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Champlain
2005 - 2006
Please note:
We make every effort to show comprehensive grant listings. For official listings of our grants please refer to the Foundation’s Annual Reports or contact us at 1.800.263.2887 or trillium@trilliumfoundation.org.
Ratified by the Ontario Trillium Foundation Board of Directors on March 2, 2006
The Action Centre
$39,300 over one year to increase the fundraising capacity of this community service, information and recreation centre in Eganville, and to market the new products that its Community Earth Works project has developed using waste textiles.
Alzheimer Society of Ottawa
$85,000 over two years to assist the Champlain Dementia Network in its efforts to improve access to caregiver support and ensure better co-ordination of service delivery to persons with dementia and their family members in Eastern Ontario.
Association pour l'intégration sociale d'Ottawa
$34,000 over two years to establish a visual arts program for Francophone people with developmental disabilities. The program will provide support to their families and help increase public awareness of these individuals and their capabilities.
Banque alimentaire de L'Orignal et le Comptoir des amis de Noëllie
$20,000 over one year to provide equipment and recruit staff that will enable the organization’s food bank and second-hand store to have better access to their clients and become more sustainable.
Bravo-Est a/s Bureau des regroupements des artistes visuels de l'Ontario
$54,900 over two years to promote and operate a new exhibition space in Ottawa, which will increase opportunities for local artists to showcase their work and help educate the public about franco-Ontarian visual artists.
Centre communautaire Franc-Ouest d'Ottawa-Carleton
$45,000 over one year to purchase sports equipment and various musical instruments, advertise the programs in west-end Ottawa and hire a part-time program co-ordinator, encouraging greater participation from youth in healthy recreation.
Centre culturel « Les Trois P'tits Points... »
$60,000 over one year to purchase a movable stage and develop leasing agreements with organizations, improving the Francophone community’s access to cultural and artistic events in the Alexandria and Glengarry North regions.
Child and Parent Airport Centre c/o Military Family Resource Centre, National Capital Region
$60,000 over three years to support early childhood education programs and parenting support groups for families living in the Uplands area.
Concordia Ottawa German-Canadian Male Chorus
$10,600 over one year to create a website and purchase equipment and sheet music. This will broaden the chorus’s repertoire so that it appeals to larger audiences, providing cultural entertainment to greater numbers of ethnic communities.
Corporation de la Cité de Clarence-Rockland
$30,800 over one year to purchase software and provide training to staff, which will enable services to be automated in the five branches of the public library and provide the community with greater access to its resources and information.
Corporation of the City of Pembroke
$11,200 to purchase a microfilm reader for the public library, which will enable staff to build a local history database and allow residents greater access to information for genealogical research.
Corporation of the Township of Champlain
$27,000 over 10 months to renovate and improve the public library, making the entrance fully accessible and the facility safer, so that it can continue to provide an important information resource for the community.
Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre
$13,600 over one year to develop and deliver a comprehensive communication plan that emphasizes drug and alcohol awareness and prevention, community education and access to specific treatment for youth aged 13 to 18 years in the greater Ottawa area.
Debra Dynes Family House
$139,000 over three years to expand the Chances and Choices program, which will provide opportunities for multicultural youth from low-income families in Ottawa to experience positive personal growth.
Dundas County Hospice
$60,200 over two years to increase the organization's capacity to provide volunteer support to palliative clients and to enhance programs such as the day hospice and caregiver and bereavement support groups.
East Ottawa Generals Football Club
$37,700 over one year to purchase materials and equipment for a new flag program and the existing tackle program, which will improve the quality and safety of the activity and provide more youth with access to recreational football.
Eastern First Nations Working Group c/o South Nation River Conservation Authority
$147,400 over two years to develop a “naturalized knowledge system” for a plant database and map that enhances the group’s ability to manage forest resources and sustain Eastern Ontario First Nations’ culture, ecology and health with medicinal plants.
Eastern Ontario Marsh Monitoring Program Ambassador Initiative c/o Bird Studies Canada
$75,000 over 18 months to establish a sustainable volunteer network that will survey marshes throughout Eastern Ontario, helping to monitor their environmental health.
Fondation du Centre psychosocial pour enfants et familles d'Ottawa
$25,000 over six months to develop a comprehensive long-term funding development strategy. Funds raised will allow the centre to develop new, innovative programs and services for children.
