This photo fills our hearts with so much gratitude for so many wonderful reasons. As many of you know, last week we launched our Cookie Kindness Campaign in which donors could sponsor a box of Girl Guide Cookies from the Owen Sound Girl Guides for a local long term
Thank a care home looking after our most vulnerable seniors by sponsoring a box of Girl Guide cookies! Our healthcare workers at long term care facilities are such heroes. The kindness and the caring they show to our loved ones and the most vulnerable is amazing always but during a
Every day our healthcare workers on the front lines are putting their lives on the line for us and our loved ones. They definitely are our true heroes during this time. We invite you to pay tribute to a special healthcare worker in your life who is making a difference
Toilet paper. It’s one of those basic grocery items and up until a month ago, we never paid much thought to it. The COVID-19 pandemic changed everything however and toilet paper suddenly was on everyone’s mind. Many food banks in our region began experiencing difficulty supplying toilet paper to
The COVID-19 pandemic has positioned a long road of unknowns and uncertainty before each of us. And where there is much that we cannot control – there is much that we can. Our humanity and compassion towards others is something within reach as is our understanding that we are
COVID-19 has impacted the lives of the most vulnerable in Bruce-Grey and we need your help! Please consider donating to our Pandemic Community Response Fund. This fund supports local agencies who are directly supporting those in our community whose lives and livelihood are affected by the coronavirus pandemic. 100% of
Let’s send some smiles to those who are isolated in long term facilities in our region! 🙂 We are putting a call out there to send a card or letter to those who are isolated and who are missing contact with their family and friends. It’s a great heartwarming
In response to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the United Way of Bruce Grey is launching two fundraising initiatives and a full volunteer engagement program to support the community. Pandemic Food Bank Fund – this fund will support food banks as they respond to an unprecedented increase in requests for food.
What will be the impact of a possible pandemic on the Not-For-Profit and Charitable Sector? – Information Session Monday March 16th – 7:30 am Grey Bruce Health Unit Register here: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/united-way-of-bruce-grey/events/not-for-profit-pandemic-planning There are 950,000 people in Ontario who rely on provincial social assistance programs. If people are living on a
An “Extreme Cold Warning” has been issued for our region with bitterly cold wind chills near -30 expected overnight and into Friday morning. Environment Canada warns everyone to use extreme caution around these cold temperatures. Extreme cold warnings are issued when very cold temperatures or wind chill creates an elevated
