Organizations receiving grants in 2025 from the Community Fund of the Chatham Kent Community Foundation:
$15,000
Chatham-Kent Victim Services
To purchase bracelets and storage for Project Lifesaver – ensuring the safety of those with Alzheimer’s, autism, and other conditions that may cause them to wander. Funding includes a contribution from the Joseph P. and Colleen O’Neill Community Betterment Fund.
$10,000
Community Living Wallaceburg
To purchase a new special ordered, highly customized accessible vehicle.
$5,000
Community Safety and Wellbeing Committee
To deliver community-wide training on developmental trauma in children and youth who present with complex mental health and addictions.
$4,000
Junior Achievement South Western Ontario
To fund materials, staff and admin costs, network fees and IT support for JA Learning Experience classes.
$10,000
Merlin and Area Kinsmen Park Foundation
To install a concrete pad and 2 pickleball courts, including textured surface, posts, nets and lines, and a perimeter fence.
$5,000
Municipality of Chatham-Kent - Capitol Theatre
To support a special educational presentation of Billy Bishop Goes to War at the Capitol Theatre, as part of the 15th anniversary season.
$6,000
Scouts Canada - Camp Cataraqui
To purchase insulation and paneling for a cabin, archery backstops, and four new steel and wood picnic tables.
$7,500
SWONT Conductive Education Trust Fund
To bring Conductor Teachers to Canada (housing, transportation and wages) to provide the Conductive Education program.
$5,000
The Village Resource Centre
To complete the purchase and installation of all necessary audio and visual presentation equipment in the Village Event Venue.
$1,425
Tilbury and District Historical Society
To fund upgrades to TDHS’s computer system. Funding includes a contribution from the Donald Allan Cottingham Fund.
$4,500
Wallaceburg and District Historical Society
To purchase a new mini split heat pump for a new display area, a new picture hanging system for the Art Gallery, and shelving for a new document storage area.
$3,000
Chatham Kent Animal Rescue
To provide eye removal surgery for a cat and spaying/neutering 6 puppies. Funding includes a contribution from the Mary and Al Woods Animal Welfare Fund.
$8,310
Chatham-Kent Family Health Team
To conduct a staff retention program among physicians in Chatham-Kent.
$15,000
Feral to Forever Cat Rescue
To offer low cost spays and neuters to cat owners and caretakers in C-K, particularly low-income individuals and those experiencing homelessness. Funding includes a contribution from the Mary and Al Woods Animal Welfare Fund.
$15,125
Wandering Whiskers
To run a trap-neuter-release cat rescue in Thamesville. Funding includes a contribution from the Mary and Al Woods Animal Welfare Fund.
$10,000
YMCA of Chatham-Kent
To support financial subsidy for low income and vulnerable population individuals to access Y facilities and programs. Funding includes contributions from the Barnard Family Fund and the Ontario Endowment for Children and Youth in Recreation.
$14,302
Kenesserie Camp
To complete the renovation of the Environmental Learning Centre. Funding includes contributions from the Wonnacott Environmental Legacy Fund and the Dr Don and Denny Patterson Environmental Legacy Fund.
$6,000
Four Counties Health Services Foundation
To purchase an advanced AIRVO 3, a high flow oxygen therapy system capable of giving higher O2 and battery life to transport patients. Funding includes a contribution from the Garnet George Case Fund.
$9,000
Chatham Kent Animal Rescue
To run the Precious Partners program, which matches seniors with senior pets who need permanent foster care. Funding includes a contribution from the Mary and Al Woods Animal Welfare Fund.
$5,000
Blenheim Area Prevent a Litter
To run the Trap, Neuter, and Return (TNR) program for feral and stray cats in the Blenheim and surrounding communities. Funding includes a contribution from the Mary and Al Woods Animal Welfare Fund.
Organizations receiving grants in 2025 from the Chatham Kent Community Foundation and the South Kent Wind Community Fund:
$5,000
Acceptional Riders
To fund staff training, advertising and equipment.
$10,410
Blenheim Youth Centre
To support program supplies and materials, travel, staffing costs, field trips, and promotional incentives. Funding includes a contribution from the Wesley D. & Pat Thompson Fund.
$8,000
Boys and Girls Club of Chatham-Kent
To support expanding the Kid Food Nation program to Tilbury and Wallaceburg.
$5,000
Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society
To expand the reach and impact of the 1934 Chatham Coloured All-Stars’ story and to digitize and preserve genealogical records.
$10,000
Children's Treatment Centre Foundation of C-K
To run the Behavior Support Program for Children and Youth with Developmental Needs. Funding includes a contribution from the Rosa G. Corsini Fund.
$9,000
DUDES Club Chatham-Kent
To support Indigenous and non-Indigenous men in C-K through holistic wellness programming, job readiness initiatives, and reintegration support.
$5,850
Epilepsy Southwestern Ontario
To run the UPLIFT program – a mindfulness-based cognitive behavioural therapy for people affected by epilepsy.
$10,000
First Presbyterian Church
To provide the Saturday Breakfast program – a weekly breakfast, free of charge, to 150 guests. Funding includes a contribution from the Lindsay and Cindy Boyd Fund.
$15,000
FreeHelpCK
To run Operation Backpack, Senior in C-K, Community Garden, Food Pantries, and Prom & Grad Attire Projects.
$10,000
Knox Pantry and Soup Cellar
To purchase food to prepare nutritious hot lunches and to purchase fresh fruits, vegetables and meat to distribute weekly.
$5,250
Learning Disabilities Association of Chatham-Kent
To run the FRIENDS for Life program – a summertime and after-school program, to address the issue of anxiety in elementary aged children.
$10,000
Lend-A-Hand Meals School Breakfast Programs
To fund snack or breakfast programs for 6 schools in Wallaceburg.