Friends of Hospice Ottawa
$70,200 over three years to meet increasing demands for community-based hospice care for people with life-threatening illnesses across the western, urban and rural Ottawa region and to further enhance support services provided to their caregivers.
Gloucester Lacrosse Association
$48,000 over one year to purchase equipment that meets new safety standards, so that the organization can continue to effectively offer safe and healthy recreation to youth.
Goulbourn Basketball Association
$45,000 over one year to build the capacity of the organization by improving the skills of volunteer coaches and enhancing its programs to provide more opportunities for children and youth interested in playing basketball.
GREENPRINT
$14,100 to help host the third Ottawa Eco-Stewardship Fair. Funding will provide promotion, shuttle-bus rental, room set-ups and the services of a project co-ordinator. The fair will feature information about healthy environmental practices.
Groupe Renaissance Group
$25,000 over nine months to establish a permanent office and office management systems, so the group can more effectively deliver and manage community revitalization projects in the City of Cornwall.
Habitat for Humanity, National Capital Region
$36,000 over one year to develop the organization’s capacity by hiring a co-ordinator to manage over 600 volunteers who will work on building projects, assist with the operation of the ReStore, work in the office and help with special events.
Harvest House Ministries of Ottawa-Carleton
$50,000 over one year to purchase a reliable printing press that will provide commercial printing training for 12 to18 residents a year who are battling addiction. The skills acquired will provide employment opportunities for the participants.
Kanata Food Cupboard
$69,800 over three years to promote volunteerism and hire a co-ordinator who will help enhance the skills and knowledge of volunteers, enabling this emergency food service to continue to help those in need in the community.
Lions Gateway Club Collaborative c/o Cumberland Lions Club
$54,300 over one year to purchase software, training and equipment that will support volunteers management in five Ottawa-region communities and raise funds through membership discount on-line shopping.
Macnamara Field Naturalist Club
$41,800 over four years to implement a marketing and communication plan that will help increase membership, especially among youth, build the volunteer base and support the renewal of this Eastern Ontario environmentalist club.
Makonsag Aboriginal Head Start
$72,000 over two years to support the implementation of a program that will teach urban Aboriginal preschoolers and their parents in the Ottawa area the Cree language and different Aboriginal cultures.
Maple Leaf Brass Band
$63,200 over one year to purchase instruments and Canadian sheet music for this volunteer band, enabling it to continue providing opportunities for amateur musicians and quality performances for communities in the Ottawa area.
La Nouvelle Scène
$95,000 over three years for this theatre to establish a centre that will train 15 students per year in arts administration and technical support and to develop a volunteer program for Ottawa’s Francophone youth.
Ottawa Bach Choir
$15,000 over three years for professional honoraria for paid choristers and instrumentalists to perform in three major public concerts that will increase the choir's community presence and expand its outreach program to seniors and children.
Ottawa Food Security Council c/o Social Planning Council of Ottawa
$78,600 over two years to develop a sustainable community food system that will benefit both farmers and consumers and strengthen the agricultural economy in Ottawa.
Ottawa Little Theatre
$28,000 to replace the theatre’s 33-year-old front and inner doors with lighter, power-operated ones, and to create a sloped walkway making the theatre more accessible.
Ottawa Ski Club
$26,300 over one year to purchase equipment for safety, racing and training purposes, and to upgrade the technical capabilities of coaches and officials responsible for organizing and running ski race events.
Ottawa Titans Lacrosse Club
$30,200 over one year to assist in the purchase of safety equipment and provide training for coaches and other volunteers, helping to support the development of this Junior A Club.
Petawawa Heritage Society
$30,900 over one year to restore a historic school house, purchase replicas, reproductions and a storage container, and hire a collection manager for six months, which will help promote community awareness of the value of its heritage and history.
Projet Nation/Optimiste du parc et patinoire de St-Isidore a/s Corporation de la Municipalité de La Nation
$49,800 over one year to purchase equipment for a skatepark, which will provide area youth with affordable recreational activities that include skateboarding, rollerblading and BMX biking.
Rankin Culture and Recreation Centre
$31,300 over one year to purchase sound, lighting and kitchen equipment for the centre, enabling it to offer a wider range of cultural, sports and recreational activities to the community.
Renfrew County Regional Science Fair
$59,800 over three years to develop a plan for increasing awareness of science fairs in over 60 schools, increase participation in the county science fair and implement a mentoring program.
