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A Youth Perspective: Resilience and Adaptability

So often we read articles about COVID-19 and its impact on society, but what about its impact on youth? Instead of writing a second-hand account of what the youth in our community are seeing, hearing and feeling, our spring 2021 intern Charlotte Bright sat down with her fellow classmates to have a frank conversation about how […]

Community Education Awards Hub reopens with new educational awards, $330K available

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oakville, Ont., February 9, 2022 – The Oakville Community Foundation’s Community Education Awards Hub, in its 3rd year, is now open for applications with $330,000 available in education awards, scholarships and bursaries.  The Awards Hub is a one-stop, free, online source to help local students access dozens of scholarships, bursaries and awards […]

OTF helps Oakville Community Foundation’s Community Classroom move online

Oakville, ON – In 2018, the Oakville Community Foundation received a three-year, $222,100 Grow grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) to expand its Community Classroom program, which provides free local arts, culture and heritage programming to students in publicly-funded schools. With the support of this grant, the Oakville Community Foundation relaunched Community Classroom Online […]

Oakville Community Foundation’s GIVEOakville campaign funds $575,000 for local charities

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oakville, Ont., January 19, 2022 – The Oakville Community Foundation’s GIVEOakville campaign funded just over $575,000 to support local charities in the Oakville and Halton area. GIVEOakville supported grant requests from 55 local charities in Oakville’s only online crowd-funding campaign. Just over $425,000 was raised from The Foundation’s Fundholders and public donations. […]

Oakville Community Foundation’s Community Classroom Online has new interactive videos and programs from Community Partners

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oakville, Ont., January 10, 2022 – The Oakville Community Foundation’s Community Classroom Online has reopened for 2022 and features new interactive videos for elementary and secondary students plus NEW live-streamed events. The goal is to ensure students continue to have access to local arts, culture, heritage and environmental programming free of charge […]