Youth in Philanthropy Program Awards Grant to DCC

The Winnipeg Foundation, as a part of a program to encourage young people to experience the tremendous rewards involved in giving back to their community, continues to support the Youth in Philanthropy (YIP) program in 2015-2016.

After 3 students from the Collegiate came and interviewed Ron Blatz (our Executive Director), we were was chosen as one of the recipients of the St. James Collegiate grants.  The awards ceremony was held May 19th. at the Manitoba Children’s Museum.

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Other grants given out by the St. James Collegiate group can be seen here.

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BRAVO to The Winnipeg Foundation and the St. James Collegiate students for all their support.  At the present time the shop at the Collegiate is building our additional garden boxes which will be used by our school age program as soon as they are complete.