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December 17, 2011
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Sometimes you can go on a journey of discovery, only to find that what you were seeking was something you left behind. Earlier this year, Vancouver Foundation embarked on a journey to determine one or two community issues on which we could focus more of our energy and our discretionary income. We...
December 17, 2011
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It’s hard to believe that Cia Ramirez is 23 years old, much less the mother of a seven-year-old girl. With her wide, cherub face, warm eyes and infectious giggle, Ramirez could easily be mistaken for a high school student. “My mom is Cree, from Saskatchewan and my dad was Mayan, from Guatemala,”...
December 17, 2011
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Bernice Michaluk is on her way to the Surrey Food Bank. She has finished her courses for the day at Vancouver Career College where she is training to be a medical receptionist. She walks home to her tiny condo and checks on her kids (she has three boys: 19, 17 and 14 – “Never a dull moment”). Then...
December 17, 2011
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In this age of digital commerce, of high speed, hi-tech banking, not everyone relies on the internet and a smartphone for money transfers. Sometimes, some people like a simple, more direct method … like a bag of cash handed over personally ... That was the case recently at Vancouver Foundation’s...
December 17, 2011
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Seduction. That’s what VanDusen Botanical Garden director Harry Jongerden is aiming for with the garden’s new $19.4-million Visitor Centre. It’s not a word usually associated with botanical gardens, which tend to be rather reserved. But according to Jongerden, VanDusen and other botanical gardens...
December 14, 2011
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What do Google, a security guard, Vancouver Cantata Singers, the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre, and Vancouver Foundation all have in common? An unlikely combination, they are changing the face – and sound – of choral music in Vancouver and contributing to spinal cord research at the same time. Many...
December 14, 2011
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You can learn a lot on a farm. At the Curly Willow Farm in Grindrod (just an organic carrot’s throw from Enderby) you learn that raspberries make good greeters; that beets have British accents; and, after a short but intense conversation with some asparagus, that they’re quite enlightened. Over the...
November 25, 2011
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November 25, 2011—Vancity and Vancouver Foundation today announced the launch of the Resilient Capital Program, which includes a new product for depositors who want to make a guaranteed fixed return on their money while backing social enterprises that are making a positive impact in the community...
October 31, 2011
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October 31, 2011—Nineteen winners of Vancouver Foundation’s Generation Green Awards showcased their completed projects to a crowd of 500 local philanthropists and dignitaries at a recent community celebration. Projects ranged from a new, pedal-powered delivery service for small packages, to plant...
September 28, 2011
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In the summer of 2011, Vancouver Foundation conducted a public consultation to determine what one or two community issues we should focus additional efforts on over the next three to five years. Our work in this new priority area would involve some granting but it would also include other activity...
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July 20, 2011
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Legacy Donors gathered at the Arts Club Theatre for a matinee performance of A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, a musical tribute of the story of Patsy Cline’s life.
July 11, 2011
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July 11, 2011—Whistler—Sea to Sky Community Services is pleased to announce the award of a $30,000 grant from the Vancouver Foundation in support of a new Mentorship Employment Program in Whistler for youth with developmental disabilities. “We are thrilled to establish this partnership with the...
June 27, 2011
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June 27, 2011—Vancouver Foundation announced today it is partnering with the City of Vancouver to expand its Neighbourhood Small Grants program in the Downtown Eastside communities. “We are delighted the City of Vancouver has provided $50,000 to increase the number of grants we can offer in the...
June 17, 2011
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Gord MacDougall doesn’t know exactly when he started to volunteer and give back to the community. He’s just always done it. “I’ve always been involved in what some people call charity work,” he says. “As I reflect on it, my parents were very involved in non-profits – my father with Montreal...
June 17, 2011
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Sunny Mahajan slips on a black Lululemon headband.He wiggles his forehead up and down and the headband rises. The rest of his face remains impassive and he keeps his body perfectly still. His forehead movement activates an iPod.It begins to speak in a female voice: “Play,” “Skip Forward,” “Scroll...
June 14, 2011
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She was an easy target. Gentle and wide-eyed, Cheryl Bosola Olamijulo was the new girl in class—and the only black kid in her entire Surrey, BC high school. Her family had emigrated from Nigeria in 2009 looking for a better life, but it wasn’t working out better for Cheryl. “I was always very shy,...
June 13, 2011
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June 13, 2011 — To mark its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre School of Canada (NTS), in conjunction with Community Foundations of Canada (CFC) and Vancouver Foundation, will support young theatre artists in British Columbia through the creation of a new arts endowment fund. The NTS’s “Theatre...
May 18, 2011
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May 18, 2011 - VANCOUVER – Picture a grant that will help children and youth with special needs gain greater access to their community, have more mobility and independence, and supports their families in caring for them in their own home. That vision is now a reality. The Ministry of Children and...
May 11, 2011
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May 11, 2011 - VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Foundation will be facilitating a roundtable discussion between His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, and youth in the community foundation movement. Several participants in the discussion will be from the Youth...
May 7, 2011
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May 7, 2011 -- Trikes with cargo bins designed to provide courier services in downtown Vancouver. Kids on bikes picking up organic waste from local businesses to turn into compost for the community. Planting public vegetable gardens and fruit trees along boulevards and on school grounds. A new...