$10,000
Linck Child, Youth and Family Supports
To fund upgrades and maintenance of a Children’s Aid Society home in Blenheim.
$5,000
Make Children Better Now Children's Association
To run a Performing Arts Summer Camp.
$10,000
NeighbourLink C-K
To fund aWAY Opportunities – a program to send local needy children to summer camps in Chatham-Kent in July and August of 2025.
$4,000
New Beginnings ABI & Stroke Recovery Association
To fund resource materials and fees for guest speakers, printed materials, resource memberships, outings, transportation costs and personal support assistance.
$6,000
Reach Out Chatham Kent (R.O.C.K.)
To run Overdose Awareness Day and Recover Out Loud events, and to support the Wallaceburg Drop-In location.
$10,000
Society of Saint Vincent dePaul-Our Lady Help of Christians, Wallaceburg
To purchase food and maintain the food pantry for Wallaceburg and Walpole Island First Nations.
$10,000
Society of St. Vincent de Paul - St. Joseph-St. Ursula Conference
To cover the cost of Friday bagged Lunches for a year..
$21,000
the CO
To support the launch of the enhanced community kitchen initiative, developed in partnership with the Chatham-Kent Women’s Centre.
$9,885
VON Chatham-Kent
To expand services in the Kids’ Circle Bereavement Program by adding Music, Art and Drama therapy, as well as replenishing library resources.
$8,000
Westover Treatment Centre
To replace 6 twin size mattresses and 12 tables for programming and events. Funding includes a contribution from the Garnet George Case Fund.
$8,500
Active Lifestyle Centre
To upgrade the ALC’s 35-year-old kitchen to current Health and Safety Standards.
$10,000
Boys & Girls Club Chatham-Kent
To support a pilot program, The BGC Buddies Club. Funding includes a contribution from the Elaine Hook Children’s Fund.
$8,000
Blenheim Youth Centre
To purchase food, supplies and equipment for a lunch program.
$10,000
Buxton National Historic Site & Museum
To upgrade basketball courts, playground facilities, lighting and security, seating & landscaping at Buxton Community Park.
$10,000
Chatham Kent Women's Centre
To run the Chatham-Kent Trauma Support Program.
$12,600
Chatham-Kent Public Library
To run the Storybook Trails program. Funding includes a contribution from the Garnet George Case Fund.
$7,500
YMCA of Chatham-Kent
To fund the Teen Engagement and Support program – after-school programming for 20 to 30 low-income youth.
$5,400
Family Service Kent
To fund six specialized training courses through Wilfrid Laurier University for children’s counsellors.
$5,000
Highgate District Agricultural Society
To purchase 20 tables.
$8,000
Junior Achievement South Western Ontario
To deliver in-class financial literacy learning experiences to 10 classes across Chatham-Kent.
$10,000
Knox Pantry and Soup Cellar
To purchase food and supplies for Soup Cellar lunches and Knox Food Pantry.
$5,500
New Beginnings ABI & Stroke Recovery Association
To purchase supplies and offer accessible transportation for outings, and food for breakfast program.
$5,000
Reach Out Chatham Kent (ROCK) Missions
To add service ramps to the Chatham and Wallaceburg drop-in locations.
$15,000
Ridgetown and Area Adult Activity Centre
To run the Lunchtime Connection program – monthly catered meals for one year.
$3,400
Rotary Club of Tilbury
To purchase 36 pairs of rollerblades, a skate rack and 4 arena rentals. Funding includes a contribution from the Donald Allan Cottingham Fund.
$3,500
The Village Resource Centre
To purchase Emergency Shelter Preparation Supplies.
$2,600
Wallaceburg & District Historical Society
To install a 16-camera security system.
$3,750
Wallaceburg and District Council of the Arts
To produce a children’s musical theatre production.
$10,000
Wallaceburg District Secondary School Tartan Booster Club
To fund a gymnasium revitalization project.
$7,100
Westover Treatment Centre
To fund chimney and roof repairs at Westover Treatment Centre.
Organizations receiving grants in 2025 from the Chatham Kent Community Foundation and the South Kent Wind Community Fund:
$5,500
Building Healthy Babies in Chatham-Kent
To help support breastfeeding, the health and wellness of the family and provide a place where soon-to-be mothers are supported.
$5,000
Diabetes Canada
To send children from C-K to a medically supervised summer camp for children and youth living with type 1 diabetes.
$2,500
Habitat for Humanity Chatham-Kent
To partner with other C-K agencies to create a community garden for vegetables and flowers.
$5,900
Highgate District Agricultural Society
To replace the seats and standing planks on 8 sets of bleachers at the ball park / playground.
$5,000
Kiwanis Club of Chatham-Kent
To fund Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library – age-appropriate books are mailed to children, free of charge, monthly until their fifth birthday.
$7,500
May Court Club of Chatham
To fund the QE II PS Breakfast Program and the Emergency Lunchbox (ELB) Program that provides nutritious snacks to 19 schools in Chatham Kent.
$10,000
McNaughton Ave. Public School
To purchase 38 iPads and 23 Chromebooks to update technology resources for 780 students.
$4,475
Merlin Parks & Recreation
To upgrade bleachers and grounds area at R.A. Guttridge Field ball diamond.
$3,000
Merlin United Church Foodbank
To purchase equipment and supplies for the foodbank, including a new freezer.
$2,250
North Dresden Baptist Church
To install an accessible entry door with electronic remote openers and remodeling bathrooms into fully accessible bathroom facilities.
$2,500
Starlight Children's Foundation Canada
To place a Starlight Nintendo Switch Handheld in Chatham Kent Health Alliance Hospital for hospitalized children.
$2,500
STEM Camp
To provide nine underprivileged C-K youths with the opportunity to attend STEM Camp.