Essex, Kent, Lambton
2006 - 2007
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We make every effort to show comprehensive grant listings. For official listings of our grants please refer to the Foundation’s Annual Reports or contact us at 1.800.263.2887 or trillium@trilliumfoundation.org.
Ratified by the Ontario Trillium Foundation Board of Directors on March 7, 2007
2007 Ontario Summer Paralympic Championship Organizing Committee c/o Sarnia Central Athletics Corporation
$75,000 over one year to improve the track at St. Patrick’s school that will enable Sarnia to host the 2007 Paralympic Championships. The games will increase tourism and help support the local economy.
A Book of My Own Literacy Campaign
$28,000 over two years to increase the number and quality of books that are distributed to children of low-income families. This will promote literacy for all children in Windsor.
Belle River Minor Baseball Association
$6,500 over one year to purchase equipment that will enhance recreational baseball opportunities for children and youth aged five to 15 years in Belle River.
Bulimia Anorexia Nervosa Association-Can-Am/Association de la boulimie et de l'anorexie mentale
$145,500 over two years to develop and deliver a bilingual program that helps reduce the harmful effects of body-based harassment. Volunteers will deliver the program to students from junior kindergarten to Grade 12 in Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent.
CAW Local 200 Computers for Kids
$120,000 over two years to help provide computer centres in Windsor and Essex County for low-income and less fortunate households. The program will also help reduce e-waste in local landfills, thereby creating a healthier environment.
Centres for Seniors Windsor, Heart & Stroke Foundation Cook Book Collaborative c/o Centres for Seniors Windsor
$6,700 over one year to produce and print 1,000 copies of a cookbook. It will feature recipes from the Centres for Seniors Cookie Contest, the Heart & Stroke Soup Kitchen and Green Cuisine and be available for sale to the public.
The Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society
$20,500 over one year to help prepare a site for the development of a green space and historic park. These will increase community space, create interest in the community and broaden the profile of African-Canadian history in the area.
Citizens Environment Alliance of Southwestern Ontario
$100,000 over two years to develop the capacity of this grassroots environmental group. Funds will enable increased hours of operation, enhanced and expanded outreach, public educational programs and events in the greater Sarnia-Windsor area.
Duart Community Hall c/o Highgate and District Lions Club
$75,000 over two years toward the overall cost of renovations and repairs to Duart Hall. These upgrades will make it a more accessible, safer and more efficient space for cultural activities in this rural Kent community.
Erieau Yacht Club
$12,400 over one year to purchase two laser sailboats and an outboard engine. This equipment will allow more children from outlying areas in Chatham-Kent to attend the summer sailing school program.
Essex County Ravens Football Club
$20,900 over one year to purchase equipment for a new football team for children aged 14 years and under. The equipment will improve safety and allow more children to participate in this healthy physical activity.
Essex Region Children's Water Festival Steering Committee c/o Children's Water Education Council
$60,600 over three years to expand the festival by offering a one-day environmental water-based career fair for Grades 11 and 12 students. This will enhance learning opportunities for youth and promote employment in the environmental sector.
The Friends of Ojibway Prairie/Les Amis D'Ojibway Prairie
$17,200 over one year to implement interpretive signage for self-guided tours throughout parkland in the Ojibway Prairie Complex in Windsor. Five activity backpacks will also be obtained to assist families visiting the park.
Friends of Pike Creek
$8,000 over one year to purchase tools and supplies for this organization’s annual clean-up projects. High school students will continue to be involved in these efforts to improve, protect and restore the Pike Creek watershed in Windsor.
Irish Dance Booster Club of Windsor
$11,400 over one year to purchase a portable dance floor, sound system and uniforms. This will help enable children and youth aged 18 years and younger in Windsor to continue their participation in dance activities.
Lakeshore Community Services
$108,200 over three years for program costs and resources to help the organization build its capacity. Funds will help to raise the profile of the organization throughout the town of Lakeshore, increasing access to services, revenues and volunteers.