School's Cool c/o United Way of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
$84,800 over two years to implement the annual School's Cool/L'école, j'en raffole program. This school-readiness program will prepare children aged 3 to 5 years in five different locations throughout Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry.
Service d'entraide communautaire a/s Centre de jour Guigues
$10,600 over nine months to install automatic doors, improving accessibility for Ottawa-area Francophone seniors to programming and recreational activities offered on-site.
St. Mary's Home
$74,400 over three years to provide social support and counselling services to at-risk pregnant youth in Ottawa attending the Immaculata Satellite High School, so that they can overcome barriers to their academic success.
Township of Greater Madawaska
$7,300 over six months for software that will allow off-site and off-hours access to the library collection, enabling greater use by patrons with distance or mobility challenges. Funding will also support new satellite library locations.
Township of Whitewater Region
$64,400 over nine months in order to allow the local library to fully automate services in its three regional branches. This will improve community use and satisfaction while enabling librarians to focus on special needs and programming.
Volunteer Ottawa
$75,300 over two years to develop and deliver a program that promotes and supports the placement of people with physical and sensory disabilities in volunteer positions, helping to reduce barriers to participation for all community members.
Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health
$136,400 over two years to develop and deliver parental training circles and programs that promote health and learning activities to children aged 7 to 12 years, helping to respond to the needs of at-risk Aboriginal families in the Ottawa area.
Youth Infringement Theatre Festival
$4,100 over six months to retain mentors and workshop leaders who will assist in the development of eight original plays written and produced by Ottawa-area youth and showcased during a four-day festival in May 2006.
Approved by the Ontario Trillium Foundation Board of Directors on November 1st, 2005
78th Fraser Highlanders, Fort Glengarry Garrison
$75,000 over one year for uniforms and equipment to allow a squad of young re-enactors to present 18th-century military drills in period equipment and uniforms for residents and tourists in Ottawa-area venues.
Action des parents pour l'entraide et l'encadrement des jeunes
$15,000 over one year to pay the honoraria of staff instructing at the homework club in the Haitian community of Ottawa-Vanier.
African Diaspora Community Co-operative
$25,000 over one year to build the capacity of this emerging Ottawa-based workers’ co-op by developing the business partnerships needed to ensure the long-term viability of this community and economic development (CED) enterprise.
Akwesasne Economic Development Agency
$75,000 over one year to develop and implement an initiative to preserve, protect and revitalize the Mohawk language for the youth and adults of Akwesasne.
Arnprior & District Archives
$7,000 over one year to purchase and receive training on a specialized archives software, which will enhance the organization’s capacity to manage acquisitions, increase research activities and improve services to the public.
Baobab Tree Drum Dance Community
$45,200 over three years for operational and program costs and the development of a five-year business plan for this Ottawa-based community arts education organization.
Bereaved Families of Ontario-Cornwall and Area
$23,500 over one year to expand an educational and bereavement support program to Akwesasne, Williamsburg, Ingleside, Morrisburg, Chesterville, Winchester, Iroquois, Lancaster, North Lancaster, Green Valley, Alexandria, Vankleek Hill and Hawkesbury.
Bonnechere Valley Youth Centre
$33,000 over one year to continue developing programs and recreational activities for youth aged 10 to 18 years living in the Eganville area.
Bytown Walkers
$39,800 over two years to promote and offer half-day fitness walking clinics in smaller communities throughout the Ottawa Region, which will increase healthy activity levels for people of all ages in the community.
Centre Charles-Émile Claude
$40,000 over six months to replace the windows, which will make this Francophone services centre for seniors in Cornwall more energy efficient.
Centre d'alphabétisation et d'action socio-communautaire de l'Ontario
$24,000 over 10 months to recruit, train and support local environmental brigadiers who will work within Ottawa’s ethnocultural Francophone communities to educate citizens about reducing energy consumption, household waste and the use of automobiles.
Centre de ressources communautaires Orléans-Cumberland
$150,000 over two years to continue providing parental coaching, training and group support to young Francophone parents aged 14 to 25 years living in Ottawa.
Christmas Exchange of Ottawa-Carleton
$20,100 for hardware, software and training that will help staff and volunteers more effectively manage lists of households in need of assistance and process applications for the Salvation Army’s toy centre.
