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May 28, 2014

Paying It Forward

Foundation Exec and their children Paying It Forward by planting community garden.

Directors from the Winkler Community Foundation and their families took time from their busy day on Monday, May 26 to plant a garden for Central Station Community Centre in Winkler.

 

“It’s a perfect Pay it Forward opportunity,” says Exec Director Myra Peters, “as it will continue to pay forward throughout the summer. The produce that we seed will be used throughout the summer months for their community Cooking classes and Cafe 545 a weekly community meal; some of the many

programs offered at Central Station.”

Stories

WES YIP give back

Winkler Elementary School ran Youth in Philanthropy as an Exploratory program during the 2020-21 school year. They had a group of grade 8 students participate. As a part of the program, the students ran a Valentine’s Day themed fundraiser by selling boxes of smarties. They felt the smarties could share some “joy” during a COVID Valentine’s. The girls designed to and from tags for the students to send the smarties to friends aor siblings in the school. The money raised during the YIP exploratory program was matched by the Winkler Community Foundation. Thanks to the student’s efforts and the Foundation’s match, a grant of $669 was awarded to Gateway Resources. This grant has been designated for Gateway’s Life Skills Program to add tactile and sensory box resources. “We decided to raise money for the Gateway Life Skills Program because we believe everyone should have an equal opportunity to contribute to the community and do what they love!” – Karli, BYNN and Bria grade 8 YIP students from WES.   The Winkler Community Foundation loves seeing students engage in philanthropic activities. We were happy to see WES find a creative way to still teach young students about philanthropy and positively impact […]

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