Endow Manitoba Giving Challenge!!

HELP YOUR COMMUNITY FLOURISH FOREVER!!

The Endow Manitoba Giving Challenge is here!

There has never been a better time to help the Wawanesa Community Foundation Inc. grow our Community Forever Fund!!!

Through the week of November 10-16th only, all gifts to your Community Foundation will be topped up by 40%, thanks to generous stretch funding from the Winnipeg Foundation and the Province of Manitoba. A gift of $100. will instantly become $140. (Any donation amount is gratefully accepted, and charitable receipts are provided for amounts over $20.)

We continue an exciting twist to our challenge. However, for the first year yet, our local businesses are adding 100% additional matching support! Because of our local community businesses Ellis Seeds, Shur-Gro Wawanesa, Guild Insurance, Rusty Bucket Auto, Jackson Elder Family Farm and Ganalane Farms, the first $10,000 raised during the Giving Challenge will double to $20,000 to go to our Wawanesa Community Foundation funds!

Through November 10-16th, your gift to Wawanesa Community Foundation can be made securely online at endowmb.org (link: https://www.endowmb.org/giving-challenge/)or directly through your local Wawanesa Community Foundation. Donations made directly to the Wawanesa Community Foundation can be made via INTERAC e-transfer to wawanesacommunityfoundation20@gmail.com. Please include your name and address where the Charitable Donation receipt can be mailed. Or contact Foundation Board Members Treasurer Leonard Plett at 204 725-6873, Past Board Chair Glenn McGregor at 204 761-7596 or Board Chair Amanda Ellis at wawanesacommunityfoundation@gmail.com for more information.

Canada’s Community Foundation movement started in 1921 in Winnipeg. Today, there are over 56 Community Foundations in our Province – more than one-quarter of all the Foundations in Canada. These Foundations are part of Manitoba’s history of generosity, a tradition in which we can all participate and take pride.

November 10-16th is a great time to invest in the future of the Wawanesa area!!

2025 Marguerite Cory Community Volunteerism Award

Please take the time to recognize a volunteer you know!

Nominations will be accepted from July 1st and July 31st. (There may be a second round of nomination requests in the fall, if nominations are not received.) 

The Marguerite Cory Volunteerism Award, sponsored by The Wawanesa Community Foundation, acknowledges individuals who inspire the spirit of volunteerism and who make exceptional contributions within the Oakland-Wawanesa Municipality and the Wawanesa School catchment area. 

Marguerite was a tireless and dedicated volunteer, and the Wawanesa Foundation is proud to make this award in her name. She was a visionary leader who exemplified selfless community giving. 

This award is to recognize an individual(s) who has made exceptional contributions (whether visible or behind-the-scenes) to our community in the past years. An individual who encourages others to give of themselves for the betterment and growth of the Community.

Individuals who are eligible:

- Performed volunteer activity in the community over a period of at least one year. (Need not be a resident of the Community)

- Are not previous recipients of the same award.

- Previous recipients include: Shirley McBurney (2024), Enes Muheljić (2023), Haylee and Brett Hargreaves (2022), Dennis and Tanya Gullet Family (2021), Brent Cullen (2020), Mavis Brown 2019

* Work done for monetary compensation, or as a political representative, is not considered eligible.

Other inquiries can be directed to Glenn McGregor of the Wawanesa Community Foundation (204)761-7596,  wawanesamcgregor@hotmail.com. Or Amanda Ellis of the Wawanesa Community Foundation (204)720-7804,  amanda@ellisseeds.com.

Link to fill out online nomination form:

Grant Requests-2025

The Wawanesa Community Foundation Inc. invites qualifying organizations to submit applications for grants from the Foundation for the 2025 year. Grant applications can be filled out online (click the form link below), emailed to the Wawanesa Community Foundation at wawanesacommunityfoundation@gmail.com, or sent to the Wawanesa Community Foundation Inc., Box 208, Wawanesa, MB R0K 2G0 by April 30th, 2025. Grants will be awarded to successful applicants in summer/2025. 

For unrestricted/community funds the Board of Directors will consider the following criteria: 
 
- Grants are awarded with priority for specific purposes and for projects
covering a definite period of time. 

- Organizations must demonstrate a strong and committed board, fiscal
responsibility, and effective management.  

- Projects must primarily benefit the community of the Village of Wawanesa and the surrounding area within the Wawanesa School catchment area. 

- Grants are not made to support operating expenses of established agencies.

Contact Amanda Ellis at (204)720-7804 for more information.   

Endow Manitoba Giving Challenge Results of 2024

Challenge Complete Wawanesa Community!!

Thank you for supporting the Wawanesa Community Foundation during the Endow Manitoba Giving Challenge. This year’s challenge was a great success for community foundations across the province. Gifts stay here in Wawanesa in our undesignated “Community Forever” Fund and are stretched by The Winnipeg Foundation and the Province of Manitoba.

This year, similar to 2023, our first $5,000 of donations were also stretched by the great support of three of our local businesses, including Shur-Gro Wawanesa, Guild Insurance Group, and Ellis Seeds. Through their commitment, we were able to provide 100% matching dollars, so the first $5,000 became $10,000!

With the generosity of our Wawanesa community, past and present residents, and the great corporate support from local businesses, our 2024 results were very close to matching last year’s record total for the Giving Challenge week! When the final numbers came in from Endow Manitoba, the total amount of giving for 2024, including the matching donation dollars, total $18,595 for the week! Fantastic results and leaves an enticing target of exceeding $20,000 in 2025!