Citizens for Safe Cycling
$11,000 over one year to support the introduction of a cycling education program in workplaces across the City of Ottawa, which aims to change people's transportation habits and encourage the use of bicycles instead of cars for commuting to work.
Club Colombien Fraternité de l'Orignal
$40,000 to purchase and install an elevator in order to make the community building more accessible.
Conseil central d'Ottawa de la Société de Saint-Vincent de Paul
$33,700 over one year to renovate a Francophone women's centre in Ottawa, which will increase its accessibility, energy efficiency and comfort level for children, families and individuals needing its services.
Cornwall Girls Hockey Association
$40,000 over one year to increase the association's organizational capacity, helping it provide the necessary programs, resources and equipment to enhance the development of girls hockey in the Cornwall area.
Corporation of the Town of Deep River
$22,500 over six months to purchase sod for a new soccer field, which will allow soccer clubs to respond to growing demand for play time and increase their capacity to host tournaments.
Crichton Cultural Community Centre
$76,000 over one year to renovate space and create the Hallway Art Gallery, which will provide better access and use by the public in the Ottawa area.
Dacre and Area Community Association
$18,200 over one year to replace the furnace, repair the building and install a fence, making the community recreation centre more accessible, safe and efficient so that programs and activities can continue to be offered.
Deep River Chamber of Commerce
$40,000 to purchase a portable stage for the Summerfest and provide training for volunteers, which will help attract citizens and tourists to the event.
Eastern Ontario Broomball Association c/o Federation of Broomball Associations of Ontario
$14,000 over eight months to expand the sport of broomball for youth in Eastern Ontario by providing more qualified coaches and officials, proper equipment for players and encouraging player skill development.
Elder Abuse Network for Eastern Counties c/o Maxville Manor
$16,600 over one year to provide training to a multidisciplinary group of participants on alternative response approaches to elder abuse and to encourage a more integrated approach to service throughout the five Eastern Ontario counties.
Entraide budgétaire Ottawa
$28,000 over one year to increase the organization’s capacity to diversify its funding base so that it can continue to respond to growing demands for its budget counselling services.
Galop Canal Revitalization Project
$45,000 over one year to establish a volunteer-driven organization that will provide community leadership in the implementation of the recently approved 10-year revitalization plan of the Iroquois Galop Canal area.
Heritage Renfrew
$12,000 over one year to purchase a microfiche/copier machine that will provide volunteers and researchers with access to vital historical records.
Kanata Youth Basketball Association
$24,800 over two years to increase the organization's capacity to offer opportunities for youth participation in the sport of basketball, host tournaments and provide volunteers with the chance to obtain certification training.
Kiwanis Club of Ottawa Foundation
$25,000 over one year to purchase musical instruments and music books, which will facilitate the expansion of the Ottawa Heart of the City Piano Program and enable it to serve 144 additional underprivileged children.
Leadership Ottawa
$60,000 over two years to introduce and operate an alumni program for better engagement of graduates from Leadership Ottawa programs.
MASC - Arts multiculturels dans les écoles et les communautés
$32,000 over one year to hire a French-speaking programming co-ordinator who will help increase the number of bookings to Francophone and French immersion schools throughout the Ottawa region.
National Council on Canada Arab Relations
$40,000 over one year to build the organization’s capacity to create links among Arab organizations in the Ottawa Region in order to improve communications, understanding and create a better social climate.
Nepean Concert Band
$39,100 over one year to purchase music folders, percussion instruments, travel cases and necessary accessories for this volunteer orchestra.
Ottawa Community Economic Development Network c/o Social Planning Council of Ottawa
$112,000 over two years for the development of a joint action plan to enhance the social enterprise sector and to continue building the capacity of emerging community economic development and social economy projects in the Ottawa region.
Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization
$10,000 over one year to support the Welcome Hands program, which recruits volunteers from the community to support recent immigrants and help new Canadians acquire language skills and work experience through structured volunteer involvement.
Ottawa Food Bank
$75,000 over two years to establish an agency relations co-ordinator position and implement FoodNet, an on-line food management system that can be used by all 111 member agencies.
Ottawa Irish Rugby Club
$33,400 over six months to purchase a scrum machine, ensuring high technical and safety standards for players of all ages and abilities.
Ottawa School of Speech and Drama
$30,000 over six months to purchase and install theatrical lighting and sound equipment in the school’s new leased space.
