Recent Community Projects Funded by TERC
Stryker Hospital Bed $4,000
Organization : Philip Aziz Centre
Philip Aziz Centre
provides practical, physical, emotional and spiritual support for people living
with cancer, HIV/AIDS and other life-limiting illnesses. Hospice services
are delivered through a small staff and large base of trained volunteers, who
work in collaboration with healthcare professionals and other agencies involved
in client’s care.
Organization : Toronto Danforth Multi Cultural Community Services
The organization provides a wide range of
programs and services for immigrants and refugees living in Toronto. This grant will purchase sports
equipment for after school programs.
Soccer Sponsorship $3,000
Organization : East York Soccer League
East York Soccer League
provides a recreational soccer program for over 2000 local children in the
community. This grant will be used to provide team sweaters & equipment.
Homeless Drop-in Program $800
Organization : Mustard Seed
Mustard Seed (Fontebonne Place) operates a drop-in centre for the homeless
& isolated on Saturday mornings throughout the winter months. The program offers recreation, camaraderie,
refreshments and a hot lunch.
Organization : East York Strategy
The organization is a collaboration of local churches and Toronto police.
This grant will be used to provide equipment for a supervised basketball
drop-in,
Holiday Angel Program $6,000
Organization : New Circles
New Circles clients are low income families
from the Flemmington Park Area. The funding provides gifts, groceries, and
basic necessities as a holiday gift for a refugee family.
Rotary Youth Leadership Award $850 / year
Organization : Rotary District 7070
“Leadership
Begins With Me”. Each year the Rotary clubs in District 7070
conduct an intensive week-long leadership program for young people age 19 – 22
years of age. The program, provides an opportunity for the participants
to get to know themselves better and to cultivate the respect and trust of
others. They are able to identify their own leadership skills and determine
ways to make more effective use of their resources. Their enthusiasm and
technique is brought back to the community from which the participants were
sponsored, and thus impacts on the young people being influenced by these
youthful leaders.
Rotary Community Service Scholarships $4,000 / year
Organization : Toronto East Rotary Club
Every
year our club invests in young people
and in their post secondary education. Young
people active in service to the community, are invited to apply for one of four
scholarships to assist with post secondary education tuition. The funding will
go towards these awards.
Organization : Good Sheppard Refuge
Each year the members of Toronto East Rotary
Club prepare Sheppard’s Pie casseroles for the Good Sheppard Refuge (Queen
& Parliament) in Toronto. The Refuge offers food, shelter, clothing and much more to anyone
in need. The grant funds are used to purchase the casserole ingredients.
Don Valley Eco Project $28,000
Organization : Toronto East Rotary Club
Members of Toronto East Rotary Club have been
planting indigenous plant material in the Don Valley since 1991. The actual planting takes place
in April and is done by local elementary school students. The funds are used to
purchase the various plants.
Organization : WoodGreen Community Services
Members and friends of Toronto East Rotary
Club have run this literacy program for a number of years. The funds are used
to purchase books and small gifts for the children throughout the year.
Spring Repairs to Outdoor Park $24,000
Organization : Fontbonne Place
In
2005 Toronto East Rotary Club established
a public parkette at Fontbonne Place
on Queen St. at Booth Avenue. The facility nurtures the needs of the
community, especially the homeless, alienated, economically poor and women at
risk. At the time, TERC contributed to a garden/parkette at the front of the
building and each year we provide a spring cleanup. The funds cover the costs
to repair/repaint the benches and other areas of the property. Each
year, members attend the location to effect repairs and conduct a spring
clean-up.
Christmas Day Meals on Wheels $24,000
Organization : WoodGreen Community Services
Since 2005, Toronto
East Rotary Club members have delivered meals and a Christmas gift to
shut-ins on Christmas morning. The funds are used to purchase the gifts and
supplies.
School Lunch Program $4,000
Organization : Secord Public School
Since 2010, Toronto East Rotary Club has provided funding
to assist with the purchase of food for the school lunch program
Organization : White Ribbon Campaign
WRC engages men and boys in the prevention of
violence against women and a major strategy in that effort is education and
awareness with youth. In 2009 WRC reached 5,000 students and 400 teachers in
the GTA. The funding will support 12 school workshops during the 2011 school
year.
