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August 15, 2024
Vol. 12 No. 32
Community Forum gives United Way a voice
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by Marguerite Boyer The North Grenville Community Forum is making a difference. It feels like spring, when the first buds appear on the trees, and you slowly watch their growth. It sometimes seems like a slow process and that summer will never come, but then – boom, it’s here, and we really haven’t paid attention to that one bud’s growth. The Forum is like that. It was created after seeing a need in this community to bring non-profit groups together, to work towards a common cause: and that cause is unity, where all the branches are working along with the many leaves that make up the branch. And this is how I came to meet Hailie Jack, Execu-
Grenville are the generous donors who contribute at the Leadership level, giving $1,200 or more annually. Companies will match dollar for dollar all funds raised by staff, and this money raised for United Way goes back into the Leeds and Grenville district, including North Grenville. There is a list of ways in which UW supports our community, about which many of us are not aware. Some of the funds go to our Kemptville Youth Centre [KYC], and Hailie is quite impressed with how it is run. The United Way gives funding to KYC for their various programs, to Family and Children’s services, and to Connect Youth, who have been giving free cooking classes at
tive Director of the Leeds and Grenville United Way. Hailie heard about our group via Emily Farrell, who works at the North Grenville Public Library and also sits on the allocations committee for United Way with Hailie. She met with Brian McKee, who is part of the Secretariat for the Forum, and is on the board of directors for the Kemptville Campus. Hailie is working to give United Way more of a presence in North Grenville, where much of the funding they raise here goes back into our community. United Way get their funding largely from individuals, as well as large companies. Among the most influential people to effect change in Leeds &
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St. Johns United Church in Kemptville with the support of House of Lazarus, after connections were made through the Community Forum. Funding also goes to Big Brothers/Sisters for their mentoring program, Senior Support Services, Girls Inc, Kemptville and District Home Support, Addiction and Mental Health Services, and LGL Interval House. These are just some of the many groups supported here in North Grenville. This September, United Way launches its campaign at their 3M Harvest Lunch event. Following the launch on September 12 at Loaves and Fishes in Brockville, they will begin traveling around Leeds and Grenville through to October 3, with stops in North Grenville, offering free lunches to persons in need. You can help by buying a meal for $10. More details will be available shortly. There are many ways of donating to the work of the United Way in Leeds & Grenville, so take a look at the options at: www.uwlg. org/take-action The Community Forum is really working. It may seem invisible, but groups are making connections with each other, and we now have a master list for all groups, along with their emails. Those spring buds are growing.
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