Ottawa Senators Foundation
$75,000 over one year to purchase furnishings needed to create a safe and welcoming environment for families and children receiving care at Roger’s House, a palliative care centre for youth and children.
Ottawa Sk8park Athletic Club
$84,100 over one year to upgrade the facilities and equipment, continue outreach programs and improve skateboarding safety while improving the club’s self sustainability.
Ottawa-Carleton Wildlife Centre
$60,000 over two years to build organizational capacity by creating new, more cost effective and sustainable ways of delivering progressive wildlife education and awareness programs in the community.
Rendez-vous des aînés francophones d'Ottawa
$90,000 over three years to establish a multiservice centre offering a range of social, recreational, cultural and educational activities to Francophone seniors living in Orléans, Vars, Sarsfield and Carlsbad Spring.
Renfrew County Habitat Conservation Alliance c/o National Wild Turkey Federation Canada
$70,000 over two years to hire a project co-ordinator who will engage volunteers in Renfrew County to develop and implement habitat enhancement projects for wild turkeys and other wildlife.
Rockland Minor Hockey Association c/o Rockland Optimist Club
$30,000 over one year for hockey equipment and training for coaches, trainers and referees. Funding will also support goalie and contact clinics and “Speak Out” sessions to help parents create a more positive environment at the arena.
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 372, Long, Twiname, Henderson
$48,700 over one year to improve the facility’s accessibility so that Russell-area seniors and people who are physically challenged can continue to participate in various leisure activities and community events.
Russell Village and District Historical Society
$17,200 over one year to purchase materials, containers and supplies, which will help to categorize holdings currently at risk and provide safe and attractive exhibitions for the expanded museum.
Rwandese Social Services and Family Counselling Centre c/o Jewish Family Services of Ottawa-Carleton
$10,000 over one year to support a homework club and a project that aims to use sports as an avenue for community building.
St. John Ambulance, Cornwall Branch c/o St. John Council for Ontario
$47,800 over one year to purchase a mobile first- aid post and develop a marketing study, which will build organizational capacity, increase community awareness, attract volunteers and improve services. (An additional grant of $10,000 in Quinte-Kingston-Rideau will support this initiative).
St. John Ambulance Pembroke Administrative Centre c/o St. John Council for Ontario
$26,000 over one year to reconstruct the basement of St. John House so the space can be fully utilized for volunteer training, classes in first aid, CPR, WHMIS and AED and for the safe secure storage of equipment, supplies and training aids.
Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry County Library
$19,500 over six months to enhance organizational capacity to serve library patrons in 18 small rural communities through increased collection of books on CD and the provision of a book drop in two communities.
Stroke Survivors Association of Ottawa
$50,000 over one year to develop a strong, viable and sustainable organization that can provide education and support to people who have had a stroke and their families.
Terrain de balle de Casselman c/o Corporation of the Village of Casselman
$30,000 over one year to install a pavilion, which will provide an accessible shelter for children, youth and community volunteers who use the two adjacent ball parks and a nearby soccer field.
Third Wall Theatre Company
$25,000 over one year to enable the Ottawa company to develop more stable administration and create a fundraising and sponsorship program, which will increase the number of sources and amount of revenue.
Township of Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards
$4,600 over six months for the public library to improve reading area for parents and tots, update the collection of books, videos and DVDs and increase talking and large print books for people with visual impairments.
Township of Madawaska Valley
$9,000 over six months to purchase shelving and furniture in order to enhance the children's reading section at the Barry’s Bay & Area Public Library.
Township of McNab/Braeside
$16,000 over one year to install new lights at the third ball diamond at McNab Centre Park, which will increase the level of participation and the number of games played.
Township of South Glengarry
$35,000 over six months to improve the access and amenities at the Char-Lan Recreation Centre so that people with disabilities can fully participate in community activities offered on site.
Visual Arts Centre, Orléans
$22,900 over one year to set up a volunteer resource management system that will enhance the involvement of volunteers, and improve the cost effectiveness of the centre.
Approved by the Ontario Trillium Foundation Board of Directors on June 29, 2005
After School Initiative c/o National Capital Region YMCA-YWCA
$75,000 over one year to provide 14 Ottawa-area schools with after-school program activities, which include homework tutoring, literacy instruction, skill-based sport instruction, one-on-one mentoring and supervised recreational play.
