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New Award to Support Young People from Winkler Pursue Further Education
The Winkler Community Foundation is excited to announce the creation of a new award from the Gordon Wiebe Education Fund: The Winkler Community Foundation RRC Polytech Award. This award is created to provide financial assistance to students from Winkler (and the GVSD...
Winkler Community Foundation scholarship applications, ‘Not just about the highest marks’
This year, the Winkler Community Foundation is once again offering a range of awards through its Gordon Wiebe Education Fund to students of Winkler and surrounding areas. Award categories Natalie Neudorf, Scholarship Coordinator with the WCF shared that the foundation...
The community of Winkler unites for $5M affordable housing project
A collaborative community effort is making strides in addressing affordable housing in Winkler through a major development project spearheaded by Central Community Homes. The $5 million project, aiming to provide much-needed housing solutions, recently received a...
Help Winkler shine: Giving Challenge doubles donations
The annual Endow Manitoba Giving Challenge, which invites communities across the province to maximize their donations, kicked off today, November 12, and will run until November 17. This unique challenge provides an opportunity for residents in participating...
2024 Annual Newsletter
Winkler Community Foundation's November 2024 Newsletter
Measure what matters with the 2024 Winkler Vital Signs Report
The Winkler Community Foundation presented its 2024 Vital Signs report yesterday, a community check-up aimed at assessing local well-being and encouraging collective action. The Purpose The Vital Signs report serves to measure community vitality, find places to grow,...
A lasting tribute: Wyatt Kash Fehr memorial fund and outdoor classroom
The outdoor classroom came to life thanks to Wyatt’s uncle, Ed Penner, who approached the family with this meaningful project plan. Andrea Fehr, Wyatt’s mother, shared the family's initial uncertainty about how best to commemorate Wyatt before Ed suggested the outdoor...
Commemorating Wyatt Kash Fehr – Memorial Fund & Community Project
In August 2024, the Wyatt Kash Fehr memorial fund was created through the Winkler Community Foundation to support the construction of an outdoor classroom to be built in his honour. The outdoor classroom is currently in the planning phase and will be located at J.R....
Winkler Community Foundation disburses 45 Gordon Wiebe Education Awards
Gordon Wiebe Education Fund 2024 Scholarship Recipients The Winkler Community Foundation celebrates the 45 Gordon Wiebe Education Awards disbursing over $100,000 to young people pursuing post secondary education this fall This year, we had the opportunity to award 45...
Falk Fehr Foundation Fund supports Big Brothers Big Sisters
Every year, the Falk Fehr Foundation runs a Charity Golf Tournament to raise money for their fund held with the Winkler Community Foundation and to raise money for local charities. This year, a flow-through grant of $20,000 was made to the Big Brothers Big Sisters of...