We’re excited to share that 1,160 backpacks have already been allocated to various agencies and individuals, achieving 46.4% of our goal to distribute 2,500 backpacks this season! 🎒📚✏️ Nolan, our Backpack Program Coordinator, has been hard at work packing backpacks with essential school supplies. In these photos, she is packing

I have met with a few people lately who had no income and didn’t know they may be eligible for social assistance. Social assistance incomes, like Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Program, are available to help people cover basic costs. Today, I am going to talk about Ontario

We’re thrilled to announce that 950 backpacks have already been allocated to various agencies and individuals, reaching 40% of our goal of distributing 2,500 backpacks this season! These backpacks are essential for students in need, filled with supplies like notebooks, pens, and pencils to help them start the school year

One of the things we hear from people who meet with Caroline (she/her), our Financial Literacy Coordinator, is that they are so relieved they did so. Money can be scary; Money and the lack of money can feel overwhelming; Trying to “make ends meet” can make your mind go in

Youth-led Music Festival Returning to Owen Sound Owen Sound’s youth-led non-profit music festival Banditfest is returning to the city in 2024. Building on the success of the inaugural festival in 2023, Banditfest has partnered with the United Way of Bruce Grey to create a fuller and more vibrant vision for

Eligibility for benefits, like the GST/HST Credit and the Canada Climate Rebate (CCR; previously the Climate Action Incentive), starts in July each year. The two benefits mentioned are paid in July, October, January, and April. Another benefit is the Trillium Benefit. It is paid monthly on the 10th of the

United Way Bruce Grey is thrilled to announce the successful allocation of funds from the recent Coldest Night of the Year (CNOY) events in Saugeen Shores, Kincardine, Meaford, and Grey Highlands. These contributions mark a significant step towards addressing pressing community needs, with amazing outcomes already unfolding. Saugeen Shores Highlights:

Congratulations to all the students graduating this week, from the tentative days of junior kindergarten through to the excitement of finishing high school! Learning is fun, important, and a wonderful gift and opportunity; It happens everywhere and all the time. Learning to use money is something you will use all

***NOTICE: Income Level Changes for the Seniors Co-Payment Program When you turn 65, you can use the Ontario Drug Benefit, to cover most costs for prescription drugs. The benefit is connected to your Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) card. There is a list of around 5,000 prescription drugs that are

“Hi, I’m Nolan Taylor and I was raised in Owen Sound. When I was a kid, my parents got me involved with The Backpack Program by having me make a backpack at Staples for the Stuff the Bus event each year. I was then further introduced to fundraising through my