Community Vitality in Action
Real, living examples of community leadership and vital communities in action provide the inspiration we all need. The following stories show the very real difference that community foundations are making across the country.
To read more stories of how Canada’s community foundations bring engaged citizens together from all walks of life so that vitality can bloom view our archived stories from 2010 and visit CFC’s public website.
Please share your stories with us! Just send an email to cvtoolkit@cfc-fcc.ca.
Harvie Passage
The Calgary Foundation (TCF)
Demonstrating community leadership through effective convening, The Calgary Foundation (TCF) launched Harvie Passage — a significant initiative that would oversee the reconstruction project of the Bow River weir.
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Engage!
London Community Foundation
While conducting a feasibility study with a local non profit organization about their future capacity, leaders at the London Community Foundation observed that locally, there was a need to foster the next generation of community leaders/stakeholders.
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Random Act of Kindness Day®
The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation (KWCF)
It has been suggested that timing is everything. Such is the case with Random Act of Kindness Day®.
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Lake Winnipeg Watershed Initiative
Community Foundations of Canada
In 2008, Community Foundations of Canada named Vicki Burns as the coordinator of its Foundations in the Lake Winnipeg Watershed Initiative.
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The Arrowsmith Dialogues
Parksville Qualicum Community Foundation
The Arrowsmith Dialogues is a three-year community dialogue project designed to help the 13 communities and neighbourhoods in the Parksville-Qualicum Beach region, on Vancouver Island's east coast, better understand themselves and to work better together.
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The Hand
Parksville Qualicum Community Foundation
The Hand started in 2009 after the youth in the community of Oceanside discovered that an overwhelming majority of young people would not highly recommend their community as the ideal place to grow up and reside.
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Small Arts Grants Project
Vancouver Foundation
Vancouver Foundation supports individual artists through the Downtown Eastside Small Arts Grants Project, which supports the large population of urban artists who live in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside neighbourhood.
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Poverty Reduction
Six Community Foundations in New Brunswick
In New Brunswick, six community foundations are working towards poverty reduction in various ways including developing sustainable strategies in collaboration with the provincial government and community partners.
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