Apr 21, 2021 | Community Reports, Featured, Grants - Project Updates
RBC Future Launch Community Challenge Vital Conversations RBC Future Launch Community Challenge Vital Conversation This month, the Community Foundation for Kingston & Area co-hosted Vital Conversation: Kingston’s Youth Voices with the Kingston...
Dec 23, 2020 | Community Reports, Foundation News/Updates, Grants – Community Grants
Community Grants Spotlight We have been busy throughout December hand delivering cheques to the recipients of our Fall Community Grants program. This adapted COVID-friendly alternative to our traditional, in-person Fall Grant Celebration, has allowed us the...
May 14, 2020 | Community Reports, Featured, Foundation News/Updates
Our Charitable Sector Flash Survey Results In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Community Foundation for Kingston & Area (CFKA) invited 75 charities in Kingston & Area to participate in a Flash Survey. It was open from April 13 – April 30, 2020....
Feb 19, 2020 | Community Reports, Featured
CFKA Fan Mail Our hearts were warmed to read the following letter from Judi Wyatt, founder of The Poverty Challenge, to Michael Bell. Michael is a former President of the Foundation, served as Chair of our Vital Signs and Community Insights reports for years, and was...
Jan 16, 2020 | Community Reports, Grants - Project Updates
Howe Island Garden Buds The Grant That Keeps on Giving When Glenys Elliott sold her house on Howe Island in 2004, she worked with the Community Foundation to use a portion of the proceeds to create a fund dedicated to benefit the community of Howe Island. The...
Nov 6, 2019 | Community Reports, Featured
Update on our Journey with ACEs Update on our Journey with ACEs: In the last issue of Waves, we provided an update on the Foundation’s journey of exploration of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) over the past year. If you missed it, you can read it here. We ended...
