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Foundation Comings and Goings Attention Professional Advisors Thank you to our retiring board members for their support and encouragement over the years: – The Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Discuss Philanthropy with Your Clients...

Brian Babcock, Paul D. Leon, Victor Muratori, and Norris Walker. The Niagara Community Foundation works with financial and • Your areas of expertise as a professional advisor are personally Welcome to the following leaders in our community who Anne-Marie Palombo, Janie Palmer, Denise Papaiz, and estate planners to help their clients realize their charitable dreams broadened. through philanthropy. Our role is that of a trusted partner who joined our board at our April Annual General Meeting: Steve Tim Rigby. • The potential for new referrals is enhanced, opening the door Butz (CEO of the YMCA of Niagara), John Fisher (President knows the issues in our community, while it is the advisor who can Thanks to the Ontario Trillium Foundation for a recent grant to many new clients. and CEO of Walker Industries Holdings Ltd), Christopher start the conversation. Why is it so important for all advisors to OMMUNIQUÉ that enabled us to hire JoAnne Krick as our new part-time • You effectively connect your chosen profession with a personal C Wilson (Partner, Wilson Opatovsky) Madeline Woodhead discuss philanthropy with clients? Manager of Community Initiatives. We also want to welcome desire to do something good for your community. COMMUNIQUÉA PUBLICATION OF NIAGARA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION – OCTOBER 2008 (Investment Advisor, Scotia McLeod). Judy Hill with her biweekly accounting expertise. • It’s good for society, it’s good for your community, it’s good for Welcome also to some new and returning volunteers: your clients, it’s good for your business, and it’s good for you. • Through your efforts, important social needs in your community can be addressed, producing a healthier, more vibrant place to Christopher Blake, Gord Hunchak, Greg Medulun, • Many of your clients are searching for an effective way to give live – an enduring legacy of real benefit to future generations. back to their community, to memorialize a loved one and/or simply to “do good”. You can help them achieve these results, • You become part of a supportive network of like-minded Making Up for Missed Opportunities and derive personal satisfaction from doing so. colleagues who are willing to voluntarily share their time and Five Hundred Happy Faces expertise. James Woodham, who suffers from cerebral palsy, knew he qualified for thousands of dollars in • Discussing philanthropy with your clients should be done disability tax credits. But he couldn’t figure out how to properly apply for the money. “No one ever unobtrusively, in a way that respects their privacy, values, and • With practice, confidence and experience, you will find it autonomy. You are among the best positioned to initiate easy to do. tells you about it,” says Woodham, 28, who owns West Lincoln cab. “It’s one of those things where and engage your client in these conversations. Adapted based on material from the report Doing Well by Doing Good, published by if you don’t find out on your own, it’s hard to get.” • By expanding the menu of services offered to your clients, you The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI), June 2000. Then he heard of a new initiative of Community Living credits and income support. Appropriate forms can now be build confidence and increase levels of satisfaction with you Grimsby, Lincoln and West Lincoln. Funded by the Niagara provided to people who ask. and your professional services. Community Foundation, it has helped dozens of people like Liz Palmieri, Executive Director of the Niagara Community Woodham living with developmental disabilities. In total, they Foundation, finds it striking that a “$3,000 investment is have received more than $100,000 in tax credits just this year. going to have such a huge impact on the lives of families CONTACT US A rising caseload and limited resources are making this tax across Niagara.” For further information on the Foundation, please contact work harder to do. Thanks to a $3,025 Niagara Community “I also believe when local Community Living colleagues start Liz Palmieri, Executive Director, Niagara Community Foundation, Foundation grant, Margaret Rohan the agency’s community talking to their colleagues across the province, it’s going to 17 Queen Street, 3rd Floor, St. Catharines, Ontario L2R 5G5 services director, has produced 200 copies of her own kit, have a larger impact than even we imagined,” Palmieri said. which advises people and agency staff