Over $500,000 is being given to several local non-profit organizations.
It’s coming from the $83 million Resilient Communities Fund, which provides up to $150,000 in grants for non-profit organizations.
The funds will be split between:
-The Women’s Centre Grey-Bruce, Kitchen upgrades, hiring temporary full-time cook – $59,000
-South-East Grey Community Health Centre, Wireless infrastructure/renovation to created 24-hour community classroom and gym – $125,300
-Municipality of Grey Highlands, Outdoor facilities with Wi-Fi hotspots/purchase smart lockers – $83,500
-Sheatre, Purchase technological equipment and software to produce virtual contest and re-design marketing strategy and mobile-responsive website design – $25,000
-Owen Sound Little Theatre, Purchase technological equipment to create virtual content and renovating washroom facilities – $135,700
-Georgian Bay Folk Society, Provide a series of COVID-compliant live music performances and implementing technologies and new designs to create virtual experiences – $69,600
-Residential Hospice of Grey Bruce, Purchase medical great furnishing to create safe shared spaces for palliative residents and visitors – $33,600
Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker, who announced the funding, says: “non-profit organizations are crucial and valued part of any community, especially in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound.”
The fund offered by the Ontario Trillium Foundation will continue in 2021-22 so non-profit organizations that have been impacted by Covid will receive assistance.
Walker says, “countless people rely on their services every day, and even in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, they still deliver. This is great news for these organizations and will be a huge boost for our communities.”
Since its creation in August 2020, the Resilient Communities Fund has supported 1,045 projects across Ontario.