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 […]
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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 […]
Oakville Community Foundation recognized in Top 50 Equitable Funders ranking
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oakville, Ont., October 31, 2024 – The Oakville Community Foundation is proud to announce it has placed 10th in the ranking of the 2024 Top 50 Equitable Funders in Canada. The annual research and ranking, compiled by Future of Good and QuakeLab, highlights organizations that have demonstrated notable progress in promoting equitable […]
New report looks at youth climate anxiety and the local impact of climate change
Nearly half of local youth negatively affected by feelings on climate change FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oakville, Ont., April 22, 2024 – Today, the report Our Community Legacy: What Oakville will our children and grandchildren inherit? on climate change was released at an event at Sheridan College. The Oakville Community Foundation, alongside Halton Environmental Network and […]