about applying for tax tel 905-684-8688 fax 905-684-2337 Excerpted from an article in the St. Catharines Standard, written by Don Fraser. e-mail [email protected] niagaracommunityfoundation.org Our Cuvée Weekend Experience begins with the red-carpet black-tie a red carpet Thanks to the following for their Photo credit: Alison Bell, Fort Erie Post. Gala on Friday night where Niagara’s culinary stars share the This newsletter is also available on our website at www.niagaracommunityfoundation.org sponsorship of our newsletter. celebration of excellence spotlight with our Ontario wine celebrities. This spectacular Gala Osprey Media Children’s Summer Camp Grant. Major sponsors of (click on the Features and Publications button). This summer was the first season that a is hosted by Fallsview Casino Resort, Niagara Falls, Ontario. Often this fund include Osprey publications (The Niagara Falls Review, in ontario winemaking It can be sent to you electronically instead of called the ‘Oscars’ of the Ontario wine industry, the evening day camp was made available at the St. Catharines Standard, and Welland Tribune), the Branscombe through Canada Post. Please let us know if you celebrates the Cuvée Award winners – exceptional wines judged by Family Foundation, and Niagara Inflatables. would rather have it sent as a pdf file to your Fort Erie Public Library. february 27 to march 1 2009 the winemakers themselves. The celebration continues at the According to Nancy Schappert, President of Niagara Inflatables, wineries during Cuvée En Route, with unique flights and individual email address. Parents summed up the response of their enthusiastic kids, with one GALA • AWARDS • EN ROUTE “The best part of my job has always been seeing children enjoying tastings selected by the winemakers. mother reporting, “In my son’s words, ‘it was awesome!’” Another commented, “This program should be highly recommended for its our products at summer camps, and I felt very strongly that the Visit cuvee.ca for schedules, tickets and ability to open a child’s mind to the idea that education can be fun. camp experience should be accessible to all children. This initiative accommodation information or call 905.684.8688 My son’s level of reading has improved as has his enthusiasm allows us to give back to the community while acknowledging the towards learning.” support we have received from families and children during our seven years in business.” Gala hosting sponsor Through a grant from the Niagara Community Foundation, the Kids Quest Day Camp was able to offer four different weekly Grants are given annually to a number of different camps based programs for age groups from six through twelve. This new camp on accessibility, uniqueness of the camping experience and the program was free and focused on literacy, numeracy and arts and experience of the organization offering the program. This year crafts with healthy doses of swimming and field trips built in. a total of $21,905 was granted to 18 organizations, assisting 473 children. proceeds to Niagara Community Foundation The Kids Quest Camp is one of nineteen different camps throughout the region who benefitted this summer from the five six one 4629 NCF FallNwsLtr08 10/9/08 3:15 PM Page 2

Youth and Environment Grants Generations of Community Support

Boys and Girls Club of Niagara Strum This Way: The purchase of 8-10 guitars for a music program to be $3,000 This tradition of community support is truly inherited, as implemented in the ‘Kids Zone’ and ‘Teen Zone’ programs across the Region Gregory says, “The biggest philosophy that my dad has taught me is the discipline of stewardship. He always told me that it is Canadian Red Cross, Niagara Respect ED: C.A.R.E. Program [A violence and sexual abuse prevention $2,541 his/our responsibility to give back to others.” Area Branches program] To purchase 12 program kits and 12 online learning resources sessions for schools within Niagara that demonstrate need based on In this spirit, father and son have opened a family fund with the vulnerability and financial need Niagara Community Foundation, explaining, “We believe in the concept of Stewardship, where an individual is able to give of Community Living Port Colborne Every Kid in Our Community: Youth Outreach Worker for coalition of six $9,240 their time, talent and treasure — and the Niagara Community - Wainfleet agencies plus two school boards providing programs in Port Colborne to Foundation was that opportunity for us. This fund allows us connect at risk youth with programs currently available George O. Darte Gregory Darte to say thank you to the people our business has served for a The Darte family has been involved with various community funeral experience, and to challenge