FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Food for Life Expands Capacity and Accessibility completing a 5-year Collaborative Social Impact Loan from Two Local Community Foundations [Hamilton & Halton, Ontario] Thursday, February 27, 2025 – Food for Life is thrilled to announce the successful completion of a five-year social impact loan, made possible through generous support from Hamilton Community Foundation […]
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Community Education Awards Hub reopens with more scholarships for Oakville students
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oakville, Ont., February 4, 2025 – The Community Education Awards Hub has reopened for 2025 with more scholarships, bursaries and education awards for Oakville and Halton students. Available awards are worth between $750 and $20,000. The Awards Hub was created in 2020 to make it easier to create, apply and award scholarships. […]
Oakville Community Foundation to distribute $100k to four collaborative community priorities thanks to local support for the GIVEOakville campaign
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oakville, Ont., January 30, 2025 – The Oakville Community Foundation will be distributing $100,000 to four different community priorities thanks to the money raised during the 2024 GIVEOakville campaign. For the first time ever, donors to the 2024 GIVEOakville campaign were able to donate to a specific community priority. Fundholders, OCF Community […]
Even more free in-person activities available for Oakville schools through Community Classroom
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oakville, Ont., January 20, 2025 – Teachers at Oakville publicly-funded schools can now register for 2025 free in-person and online activities and programs through the Oakville Community Foundation’s Community Classroom initiative. Created in 2018, Community Classroom provides free arts, culture, heritage and environmental programming in-class, on-site and online for publicly-funded schools. It […]
OCF’s GIVEOakville inspires nearly $1 million to local charities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oakville, Ont., Tuesday, December 17, 2024 – The Oakville Community Foundation is proud to announce that with the support of the community, nearly $1 million has been raised for local charities thanks to the GIVEOakville campaign. GIVEOakville is The Foundation’s annual online public campaign to raise money for incredible local charities. Every […]
Make a local impact when you support GIVEOakville
Oakville, Ont., November 15, 2024 – GIVEOakville, the annual holiday giving campaign, is back for another year with 64 incredible local charities that need the community’s support to reach their goal. GIVEOakville is the Oakville Community Foundation’s annual online crowdfunding campaign that raises money and awareness for local charities and the work they do to […]
