Trillium Foundation Ontario.

800-263-2887

Children's Rehabilitation Centre, Algoma. To make renovations to the centre in Sault Ste. Marie so that adolescents with physical disabilities can receive pre-vocational assessment and training to help them get a job or post-secondary education. $75,000 over one year.

Hope is Dawning (c/o The Good Samaritan Inn). To provide disadvantaged members of the South Porcupine community with emergency shelter, food bank and drop-in services and to purchase kitchen equipment for the facility, $60,000 over one year.

Independent Living Resource Centre Corp. To enable people with disabilities to live independently and participate fully in community life by supporting the operations of an independent living resource centre in Sudbury. $75,000 over one year.

Vincent Place Inc. To support the operation of a shelter in Sault Ste. Marie that will provide short-term emergency accommodation for disadvantaged men in the community. $100,000 over two years.

Action Budget c/o Bureau central des benevoles de la region de Hawkesbury. To provide credit counselling services and training on budget planning so that Hawkesbury area residents living on limited incomes can more effectively manage their personal financial situation. $74,000 over one year.

Arladun Somali-Canadian Society. To enhance volunteer participation and strengthen the social, educational and cultural programs offered to the Malay-speaking community in the Ottawa area. $35,000 over one year.

Bells Corners Youth Initiative, c/o Nepean Community Resource Centre. To support programs for at-risk youth in the Bells Corners area which will contribute to community safety. $120,000 over three years.

Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Ottawa Branch c/o Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Ontario Division. To develop resource materials and train volunteers so that blind people and individuals with low vision in the Ottawa area will benefit fully from new digital technology services at the local CNIB office. $15,000 over one year.

Catholic Immigration Centre, Ottawa. To introduce new initiatives to assist refugees and immigrants in integrating into the community and to support newcomers in becoming active community volunteers. $96,200 over two years.

Club Fil d'Argent Inc. To renovate a community space in Paroisse Ste-Trinite that is used for social and recreational activities by seniors in the Rockland area. $26,800 over nine months.

Good Day Workshop. To support program management and coordination so that disadvantaged Ottawa-area residents will have a safe and compassionate place to learn woodworking skills and become active citizens. $80,000 over two years.

Habitat for Humanity, National Capital Region. To upgrade existing store and recycling equipment as part of a move to integrate the office and ReStore in one Ottawa location. $36,400 over eight months.

Housing Help. To support the Alliance to End Homelessness in Ottawa in its work to coordinate services to assist homeless people in the community and effectively address the issue. $74,900 over two years.

LiveWorkPlay. To provide support for On Our Own Together, a program for youth with developmental disabilities in the Ottawa area. $40,000 over eight months.

Operation Go Home. To provide resources to the Youth Alternative Centre for street youth. The initiative will help reduce crime and the abuse of young people in the Ottawa area. $80,000 over two years.

Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation. To support the continued involvement of more than 2,500 volunteer tutors and mentors, and further develop the OttawaReads initiative, an early literacy skills program. $48,000 over two year.

Renfrew County Child Poverty Action Network c/o Phoenix Centre for Children and Families. To Support the Child Poverty Action Network in its ongoing work to increase public awareness of child poverty in Renfrew County and to promote effective coordination of services. $62,500 over one year.

Take Charge Initiative c/o Somali Centre for Family Services. To provide support for the continuation of a program that builds capacity and develops leadership within the Somali-Canadian community of Ottawa. $31,000 over one year.

Tri-County Literacy Council. To set up and operate homework centres in several locations throughout Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry which will contribute to improve youth literacy. $89,600 over two years.

Campbellford/Seymour Community Foundation. To increase community awareness of the foundation, involve youth, and assist groups in making applications in order to strengthen community programs in the Campbellford-Seymour area. $54,700 over 15 months.

Community Capacity Building to Affect Innovation and Change Through Appreciative Inquiry c/o United Way of Peterborough. To implement a training and education program for not-for-profit organizations that will increase their ability to manage change and develop new and innovative ways of meeting community needs. $25,000 over one year.

Family YMCA of Cobourg c/o Brighton Health Services Centre. To make a community health facility serving Brighton and area residents, accessible to people with limited mobility. $35,000 over one year.

Kinark Child and Family Services. To support the Healthy Families Initiative, which will provide resources to Peterborough and area families that will assist them in raising emotionally healthy children to become active and productive adults. $120,000 over three years.

Peterborough Father Involvement Steering Committee c/o Peterborough Family Resource Centre. To support Peterborough area fathers in being more involved in the lives of their children by developing new programs and learning opportunities. $25,000 over one year.