August 4, 2021
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The poetry signage in South Algonquin Township will be coming soon. Bryan Martin, the CAO/clerk-treasurer of South Algonquin Township provides an update on his efforts to make this project happen in his township, saying he has given Charlene Alexander, the CEO and head librarian of the South Algonquin libraries the green light to proceed. Anya Gansterer, the co-artistic director at Ottawa Valley Community Arts provides more information about the poetry initiative in general and says that signs have already been installed in public spaces throughout the Ottawa Valley.
Gansterer provided Bancroft This Week with more information about the pop-up poetry signs being designed and installed in public spaces throughout the Ottawa valley.
Raising the Roof ushers in new era for Headwaters Arts, Alton Mill
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July 29, 2021 · 0 Comments
By Rob Paul, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
On Monday July 19, Dufferin-Caledon MPP Sylvia Jones announced $89,400 in funding for the Bethell Hospice Foundation.
In front of the Bethell Hospice gazebo for the announcement, Jones was alongside Bethell Hospice Foundation Chair John Sanderson, Bethell Hospice Foundation Director Bob Fines, Bethell Hospice Executive Director Margaret Paan, Bethel Hospice Foundation Executive Director Jeannette Vanden Heuvel, and Volunteer Program LEAD Kat Powell.
“It’s nice to be sharing some good news,” said Jones. “During the pandemic, Bethell Hospice has been especially critical for families. It’s because of that, and because of the acknowledgement of our government that things have been challenging and different during the pandemic, that we, through the Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism, and Culture, have a Community Resilience fund. Be
Youth getting mentored in agriculture through Sudbury Shared Harvest program
Sudbury Shared Harvest is running a new program called Youth Agricultural Mentors (YAM), for teens aged 15 to 18. The teens will spend 8 weeks at a garden at École secondaire Hanmer, and will get paid during that placement, through a YMCA job training program.
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Five teenagers are learning how to grow their own food through the YAM program, and getting paid to do it
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Posted: Jul 28, 2021 4:00 PM ET | Last Updated: July 28
Five teenagers are part of the Sudbury Shared Harvest s new program called Youth Agricultural Mentors (YAM). They will spend eight weeks learning how to grow food, and make a business out of it.(Submitted by Sudbury Shared Harvest)
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Between May 17 and June 4, the Ontario Nonprofit Network (ONN) and l’Assemblée de la Francophonie de l’Ontario (l’AFO) received nearly 3,000 responses when they asked nonprofits and charities in the province to share details about the state of their operations and the adequacy of government relief measures.
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Among the key findings in a report published this month is that nonprofits have been primarily supported through the federal government’s Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy and the Emergency Community Support Fund, but only 37 per cent and 23 per cent of the survey’s respondents, respectively, accessed those programs.
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