Alexandria Improvement and Athletic Association
$30,000 to purchase change-room heaters, replace the roof, insulate the building and purchase new rocks for younger players, encouraging healthy activity through the sport of curling.
Andrew Fleck Child Care Services
$50,800 over six months to help transform this Ottawa centre's playground into the Children's Urban Oasis, an inclusive ecological learning environment for children with special needs and from inner-city, low-income and new immigrant families.
Barry's Bay Recreation Committee c/o Township of Madawaska Valley
$15,700 over six months to upgrade the community centre's protective glass, which surrounds the arena ice surface and helps to ensure the safety of players, coaches and spectators.
Bibliothèque publique de Hawkesbury c/o Corporation de la Ville de Hawkesbury
$13,000 over six months to improve facilities and to purchase new equipment that will enhance the local library’s ability to effectively process book loans and returns.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cornwall and District
$18,000 over one year to consolidate and expand the organization's Big for a Day Program, which allows fully screened and approved adults to accompany a child from the waiting list on a group outing once a month.
Bottles Up Corporation
$100,000 over two years to assist with the expansion of the Bottles Up Commercial Source Collection Program in Ottawa and surrounding areas, which will help reduce air pollutants and energy consumption and divert waste from landfill sites.
Broken English Theatre Company
$25,000 over one year to support the Multi-Cultural Writing Festival, Summer Drama Camp, playwriting workshop and production costs of this community theatre group, contributing to cultural life in the Ottawa region and helping new-Canadian artists.
Canadian Film Institute
$10,000 over six months to support the Ottawa International Animation Festival's Toon Tutor initiative, which aims to help youth aged 13 to18 years gain access to the world of animation art.
Central Canada Exhibition Association
$25,000 over one year to create an interpretive centre about the lumber industry, which will help to celebrate the historical contribution this industry has made in establishing the city of Ottawa.
Centre for Voluntary Sector Research and Development c/o Carleton University
$66,000 over three years to further the development of the Ottawa Chamber of Voluntary Organization, a coalition of voluntary organizations representing all sectors of community activity in the city of Ottawa.
Charlottenburgh Park Project c/o Cooper Marsh Conservators
$29,500 over one year to develop an environmentally friendly septic system to be used as a demonstration and research site for alternative waste management system in the Cornwall area.
Chesterville and District Agricultural Society
$50,000 over six months to renovate the society's buildings and grounds to better serve the many groups staging annual events at this rural agricultural community facility.
Christie Lake Kids
$34,300 over six months to purchase industrial kitchen appliances, install a new kitchen floor and purchase a cargo trailer, helping to improve the service delivery of this camp for economically disadvantaged children and youth in the Ottawa area.
City for All Women Initiative c/o MATCH International Centre
$91,500 over two years to provide a training and mentoring program for Ottawa-area women from marginalized groups, helping to increase leadership in their communities and encourage more civic engagement in various planning and decision-making forums.
Club de natation Les Bélugas du Collège d'Alfred
$14,000 over one year to contribute to the operating costs of the local swim club, which provides structured recreational activities for children and youth from the Prescott-Russell area.
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Ottawa Branch
$15,000 over six months to purchase musical instruments, upgrade the sound system and market this Irish culture and tradition organization to increase its membership and volunteer base.
Cornwall Gymnastics Club
$20,000 over six months to purchase new safety equipment, ensuring that the gymnastics recreational and competitive programs allow children and youth to train in a safe environment.
Council on Aging of Ottawa
$20,000 to develop a comprehensive website that provides elderly residents living in abusive situations with key information needed for early identification and proper referral to support programs.
Cultural Horizons
$19,600 over one year to develop a teaching/training kit for a project in the Ottawa area that will promote intercultural understanding by exploring different cultural identities and perceptions through performing arts, visual arts and symbols.
Deep River Public Library Board c/o Corporation of the Town of Deep River
$11,600 to replace and expand shelving for the library’s adult collection and to purchase a rug specially designed for use by preschoolers in the Storytime area.
Eastern Ontario Division of Canadian Canoe Association c/o Rideau Canoe Club
$35,000 over two years to hire a program development officer for the Rideau Canoe Club and the Eastern Ontario Division of Canadian Canoe Association.
Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre
$128,000 over two years to enhance the services provided to seniors living in abusive situations so that they can more easily gain access to the support they need.
