Harbourside Donations
At our meeting today, donations totaling $172,000 were made to the following organizations.
Name of Organization | Project Information | Amount |
Ecole Quadra School | Books for English Language Learners & Technology to support at risk learners providing them additional support. | 10,000 |
Central Middle School | Central Middle School Breakfast Club | 5,000 |
YMCA-YWCA Strong Kids Program | The Y’s Pandora Youth Apartments, age 15-19 semi-independent living | 10,000 |
1000 X5 Children's Book Recycling Project Society | Book Recycling Project | 1,500 |
Victoria Woman's Transition House | Furniture for the Children’s Play Area at the VWTH Emergency Shelter | 5,000 |
Threshold Housing Society | Life Foundations for At-risk youth | 14,000 |
Cornerstone Youth Society | Expanded At-Risk Youth Programming: creative girls group, expanded one-on-one mentoring | 15,000 |
Victoria Conservatory of Music | Music Therapy for Youth Transitioning to Adulthood | 20,000 |
Downtown Blanchard Advisory – Quadra Village | George Jay Summer Support Program | 12,000 |
Centre for Outreach Education | CORE Club is a campus-based program that provides at risk children and youth with accessible, individualized support in reading, writing and math from students enrolled in the University of Victoria’s Teacher Education program. | 10,000 |
Power to be Adventure Therapy Society | Wilderness School for youth displaying high-risk indicators | 5,000 |
George J Elementary Empowerment Program | Empowerment through exploration and Learning, facilitate inclusion on low income families | 12,000 |
Lifecycles 2017 | Growing schools in vulnerable communities - hands on food gardening experience | 5,000 |
South Island Centre for Counselling & Training | Bridging a Gap: Providing Professional Mental Health Counselling Services and Support to Children, Youth and Their Families | 5,000 |
Mustard Seed Street Church | Food security expansion - providing youth at risk with access to healthy food | 10,000 |
Vancouver Island Kids Club Centre Society | Lunch program | 5,000 |
Brayfoot Community Association | Transportation for field trips for youth from low-income families in summer camps | 6,000 |
Disaster Aid Canada | Our Soap for Hope program gathers soap and soap products from local hotels, reprocesses them and donates to people in need of hygiene products | 5,000 |
Victoria Woman's Transition House - CWWA Camp | Summer camp & counseling for children who witness abuse | 1,500 |
Family Services of Greater Victoria | Caught in the Middle program - assisting children whose caregivers are separating or divorcing | 15,000 |
TOTAL | 172,000 |