards the purchase of a refrigerated truck for delivering food to non-profits.

Halton Crime Stoppers
$2000 For High School Liaison program.

Halton Fresh Food Box
$1000 to purchase 2 additional sections of conveyor track for processing food boxes.

Halton Women’s Place
$6,150 towards a bus shelter ad campaign for abuse awareness.

Performing Arts Burlington
$2500 for the creation of workshops re: sustainability for performing arts groups.

SAVIS
$8,500 for an outreach initiatives related to multicultural women re: sexual abuse.

T.E.A.D
$2000 for horseback riding sessions for 10 disabled Burlington children.

The Burlington Historical Society
$2,500 towards a video production of the History of Brant Inn.

The Easter Seal Society
$8500 towards a summer camp program for disabled children.

YMCA
$2500 to subsidize YMCA memberships for homeless or at risk of being homeless youths.

Youthfest Burlington
$2500 towards development of a website for the International Youth Conference.

"Family Adolescent Straight Talk wishes to thank the Burlington Community Foundation for their kind contribution in helping our youth and families deal with substance abuse and associated behaviours. What this means to families is we offer hope, encouragement and more important the tools needed to get a family back on track.  So without the help of the Burlington Foundation this could not be possible. Thank you from the bottom of our heart."

Jim Harkins – Executive Director – F.A.S.T

 2005-2006 Grant Recipients

The Burlington Family Resource Centre
$ 3,600 To develop a website for outreach to parents of children in Burlington.

The Burlington Public Library
$ 3,800 To provide one Early Literacy computer station for Aldershot Library.

Canadian Mental Health Association
$ 1,500 To provide recreational support for clients community involvement.

Danielle’s Place
$ 3,000 To provide a display board and AV equipment for client education and community outreach.

Family Adolescent Straight Talk (F.A.S.T)
$ 10,000 To provide an outpatient treatment program for female adolescents and families.

Field & Stream Rescue
$ 1,600 To provide a display board for community outreach.

Halton Food for Thought
$ 4,000 To provide set up costs for 2 additional Burlington schools.

Halton Fresh Food Box
$ 3,000 To provide additional food baskets for program expansion.

Transitions for Youth
$ 10,000 To provide equipment for a youth clinic for at-risk youth/homeless interventions.

Victorian Order of Nurses (V.O.N) Halton 
$ 5,000 To provide a grief education program for volunteers and service providers involved in grief counseling.

YMCA Hamilton/Burlington
$ 5,000 To provide year-long YMCA memberships for 20-45 low-income, at-risk youth.

Mayor’s Gala Flow Through Funds

Community Living Burlington
$25,000 To provide continuing support for programs and services offered to members of our community with mental disabilities.

Senior’s Centre
$25,800 To provide continuing support of programs and services offered to seniors in our community.

 
Grants History (Downloadable PDF File)