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Impact Stories

Returning Baby Turtles to the Wild

In July 2017, more than 200 community members gathered at a local wetland to release 26 baby snapping turtles, which had been rescued, incubated, hatched and raised at the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre. Twenty-five volunteers were on hand to make sure the event...

Trans Care Clinic – Accessing High Quality Health Care in Our Community

A $10,000 grant from the Community Foundation enabled the Peterborough Family Health Team to work with community partners to develop a plan to address a recognized gap in primary health care for transgender individuals in the City and County of Peterborough. Partners...

Adventure in Understanding

Dalfaa Abosabaa was one of 20 teens who paddled three voyageur canoes from Peterborough to Curve Lake First Nation on the 100 kilometer ‘Adventure in Understanding’ trip in the summer of 2016. The program, developed by the Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha in...

Making a Habit of Giving

Peterborough’s uniquely local blend of city and country living drew Ray Dart and his partner Krista English back to the area in the 1990s, where they connected to a strong community of friends and neighbours and stayed to work and raise their family. Community has...

New Traditions of Giving

When Charlie Bierk and Martha Ramsay got married in August 2017, it just made sense to them to have the wedding at Martha’s family farm in Young’s Point, the same place where her parents were married over 30 years before. Over seventy friends and family members camped...

The Power of Giving Quietly

John Martin was a well-known community member with a strong philanthropic legacy, who knew that financially disadvantaged kids can face many barriers to participating in team sports and extracurricular activities. In 2015, John’s family and friends established the...

Pollinator Garden Builds Community and Environmental Sustainability

A few hundred feet from Peterborough’s Tallwood Towers, there’s a bilingual sign in English and Arabic. The sign invites community members to enjoy and maintain a beautiful pollinator garden. Planted by twenty-five volunteers in 2017, the garden brought Syrian...

Mount Food Centre Nourishes Body and Soul

Picture a state-of-the-art kitchen that serves as ‘the heart of the home.’ This is the concept that guided development of the Mount Food Centre, including The Fulcrum Café, bakery and professional kitchen. Funded in part by a $300,000 donation from the Community...

Jiiman Project: Celebrating complex and ancient relationships with landscapes and waterways

In the fall of 2017, canoe builder Chuck Commanda worked at the Canadian Canoe Museum to construct a traditional Kitigan Ziibi-style birch bark canoe. Just two weeks after they unrolled a six-metre sheet of birch bark in the Museum’s Preserving Skills gallery, Chuck...

Spirit of Giving Reception Cancelled

Wednesday February 26, 2020 We're disappointed to announce that tonight's Spirit of Giving reception is cancelled due to the winter storm. In her remarks, Teresa Marques, President and CEO of the Rideau Hall Foundation was going to share some key insights into trends...

Community Foundation Helps Deliver Phase 1 of Pilot Fund for Gender Equality

February 6, 2020 Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough, Community Foundations of Canada (CFC) and the Equality Fund are shifting power to individuals and organizations advancing gender equality in Canada. The Community Foundation has joined our colleagues...

Funding Now Available: Federal Investment Readiness Program (IRP)

February 11, 2020 In June 2019, the Government of Canada launched the Investment Readiness Program (IRP), a new $50M fund whose aim is to help social purpose organizations (charities, non-profits, social enterprises, for-profits with a social purpose and...

Giving Gala Peterborough – January 25, 2020

Giving Gala Peterborough 2020 Saturday January 25th Cocktails @ 5:30pm Peterborough Golf and Country Club You care about Peterborough. You work hard to make this community a better place. That makes you a philanthropist. Philanthropy is a quality that exists deep...

Community Foundation Invests $116,500 in Local Charities

On Thursday November 14, 2019, the Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough announced an investment of $116,500 in grants to support the work of 26 local charities. The investment supports projects that strengthen community connections. This granting focus has...

Housing Still a Priority for Foundation

The dream of creating a community foundation for the Peterborough area began in 2006, when a group of affordable housing advocates met in search of a way to work together to build a more fair and sustainable future for the community. With $40,000 and the support of...