Lambton Outreach Community Services Inc.
$10,900 over three years for computer equipment and communications materials. These will help to decrease isolation for many in the small rural area of Forest-North Lambton by providing access to technology and increasing their employment skills.
Metropolitan Community Church of Windsor
$39,300 over one year to research, analyze and prepare a report on the needs of 20,000 gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people in Windsor-Essex. This will improve understanding and lead to the development of better programs for the community.
Migration Community Hall
$75,000 over one year to purchase upgraded sound equipment. These improvements will enhance this facility, which supports Essex County with musical events and dramatic productions for the entire community.
Navy League of Canada Sarnia Branch c/o Navy League of Canada (Ontario Division)
$22,500 over one year to purchase two sailboats, a zodiac power boat and computer equipment. These purchases will help to enhance youth programming and increase the membership of this important community group.
Optimist Club of Sombra Township
$17,400 over one year to install an accessible ramp and washrooms in this rural community hall that serves as a community centre and library.
Sarnia Amateur Wrestling Association c/o Ontario Amateur Wrestling Association
$40,000 over one year to purchase equipment and uniforms, enhance the group’s capacity and enable it to more safely host the 2007 Ontario Youth Wrestling Championships.
South Essex Community Council
$71,000 over one year to offer the ImPACT program (Immigrant Parent and Child Together). This provides literacy and life-skills training to immigrant women and early literacy and school readiness help to their preschool children in Leamington.
South Windsor Warriors Basketball Organization
$5,700 over one year for program costs and the purchase of basketball equipment. This will help the organization add two new teams and start a house league program so more boys and girls aged eight to 18 years can participate in organized basketball.
Taxandria Falcons Soccer Club
$56,000 over one year to create three new soccer fields and a parking lot in the isolated rural community of Arkona. This project will enhance and support recreational activities, offering a facility for 500 community members to play soccer.
The Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation Learning Centre for Children - Windsor c/o Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation of Canada
$61,000 over one year to train tutors, purchase materials and install a monitoring system at the children's learning centre in Windsor. The organization will then be able to provide more one-on-one tutoring for children and youth with dyslexia.
Theatre Kent
$6,600 over one year to make repairs to the roof and interior walls of the theatre’s rehearsal hall. These upgrades will help ensure the continuation of local community theatre activities in the Chatham-Kent region.
Triple P c/o Glengarda Child and Family Services
$50,000 over 18 months to create pamphlets and materials, arrange promotion and conduct parenting seminars. This evidenced-based program will be offered by trained staff to all Windsor-Essex parents interested in improving their parenting strategies.
Wheatley & District Friendship Club Inc.
$75,000 over one year to install a new boiler, including electrical and control wiring, in the Wheatley Friendship Centre. This improvement will make the facility safer and a more energy-efficient meeting place for this rural Chatham-Kent community.
Ratified by the Ontario Trillium Foundation Board of Directors on October 26, 2006
Active Lifestyle Centre
$68,500 over one year to enhance the capacity of this important seniors organization by offering nutritious meals to elderly people in Chatham Kent.
Belle River & District Optimist Club
$75,000 over one year to create fully accessible pathways through Belle River Optimist Park, which will improve its safety and accessibility, thus enhancing the use of the park as a recreational facility for residents of all abilities.
Bothwell-Zone & District Historical Society
$25,000 over one year to restore the original 1896 powerhouse and equipment to its original working condition, helping to maintain the historical significance of this small rural museum.
Capitol Theatre and Arts Centre (Windsor)
$140,000 over three years to enhance the capacity of the Capitol Theatre through the implementation of a community outreach program.
Chatham Minor Baseball Association
$25,000 over one year to renovate the canteen in Rotary Park, which will help provide revenue to enhance programming for the Chatham Minor Baseball Association and provide safer space and equipment for participants.
The Dragon Boat Club of Windsor and Essex County
$24,500 over one year to enhance the capacity of this small organization by purchasing a boat with the goal of increasing membership.