Centre Pauline-Charron
$85,000 over one year to renovate the kitchen, reception area and first aid room of this Vanier-area seniors’ activity and recreation centre.
In and Out With Ease Initiative - Access for Everyone c/o Congregation Beth Shalom
$35,000 over six months to build an accessible entrance for this downtown Ottawa community centre housed at the synagogue.
KidSport Renfrew & KidSport Napanee c/o Sport Alliance of Ontario
$30,000 over one year to help establish Kidsport Renfrew and KidSport Napanee, which will increase access to sports and recreation for children from low-income families. (An additional grant of $30,000 from Quinte, Kingston and Rideau will support this activity.)
Madawaska Valley Food Bank
$17,800 over six months to help renovate the food bank's new facilities and purchase energy-efficient equipment.
Maison des Arts
$21,000 over one year to purchase specialised equipment to improve the presentation of artistic and cultural events in Embrun, Russell and surrounding areas.
Maison des jeunes de Hawkesbury
$10,000 over one year to support the costs of equipment for this youth recreation centre and the hosting of Youth Expo, benefiting young people in Hawkesbury.
Metcalfe Co-operative Nursery School
$81,500 over two years to provide opportunities for children in Osgoode Township to participate in early childhood education programs through the Live and Learn Resource Centre.
Nation Municipality Public Library, St. Isodore, Limoges and St. Albert Branches c/o Corporation of the Nation Municipality
$24,000 over one year to enhance the collection of large-print reading materials and talking books, so that the three library branches can better serve people with limited reading skills and people who are visually impaired.
National Caribbean Performing Arts and Cultural Network
$25,000 over six months for costs associated with the Caribe-Expo Festival in Ottawa in August 2005.
Nepean Knights Junior Lacrosse Club
$27,400 over one year to purchase protective sporting gear, improving the safety of the game of lacrosse for participants aged 16 to 21 years.
Ottawa Chamber Music Society
$90,000 over three years to support a capacity-building project that will assist the organization in the management of its rapid growth.
Ottawa Chinese Arts Troupe
$25,000 over one year to expand programming for female and young immigrants, which will help to maintain and develop their artistic ability as well as facilitate their integration into Canadian society.
Ottawa Gymnastics Centre
$50,000 over six months to help the organization expand regular programs and new class offerings and ensure safety standards are maintained.
Ottawa River Canoe Club
$30,000 over six months to expand the competitive and recreational programs through improved equipment and facilities.
Ottawa South United Soccer Association
$46,100 over one year to purchase uniforms and soccer and safety equipment needed due to increasing registration. Office equipment will also be purchased to improve administrative efficiency.
Planned Parenthood Ottawa
$40,000 over two years for a peer education program involving co-operative education placement students in Ottawa.
Renfrew Public Library c/o Corporation of the Town of Renfrew
$30,000 over one year to increase access to the library collection by replacing unsuitable shelving and purchasing reading area furniture to increase the comfort of patrons.
Services aux enfants et adultes de Prescott-Russell
$60,000 over two years to develop a regional database and to adapt a community prevention program aimed at reducing risk factors affecting youth in the region.
Team Ottawa-Orléans
$200,000 over three years to support this new organization's work in short- and long-term strategic community development.
Township of Greater Madawaska
$16,600 to purchase a snowmobile, trailer and equipment to establish a permanent network of cross-country ski trails.
Township of North Stormont
$40,000 over one year to increase access to safe accessible play areas specifically for younger children living in the communities of Avonmore, Monkland, Moose Creek, Finch, Berwick and Crysler.
Trees for Tomorrow c/o Ferguson Forest Centre Corporation
$75,000 over two years to support the Butternut Recovery Program and the Trees for Tomorrow Program in planting seedlings in the Champlain region.
Valley Heritage Radio
$30,000 over one year towards the purchase of transmitting equipment for this new radio station, which will provide programming that reflects the demographics of the Ottawa Valley and the unique characteristics of its people.
Vankleek Hill Fiddle & Dance Association
$33,000 over six months to purchase a mobile accessible stage with external railings and ramp to be used for annual community performances by fiddlers and dancers and other community groups.
Women's Initiatives for Safer Environments
$43,400 over 15 months for training materials, personal safety workshops and training for immigrant, refugee and Aboriginal women and women with disabilities to become facilitators of community safety audits in their Ottawa-area communities.
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