2010 marks the 10th anniversary of the Shaw United Way Youth Connections Grant Program. Since 2000, we have proudly granted over $133,000 to 157 projects.
Between June 2009 and May 2010, 17 more projects have received a Youth Connections Grant. United Way would like to thank everyone involved in these projects for helping to create opportunities for a better life for everyone.
Tomorrow night, the Youth Connections Council will host uConnect 2010, a recognition event to celebrate the contributions of this year’s project leaders. Here’s the list of groups that have received grants since last June:
- MB Somali Students Association – Graduation ceremony
- ISSA – Summer program
- Churchill High School – Women’s Health and Wellness Week
- Dakota Collegiate – Operation Rudolf
- TecVoc High School – Holiday party
- St. James Collegiate – Stevenson Homework Club
- Dakota Collegiate – Friends of Rachel
- South Osborne Urban Community Co-op – Urban Food Cooperative
- St. James Collegiate – Brooklands Literacy project
- Friends of Fort Richmond – Mid-Winter’s Night Dream
- Victor Mager Boys & Girls Club – Multicultural Festival
- Kelvin High School – Camp Ooga Booga
- Lincoln Middle School – Picnic Tables project
- N.E.E.D.S Centre – Storytelling Event
- Voices – Random Oxygen
- Miles Macdonell Collegiate – Home Improvement project
- FemRev – RebELLEs Consulta
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