Enhancing Family Support for Education c/o Community Living Windsor
$94,400 over three years to deliver public information sessions for families whose children are participating in the Identification Placement and Review Committee process and are developing individual education plans for their children with special needs.
The Inn of the Good Shepherd (Sarnia) Inc.
$37,000 over one year to sustain and enhance the local food bank by converting a storage room into a walk-in freezer, which will expand the capacity of the bank.
Kiwanis Children's Animal Farm Foundation
$49,000 over one year to make the existing picnic pavilion in Canatara Park, Sarnia, barrier-free, and to install garage doors, which will enclose it and increase its usage during winter months.
Lambton Concert Band
$25,000 over one year to purchase musical instruments and risers, which will improve the presentation quality and repertoire of the Lambton Concert Band.
LaSalle Rowing Club
$58,800 over one year to enhance the capacity of this group by increasing its inventory of boats, which will also increase the safety of its membership.
Moore Optimist Club
$50,800 over one year to continue the renovation of the Courtright Community Hall, an important structure that is used to host numerous community events in the St. Clair area.
Ontario Creative Problem Solvers Inc.
$46,100 over two years to enhance the organization's outreach program to primary and secondary educators and schools throughout Southwestern Ontario.
Pointe Eagle Radio Inc.
$75,000 over one year to purchase and install transmitter equipment, which will contribute to the ongoing viability and future sustainability of this community radio station, CKTI The Eagle.
Sarnia Kiwanis Foundation Inc.
$75,000 over one year to enhance the sustainability of Lochiel Kiwanis Community Centre, a not-for-profit centre, by the modernization of outdated heating systems.
Schizophrenia Society of Ontario, Essex Kent Lambton Regional Office c/o Schizophrenia Society of Ontario
$123,200 over three years to expand the role of the regional co-ordinator and better respond to the needs of families and individuals with a recent diagnosis of schizophrenia or other severe mental illnesses.
Special Equestrians Therapeutic Riding Association
$68,400 over three years to build the capacity of this important organization to offer services to individuals with disabilities in the Windsor-Leamington area and providing a barrier-free washroom and part-time staffing.
Spirit of Excellence, Inc.
$75,000 over three years to increase the number of children at risk participating in free after-school and weekend life-skills and leadership programs in a low-income neighbourhood of Windsor.
Tilbury Minor Baseball
$31,000 over one year to improve the baseball diamond facility at Memorial Park in Tilbury, helping to promote a safer playing environment for children and youth in the community.
L'Union culturelle des Franco-Ontariennes de Windsor c/o L'Union culturelle des Franco-Ontariennes
$24,000 over one year to purchase sewing and knitting equipment, allowing the Windsor organization to offer more courses to Francophone women and attract new members.
Windsor Classic Chorale
$25,000 over one year to increase its organizational capacity by hiring a community-development consultant to assist the choir in developing strategic priorities and goals and become more sustainable.
Windsor Jaycees Community Commons & The Herb Gray Centre for Nonprofit Excellence c/o Windsor Jaycees Community Centre
$68,000 over six months to assist this organization with its goal of becoming environmentally responsible and sustainable by upgrading the lighting system and reducing maintenance costs.
Ratified by the Ontario Trillium Foundation Board of Directors on June 29, 2006
AIDS Committee of Windsor
$155,100 over three years to develop a culturally sensitive HIV/AIDS prevention/harm-reduction program. First languages of immigrants will be used and communications will be designed to reach people with hearing disabilities.
Association for Persons with Physical Disabilities of Windsor and Essex County
$16,600 over one year to create a clerical-administrative training unit that will enhance the current vocational training programs provided to people with physical disabilities. The programs will optimize opportunities for competitive employment.
Brooke-Alvinston Agricultural Society
$54,300 over one year to install new bleachers, gates and pens for sheep enclosures, which will make the buildings and structures at the Brooke-Alvinston Agricultural Society safer and more secure for park users.
