Grant Recipients - April 2007

Doone Street Wilson Row Tenants Association: This grant is for their Spring & Summer Program. A day camp is offered to neighbourhood children and they hope to include a fishing trip and a camping trip for the families.

Making Waves: Making Waves is a provincial dating violence prevention program. This grant is for the Making Waves Oromocto Community Event in which students, teachers and community members work together to establish an action plan to create awareness of dating violence in their school.

Community Health Clinic: The Clinic is a non-profit facility that aims to provide comprehensive primary health care services that are both accessible and acceptable to homeless persons and those living in unstable housing situations and poverty. This grant is for a Pilot Project for Emergency Support for the Homeless and At-Risk Population of Fredericton. This project will replace Medicare, SIN and other lost or stolen identification, cover dispensing fees for prescription medications, provide transportation to the hospital or specialists, and provide nutritious food or food vouchers.

Fredericton Arts & Learning Inc.: This grant application is for Workshops in the Arts for Underprivileged Children. These workshops will be expanded to include children from the three public housing developments.

The Preschool Centre Inc.: The Preschool Centre is a not-for-profit daycare that served Frederictonians for 40 years. They are in the process of fundraising to build a new daycare in Fredericton North. This grant is to be used towards a wheelchair ramp at the new facility.

Fredericton Emergency Shelter: This grant is for a new project for shelter residents and the community at large. The Training Retail Outlet will provide on the job training for individuals who have been unable to find or keep jobs. This outlet will handle donated second-hand items.

Frontier College: This grant is for Frontier College’s 12 week summer program at Doone Street/Wilson Row. The summer program is staffed by a tutor (university student) who is currently working with the children in the Homework Club.

Worlds Unbound: Worlds Unbound provides hands-on workshops about science and engineering to students in elementary and middle schools. This grant is for materials for their summer camps and workshops.

The Arthritis Society - New Brunswick: This grant is for assistance with a public forum planned for September entitled Practical Strategies for Getting a Grip on Arthritis. Topics may include Stress Management for Living with Pain; Medication Management, Foot Care, and Energy Conservation.

Nature NB – Summer Youth Nature Camp 2007: These camps are held at Killarney Lake Lodge and are held twice during the summer. This grant is for registration subsidization for the summer camps.

Bridges of Canada – Bar None Children’s Camp: This camp is for at-risk children and youth who are from families who could not otherwise afford to send their children to camp. This grant is for sponsorship for children from the Fredericton area to attend summer camp.

Partners for Youth Inc.: The Partners for Youth’s Send a Child to Camp program is a wilderness camp that works with at-risk youth. This grant is for sponsorship for children and youth to attend this camp.

Special Olympics New Brunswick: Special Olympics Canada has introduced 3 new sports: Basketball, Golf and Bocce. This grant is to assist Special Olympics NB in providing these sports to local athletes.

Hawkins / Neville Street Tenants Association: This grant is for their Camps 2007 Program in which children from low income families are sent to summer camps.

Canadian Deaf Blind & Rubella Association: This grant is to provide Sign Language Classes for deafblind children and teens.

Learning Disabilities Association of New Brunswick: The Learning Disabilities Association of New Brunswick hosts an annual spring conference for persons with learning disabilities, their families and professionals who work with persons with learning disabilities. This grant will provide registration subsidization.

OHS Girls Varsity Rugby Team: This grant is through the Foundation’s Youth in Philantrophy group and is for the purchase of new rugby jerseys.

Keswick Ridge Historical Society: The Keswick Ridge Historical Society’s mission is to preserve properties, artifacts, traditions and records of historical significance. This grant is for the repair and repainting of 8 storm windows on their 2 room historical school building.

York Foundation: This grant is for the purchase of a new mini-bus for the residents of York Manor. This grant is a result of a class action lawsuit involving manufacturers of EPDM (Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer). The settlement stems from price fixing that resulted in Canadian manufacturers of plastic or rubber paying more for EPDM, which is used in automotive weather-stripping and seals; radiator, garden and appliance hose; electrical insulation and roofing membrane. Selected community foundations across Canada, approved by the court, are distributing a total of $190,000 as a result of this settlement. Foundations were chosen to ensure broad geographic representation and each foundation’s allocation is based on population. Grants are to be given to charities that meet various transportation needs in their communities. The Board of the Fredericton Community Foundation determined that the York Foundation’s campaign to purchase a new mini-bus for the residents of York Manor met the required criteria.