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The Grassroots Leadership Fund is currently looking to raise $150,000 to support Justice Summer, a 2-month program seeking to build the power of racial, economic and social justice organizations by training and mentoring 20 young, primarily BIPOC organizers this May and June in Vancouver.
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The Wynn Richmond Bursary Fund was created in honour of Wynn Richmond to provide bursaries in the Burnaby School District.
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Since 2007 alone, the Van Tel/Safeway Legacy Fund has granted more than $1.5 million back to the community. But that is just dollars. The magnitude of the real gift is much larger, as it lives on in the lives of every person touched by the hundreds of organizations that received funding, and in all the future grants to come, built on the 60-year history of these credit unions and the goodwill of thousands of their members.
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The purpose of the Drs. Pierre and Dianne Faber Family Fund is to provide support for youth at risk, to build independence and self-sufficiency.
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The Edna and Ralph Goring Fund was established to generate income for organizations and initiatives with the focus of feeding the children of the world.
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The Mary-Jo Dionne Productions Fund was created to support local children living in poverty or fighting critical illness.
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The R. R. Smith Community Fund was created to support a variety of local and international educational initiatives.
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The Hans Peter Rodseth Memorial Fund provides educational scholarships to students in the Nechako Valley to pursue post-secondary education at a community college, university or equivalent educational institution so that they may commit to education and to making their community a better place where natural beauty can be enjoyed and the environment protected.
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The Chantelle Iacobellis Legacy Fund was established to help young people suffering from mental illness, anxiety disorders, and other disabilities realize their dreams and potential. It will provide a bursary to a student graduating from Windsor Secondary in North Vancouver.
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Several Vancity Community Foundation staff and Donor Advised Fund holders recently joined First Call at their 2018 Gala, an annual fundraising dinner. The evening began with a warm and inspirational welcome from Debra Sparrow, a Musqueam artist, weaver, and knowledge keeper. Folk singer, author, and child advocate, Raffi Cavoukian was honoured with the First Call Champion of Child and Youth...