Canadian Belgian Dutch Club
$4,700 over one year to implement an outreach and awareness campaign that will increase membership and ensure the club’s sustainability for seniors in Sarnia. Plans include monthly dinner dances and meetings and a special outreach event.
Celebration of Lights Incorporated
$52,000 over one year to enhance the capacity of the group by providing essential items and equipment to continue providing this important yearly event in Sarnia.
Chatham Camera Club c/o Canadian Association for Photographic Art (CAPA)
$6,700 over one year to purchase digital photographic equipment that will enable community photography seminars to continue and to prepare, present and judge digital material for entry in local and national competitions.
Chatham Capitol Theatre Association
$225,000 over three years to engage a general manager to open the new Capitol Theatre and to develop tourism and promote heritage, the arts and culture in the downtown core.
Chatham-Kent Children's Water Festival c/o Rondeau Watershed Coalition
$89,500 over two years to develop and implement a children's water festival for Grade 4 students in the Chatham-Kent area that teaches water conservation and protection.
Chatham-Kent Cougars Football Club
$25,000 over one year to enhance a minor football program for boys and girls under 15 years of age in Chatham-Kent. Tackle football clinics, a minor peewee summer team, two new fall minor football house-league teams and summer camps will be included.
Community-University Partnership for Neighbourhoods c/o Citizen Advocacy Windsor-Essex
$155,700 over three years to further develop and expand a project that engages residents in neighbourhood revitalization.
Corporation of the Village of Oil Springs
$75,000 over one year to replace the siding on the community centre, which will enhance and preserve it for use by various groups in this small rural village.
Erie Wildlife Rescue
$22,000 over one year to replace the roof and ceilings of the centre in Windsor, which is used by the organization and the community for meetings, activities and training programs.
Essex County Soccer Association
$75,000 over one year to develop soccer fields as part of a collaborative to bring facilities to the greater Windsor community.
Essex Retirees Social Club
$26,500 over one year to make interior renovations to the club’s existing space in the town of Essex. A promotions staff person will also be hired to increase awareness, introduce new activities and actively recruit participants.
The Forest Community Theatre
$63,100 over one year to initiate a music festival at a natural venue, providing increased tourism in this small rural community.
Greater Windsor Lacrosse
$13,700 over six months to fund costs associated with the 2006 Founder's Cup, a lacrosse tournament that will result in increased tourism in the area.
Greenway and Sadlers Pond Recreation Trail c/o Essex Rotary Club Foundation
$87,000 over two years to develop a multi-use recreational trail and park. This trail system will begin a second greenway linking Essex and Amherstburg.
International Symphony Orchestra
$45,100 over three years to institute the Music Makes Sound Sense education-outreach program in schools, bringing professional musicians to children in the Sarnia area.
The Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland
$24,000 over three years to complete the Rotary Peace School Initiative, a program for elementary schools that encourages, fosters and promotes harmonious, safe, caring and welcoming school environments that celebrate diversity.
Sandwich West Turtle Club
$75,000 over one year to enhance this baseball club’s facility, improving the safety of the players and offering support for the clubhouse and meeting space in the LaSalle-Amherstburg area.
Sarnia Highland Games
$17,800 over two years to improve the profile and attendance at this well-respected event by increasing marketing and promotion, providing increased safety and assisting with technology needs.
The Shores of Erie International Wine Festival
$115,700 over two years to enhance tourism by promoting the Shores of Erie International Wine Festival through increased events, sponsorships and marketing.
St. Joseph's Hospice Resource Centre of Sarnia Lambton
$128,100 over two years to assist with the development of programming and information for those suffering from life-threatening illness and their families, including a bereavement program for children.
Willistead Centennial c/o Essex County Historical Society
$19,900 over one year for community events that will celebrate the centennial of Willistead Manor in Windsor. Plans include a homecoming weekend, lecture series and a theatre event, which will increase community awareness and access to the manor.
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