The Youth Advisory Council of the Hamilton Community Foundation is pleased to announce the fifth year of its granting program for Youth-led Community Action Projects.

The focus of this program is on youth-initiated and youth-run projects that will have sustainability in the community, school, or neighbourhood. Grant guidelines and the application form are attached.

We invite you to apply for grants of up to $2,500 with secured matching funding.
Deadline for applications… Continue

Well, well. I took too long to do the minutes and now the meeting has blurred with a hit-and-run cheese-shopping, class-teaching road trip to Montreal and lots of cafe start-up stuff. For those of you who were at the meeting, if I have missed anything, please give me a jog to my memory!

What I do remember is a great many people coming together to offer services and programs to the community and me not knowing quite what to do with it all - feels like Christmas! I am confident that David will kn… Continue

Sometimes when crazy things happen in the neighbourhood, I find myself wondering what's the point. I suppose that's normal. Then, I come to a meeting full of people who care and I realize, that's the point. People care. I think that might not be so normal. I think we are fortunate in our neighbourhood to have people who care about making things better for each other.
Thanks for coming out last night everybody. Really hope to see you all at the Asset Mapping on Saturday October 17th, 10am - 3pm.… Continue

Hello everybody!
What a great turnout! I am sending out the minutes of tonight's meeting now before I forget what my notes mean. Also attached are an update and Gala Invite for the South Sherman Health Cabinet and a poster for the Telling Tales Festival.

Some thanks are in order;
To everyone who was able to make it out tonight - it really lifts my spirits!
To Carolyn Miller for continuing to bring beverages and Timbits (Mike thanks you for the left-overs!).
To David Derbyshire for having to be… Continue