Arts & Culture Grants:

Musagetes Fund - $49,580
$2,000 to Anishnabeg Outreach to support Aboriginal Youth Music program;
$2,500 to Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (Guelph Wellington Branch) to support Heritage Awards;
$3,500 to Guelph Jazz Festival to support Jazz in the School program;
$5,000 to Guelph International Film Festival to support GIFF event;
$10,000 to Guelph Youth Music Centre to support Children & Youth Outreach program;
$2,500 to CMHC/Spark of Brilliance to support the Enabling Garden Sculpture;
$1,080 to Suzuki String School to support Music Therapy program;
$3,000 to Women of the World to support Youth Endless Possibilities program;
$20,000 to The Macdonald Stewart Art Centre & The University of Guelph to support the Shakespeare Made in Canada program.

Thelma Townsend Fund
$1,800 to Guelph Museums

Guelph Arts Council - Jane Graham Memorial Fund
$500 to Chris Hierlihy for professional development opportunities in visual art.
 
Environmental Grants:

Sanctuary Woods Fund
$1,000 to Trees for Guelph to transfer 62 caliper 25' trees from the Turf Grass Institute to school grounds. Providing instant shade for children at 9 schools.

Healthcare Grants:

Janet Borg Memorial Foundation Fund
$1,900 to Weekend to End Breast Cancer

McNeil Consumer Healthcare
$2,900 to Guelph Wellington Seniors Association for the Evergreen Action Nutrition program.

Wynne Townsend Christie Fund
$1,800 to Hospice Wellington

Valcom Employee Guelph Health Centres Benefits Fund
$2,000 each to the Guelph General Hospital & St. Joseph's Hospital

Anne Hohenadel Fund
$300 to the Puslinch Red Cross

Fathers Remembered by Daughters Fund
$5,000 to Hospice Wellington for the 'Building on Compassionate Care Campaign'
$3,000 to Hospice Wellington for immediate needs.

Tom Incledon Memorial Award Fund
$1,628 for the professional development of nursing staff at the Guelph General Hospital

Children & Youth Grants:

Kids Ability Fund
$1,500 to KidsAbility organization

Guelph Mercury Kids-to-Camp Fund  
$8,960 granted to the following organizations to help disadvantaged children attend summer camp:
Neighbourhood Support Coalition - $2,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Guelph - $2,000
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre - $510
Rainbow Programmes for Children - $1,050
Community Resource Centre of North & Centre Wellington -$2,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Wellington - $1,000
Camp Brebeuf - $400

Casey's [Prime Restaurant] Kids for Sports Fund 
$2985 granted to the following organizations to help disadvantaged children attend summer camp:
Sunrise Therapeutic Riding & Learning Centre -$1,700
The Salvation Army -$1.000
KidsAbility - $285

Scholarship Awards:

Class of '71 Award in Memory of Kathryn Winegard
$500 to Shazli Shethwala attending Centennial C.V.I.

Laurie Nicholl Education Fund
$3,400 to 8 students attending post secondary education.

Bruce Graham Memorial Fund
$1,000 to Stephanie McTague attending University of Toronto.

175th Fund
$1,000 to student Ainsley Moir attending Conestoga College
$1,000 to student Ross Ware attending Conestoga College
$1,000 to student Tia Martella attending Conestoga College
$2,000 to student Jennifer Wry attending University of Guelph: Jennifer is a student in the College of Arts, Honours BA program in Classics Languages and Literature. Jennifer graduated from Centennial CVI in 2001. She is the President of the Guelph Classics Society and is currently arranging a Mock Archaeology Dig on Campas (involving High School students and other Universities in Southern Ontario). In the summer, Jennifer operates a Greek and Latin reading club that is open to all students for free (except for the cost of the book). She also tutor's for Latin and Greek up to the 2000 level. Congratulations Jennifer!

Angelo & Rina Longo Fund
$200 to Matthew Mildeboer attending St. James C.H.S.
$200 to Renee Smith attending Bishop Macdonell C.H.S.
$200 to Paul Piacampo attending Our Lady of Lourdes C.H.S.

John A. Hourigan Memorial Fund
$200 to Tim Worden attending St. James C.H.S.
$200 to Jessica Gemin attending Bishop Macdonell C.H.S.
$200 to Michael Rajch attending Our Lady of Lourdes C.H.S.

Terry Doyle Scholarship Fund
$1,000 awarded to Lindsay Eitzen attending University of Windsor

Scholarship Awards, Children & Youth, Social Services:
Ray Scapinello Foundation
Proceeds from the 2nd Annual Ray Scapinello Road Hockey Tournament provided the following students with bursury's towards furthering their education:
$1,000 to Lan Nguyen attending Bishop Macdonell C.H.S.
$1,000 to Jacob Martin attending St. James C.H.S.
$1,000 to Thomas McQuarrie attending Our Lady of Lourdes C.H.S.
$1,000 to Nicholas Danzell attending Sault College of Applied Arts & Technology
$1,000 to James Murphy attending Centennial C.V.I.
$1,000 to Cassandra Lambley attending John F. Ross C.V.I.
$500 to Onward Willow Better Beginnings Better Futures-Breakfast program
$1,000 to Guelph Youth Council (City of Guelph) for Guelph Youth Centre
$1,000 to Food & Friends (Guelph Public Health Unit) - Breakfast program

Benjamin Moore Heritage Preservation Grants:
$2,000 to Elora Centre for the Arts*
$2,000 to Belwood Lodge & Camp*
$1,000 to Guelph Museums/John McCrae House*
(*plus $750 towards Benjamin Moore products)