Headwaters Communities in ActionHeadwaters Communities in Action Receives $76,700 Ontario Trillium Foundation Grant for Local Food Programs
HCIA has received $76,700 from the OTF Resilient Communities Fund in support of the popular Headwaters Food and Farming Alliance, Farm to School Program.
The funding will assist the program to provide contactless food delivery, virtual and outdoor education, and fundraising alternatives that will benefit our communities.
“I am very pleased to see organizations in Dufferin-Caledon receive funding through the OTF Resilient Communities Fund,” said Sylvia Jones, MPP Dufferin-Caledon. “Many families and individuals rely on non profit organizations – for services, support, and as a way to meet each other at events and programming. In the face of the pandemic we have all had to adjust and change how we stay connected to each other and this funding will go a long way to reconnecting us all safely.”
“The OTF funding is critical as we adjust to the impacts of COVID-19 and improve our resilience to future waves,” said Jennifer Payne, Executive Director of Headwaters Communities In Action. “It will help us to adapt program delivery methods to accommodate remote/virtual learning and teacher-only facilitation, relocate food club operations to provide food delivery without access to schools and adapt fundraising plans, including exploring and accessing new financial resources and revenue prospects.”
About the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF)
The Ontario Trillium Foundation, an agency of the province, launched the Resilient Communities Fund to invest in community-based initiatives for the non-profit sector that were impacted because of COVID-19. For more than thirty-five years, OTF has been providing grants to community organizations across the province. The foundations funding supports non-profit organizations focusing on arts and culture, sports and recreation, the environment and human and social services.
About Headwaters Communities in Action
Headwaters Communities In Action is about engaged citizens shaping a vibrant, sustainable & resilient community together. Since our inception in 2004, HCIA has provided citizens with information about emerging issues and opportunities and supported the start-up of collaborative projects that enhance community well-being. HCIA has several project areas resulting from priorities identified in our Community Well-Being reports. They include: DC MOVES, Volunteer Dufferin, Headwaters Food and Farming Alliance (HFFA) and Citizens of Headwaters for Active Transportation Team (CHATT).
Primary funding for HCIA is from the County of Dufferin and United Way of Guelph Wellington Dufferin.
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