Floor Hockey Equipment $1,000
Organization : Eastview Community Centre
Young people around the Danforth and Donlands
community have few options for recreation other then ‘hanging out” especially
within the Muslim community. The community is looking to provide positive, safe
activities for youth to participate. This funding will go towards purchasing
floor hockey equipment. There are approximately 60 young people aged 12 to 18
involved in regular games supervised by the Eastview Community Center.
Organization : Woodgreen Community Centre
“The Lounge” is their first contact program
for homeless and socially isolated individuals in East Toronto. The goal of the Lounge is to provide low
barrier programs that will help people move off the streets permanently. The
lounge is not a shelter – they provide day programs for people who are either
living in shelters, living “rough”, or who are precariously housed. The funding
will go towards their lunch program which currently provides lunches to 50
homeless individuals a day and to their Arts program providing an outlet for
expressing themselves.
Organization : New Circles
New Circles clients are low income families
from the Flemmington Park Area. The funding provides gifts, groceries, and
basic necessities as a holiday gift for approximately 5 families.
300 Fingerprint Identification Kits
Canadian Missing Awareness and Prevention
Program
This program provides kits to help identify
children in order to provide a safe way to return then to their families
Summer Program in St. James Town
Organization : Art City
Art City will run in July and August 2011
allowing youth to participate in art activities including the creation of
a mural
Organization : Belize Orphanage
The funding will go to aid a children’s
orphanage in Belize. The orphanage provides meals, and accommodation for many unfortunate
children in Belize.
Organization : Sunnybrook Hospital Veterans Comfort Fund
Each year a Remembrance Day ceremony is
conducted for the veterans of the Canadian Forces who are receiving care at
Sunnybrook hospital. Also, each year the club hosts veterans from the hospital
at the club’s Remembrance Day lunch. The funds will go to helping with the
costs of the events.
Organization : Bethany Church
The funding will go towards the purchase of
equipment and team sweaters for a youth basketball program being run at Bethany
Church.
Organization : East York Soccer Club
East York Soccer club is a community
organization that organizes a soccer program for children aged 5 though to 16.
There are over 1000 children in the various age groups and the funds will go
towards the purchase of uniforms and equipment.
Organization : Broadview Community Youth
Group
The funds provide affordable, entertaining,
and educational programs for youth aged 5-12 in East Toronto including subsidies to those families who
need them, allowing kids form a wide variety of backgrounds to have fun
together.
Organization : Good Sheppard Refuge
For a number of years the member s of TERC
have prepared Sheppard’s Pie casseroles which are donated to the Good
Sheppard Refuge located at Queen and Parliament in Toronto. The Refuge offers
food, shelter, and clothing and more to anyone in need. The funds
will be used to purchase the ingredients.
Organization : TERC
TERC has been planting indigenous plant
material in the Don Valley since 1981. The actual planting takes place
in April and is done by local elementary school students. The funds will go
towards purchasing the various plants.
Organization : Woodgreen Community Services
Members of TERC have run this program with
friends for a number of years. The funds will purchase books and small gifts to
present to the children throughout the year .
Organization : Rotary District 7070
The Rotary District 707 has always been a
supporter to youth leadership. The program “Leadership Begins with Me”
provides n opportunity for young people aged 19-23 to get to know
themselves better and to cultivate the respect and trust for others. Their
enthusiasm at the end of the program is brought back to the community from
where the participants are sponsored. The funds will go to sponsoring
participants from our community.
Organization : TERC
Each year TERC invests in post secondary
education for young people in our community. The scholarships are competitive
and open to all graduating Grade 12 students who are proceeding to post
secondary education. The funding will go towards these awards.
Organization : White Ribbon Campaign
WRC engages men and boys in the prevention of
violence against women and a major strategy in that effort is education and
awareness with youth. In 2009 WRC reached 5,000 students and 400 teachers in
the GTA. The funding will support 12 school workshops during the 2011 school
year.