The Blue Mountain Village Foundation has announced the recipients of its Accelerated Winter Grant Program.
It identified 5 key social challenges that need immediate attention in the community: mental health, food access & security, job loss & financial stress, housing access and diversity, inclusion & anti-racism education.
As such, BMVF launched its Accelerated Winter Grant Program with streamlined criteria and a desire to donate funds to organizations that are working hard to address these key challenges.
As a result of applications received, it announced the granting of $15,000 split evenly among the following 15 successful agencies:
- Theatre Collingwood
- Beaver Valley Outreach
- Home Horizon – Barbara Weider House
- Meaford Food Bank
- Community Connection – Out of the Cold Program
- Canadian Mental Health Association Grey-Bruce
- Elephant Thoughts
- Trinity Community Dinner
- Living Wish Foundation
- Environment Network
- Breaking Down Barriers
- Meaford Community Gardens
- Georgian Triangle Humane Society
- St. George’s Anglican Church
- Hospice Georgian Triangle
As a team, these successful grant recipients are addressing the 5 key social challenges BMVF identified and much more. “A common theme among all grant applications was sharp increases in demand for assistance following the second Province-wide shutdown and unprecedented associated financial hardship across the South Georgian Bay Region” says BMVF President Andrew Siegwart.