United Way of Bruce Grey providing $200,000 in grants to local programs

Every year the United Way of Bruce Grey invites area charities to apply for grant funding in 3 priority areas. Since its founding in 1998, the United Way has granted over $4 million in support to the local community.

The United Way is pleased to provide $200,000 in grants for the 2024 year to the following programs, projects, and agencies:

All That Kids Can Be

Bruce Grey Child and Family Services: $35,000

Bruce Grey Child and Family Services can meet the needs of families working with BGCFS for access to camp, snowsuits, and other needs.

Ontario Student Nutrition Program  – VON Canada: $15,500

VON Canada through the Ontario Student Nutrition Program – Grey Bruce program will provide supplementary healthy snack items for students at 61 schools in Grey Bruce.

Friends and Neighbours (FAN) Club –  CMHA Grey Bruce: $8,000

CMHA Grey Bruce through the Friends and Neighbours (FAN) Club program will engage with over 5,000 students a year for presentations on mental health awareness and social issues affecting them.

Let’s Talk Program – CMHA Grey Bruce: $8,000

CMHA Grey Bruce through the Let’s Talk Program will engage with over 4,000 youth from Grade 6 to 12 for mental health awareness presentations.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Grey Bruce: $5,000

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Grey Bruce through the Prevention in Action program will deliver bi-monthly competencies-building workshops for local youth.

South Grey Bruce Youth Literacy Council: $4,000

South Grey Bruce Youth Literacy Council through Literacy and Numeracy Support will provide tutoring or learning assistance for children and youth 6-18.

Saugeen Valley Children’s Safety Village: $4,000

Saugeen Valley Children’s Safety Village through the Safe Kids Project will be able to expand upon its safety training programs and will be able to prepare and print broader/new safety messages for children and teachers to take home after attending on-site safety training programs.

Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library: $1,500

Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library through the Teen Advisory Group and Associated Youth Activities program. This will provide teenagers in the community with volunteer opportunities, chances for social engagement that foster leadership and teamwork skills, and enriching, free activities in a safe, welcoming, and non-judgmental space, for local youth.

The Meeting Place Tobermory: $1,000

The Meeting Place Tobermory the SOAR children’s program will Increase access to programs designed for children to excel outside of home or school settings. for children and their families.

From Poverty to Possibility

Women’s House Serving Bruce and Grey: $5,000

Women’s House Serving Bruce and Grey through the Technology Lending Collection TLC program. Through this program, WHSBG’s Technology Lending Collection (TLC) will lend laptops and/or tablets to women (clients) who are victims of violence who are housed in emergency shelters, transitional housing, or on an outreach basis.

YMCA of Owen Sound Grey Bruce: $5,000

YMCA of Owen Sound Grey Bruce through the Rural Homelessness Response Program will provide basic household necessities for individuals transitioning from homeless to housing and for those who have experienced chronic homelessness.

Grey Bruce Good Food Box (Lion’s Head site): $4,000

Grey Bruce Good Food Box (Lion’s Head site) will provide fresh fruits & vegetables, therefore better health for for people with limited income who are suffering from poor nutrition.

The Meeting Place Tobermory: $3,000

The Meeting Place Tobermory through the Food Security Program will increase access to nutritious food in the northern Bruce Peninsula region.

The Meeting Place Tobermory: $3,000

The Meeting Place Tobermory through the CIRC (Community Information & Resource Coordinator) program will Increase access and awareness of social services and programs in the northern Bruce Peninsula region.

ID Clinic  – CMHA Grey Bruce: $2,500

CMHA Grey Bruce through their ID Clinic program will provide ID Clinic support to CMHA clients and individuals who find themselves without vital ID.

Kincardine Community Services Association: $2,500

Kincardine Community Services Association through the Kincardine & Area Good Food Box Neighbour to Neighbour Initiative program will provide sponsored boxes of fresh produce for local residents of limited financial means.

Lion’s Head and District Foodbank: $2,500

Lion’s Head and District Foodbank through Gas for Groceries will provide gas cards for 20 people experiencing poverty and financial instability. With the loss of the Lion’s Head grocery store to fire in August of 2023, low-income households are challenged to get to either the Tobermory or Wiarton grocery store. The United Way provided this emergency funding in December of 2023.

Healthy People, Strong Community

The Men’s Program  – CMHA Grey Bruce: $15,000

CMHA Grey Bruce through The Men’s Program will offer community-funded spaces in the Men’s Program for men who wish to self-refer to the program.

The Salvation Army Wiarton: $7,000

The Salvation Army Wiarton through its Trades Start program will help develop and teach a trade that could lead to steady employment for at-risk youth or those who have recently finished school.

P.R.A.N.C.E.: $4000

P.R.A.N.C.E. through the Saddle Up for Strength program will provide therapeutic horseback riding opportunities at no cost for children and adults with special needs living below the poverty line..

Hope Haven Therapeutic Riding Centre: $4,000

Hope Haven Therapeutic Riding Centre through Saddle Up For Success program. Through this program, Hope Haven’s Saddle Up For Success will provide support for children and young adults in need of programs and activities that contribute to their physical, psychological, and emotional health and safety. for 80 students with disabilities and/or unique needs.

Ed Taylor Community Garden through Elephant Thoughts Educational Outreach: $3,000

Elephant Thoughts Educational Outreach in partnership with the Ed Taylor Community Garden committee will ensure the creation of a new community garden. This new garden will benefit the local neighbourhood by growing, distributing, and sharing its fresh produce, decreasing social isolation, and offering accessible better nutrition for community members of all ages and people from all different backgrounds.

Meaford Community Garden through Elephant Thoughts Educational Outreach: $3,000

Elephant Thoughts Educational Outreach in partnership with the Meaford Community Garden will increase the amount of fresh and sustainably grown produce available locally. In addition, frequent and productive education and training workshops for members of the community, and through direct harvesting, support fresh produce to the Meaford Food Bank, the Meaford Community Fridge and Pantry, and OSHaRE.

The Garden Program – CMHA Grey Bruce: $3,000

CMHA Grey Bruce through the Garden Program will provide the opportunity to help grow and reap the benefits from and access to fresh produce for members of the Leisure Links programs.

REACH Centre Grey Bruce: $3,000

REACH Centre Grey Bruce through their Nutrition and Health: Feeding the Body to Build the Mind program will provide 100 healthy snacks for youth and adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

St. John Ambulance Grey Bruce Huron: $3,000

St. John Ambulance Grey Bruce Huron through the Safer Tomorrows – Women’s Centre First Aid Training program, the Grey Bruce Huron Branch of St. John Ambulance will provide first aid training for up to 40 clients of the Bruce Grey Women’s Centre.

Safe N’ Sound Residence: $3,000

As part of Safe N’ Sound’s drop-in center program, the food service program will be supporting its participants with healthy snacks.

Community Connection 211: $45,000

Provincial 211 initiatives are delivered through the integrated 211 Ontario system, and local 211 initiatives are delivered or supported by Community Connection. Local 211 initiatives allow customization and adaptation of information and referral service delivery to bridge the gap between the needs of residents and the services they need.

Local initiatives utilize the same professional information, referral skills, and activities to participate in important, complementary roles within unique local service systems. Examples in Bruce and Grey include local partnerships such as 1) Housing Helpline after hours for short-term shelter programs; 2) community paramedicine referrals/reporting, 3) primary care referrals and reporting generated through poverty screening, 4) backpack registration, 5) intake for utility assistance, specialized online directories, and many others.

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