other local businesses and St. Catharines - Folk Arts Council of St Youth Summer Theatre Intensive with Suitcase in Point Theatre: Two week $3,650 activities for five generations. George Darte, President of community leaders to provide some form of stewardship back Catharines Multicultural Centre summer theatre camp for newcomer youth Mayor’s Au Marché George Darte Funeral Chapel Inc., is a very active member to the community.” of our community, involved with a local group responsible Hannah House Maternity Home New software and networked office equipment $5,500 The family plans to use the proceeds from the fund to assist Photo credit: St. Catharines Standard for hosting the 2010 World Masters Rowing Games in Port local youth with better opportunities to realize their potential Niagara Pride Support Services Youth Leadership Success Program: Pilot program to train 20 youth as peer $3,500 Dalhousie and with the United Way, Rotary, Minor Hockey, and to increase their knowledge and skill sets. Niagara Falls - Boys & Girls Niagara on the Lake – counsellors and other professional association boards. His son Gregory, the Niagara Regional Upper fifth generation of Darte funeral professionals, carries on this Club Summer Camp Peterson Community Workshop Teen Art Studio: Silkscreen equipment and art educational resources $3,740 tradition with involvement with the United Way, Niagara Canada Lodge Thorold Community Activities Basketball and program inclusiveness: Equipment and resources that will $6,282 District Funeral Service Association, and St. Catharines Group enable children and youth with disabilities to participate fully in programs Rotary Club. offered by TCAG OUR Town of Fort Erie with Friends of For restoration and stabilization of the Bay Beach property $5,000 Crystal Beach New Mini-Grant Program Assists Smaller Projects Community Funds YWCA Niagara Region Girls Club: Noon-hour pilot program in two St. Catharines schools for young $3,080 The Mini-Grant Program This is just one of the many deserving small projects that dovetail IN ACTION women at risk provides $500 grants to with our granting priorities: building community leadership, eligible organizations for fostering cooperative, collaborative and innovative approaches projects that address the to community issues, and addressing identifiable community Niagara Community needs. In total, $10,000 was made available to support 20 Foundation’s granting projects in 2008. For an application form, see the grants page priorities. This program on our webite at www.niagaracommunity foundation.org. Protecting Niagara Wetlands provides a time-sensitive, streamlined and responsive Scott and Ellen Holmes have a 100 acre property in process for smaller projects. 2008 Mini-Grant Recipients St. Ann’s consisting of eight ponds. As part of a unique Uberyouth, sponsored by Carousel Players CNIB - Niagara Region program of Ducks Unlimited, nesting boxes have been Uberyouth, Port Colborne Community Living Port Colborne – Wainfleet and Community Living - Port Colborne/Wainfleet installed on their property, which are regularly checked Fort Erie Multicultural Centre the Optimist Club of Port Colborne, was a mini-grant recipient to count waterfowl and their babies. The landowners have Head Injury Association of Fort Erie this year which used funds for training in suicide prevention also agreed not to fill in the ponds or construct anything Heart Niagara Inc. skills. The group partnered with Lakeshore Catholic and Port near the water. Heartland Forest Nature Experience Colborne High Schools to send two youth for training and Leadership Niagara - Niagara College Through a Niagara Community Foundation grant of $2,500, certification for “Applied Suicide Intervention Skills” at the Norval Johnson Heritage Centre Ducks Unlimited created eighteen wildlife nest boxes and Distress Centre of Niagara. St. John Ambulance - Lincoln County Branch enlisted the help of several landowners in the Niagara Region St. Michael Elementary School The trainees learned how to recognize youth who may be at risk Start Me Up Niagara Niagara West - to provide nesting locations for many bird species and ensure of suicide, and how to reach out and support and link these the protection of 39 acres of wetland. Town of Pelham - Communities in Bloom Committee Mayors’ Charity Golf youth with community resources. The trained youth plan to Wainfleet Township Public Library Tournament Scott Holmes believes in what Ducks Unlimited is trying to do create and deliver presentations at both of their schools to open Women's Addiction Recovery Mediation by creating more wetlands for all: “As people move out to the a discussion on handling emotions, coping with stress, self harm Welland’s 150th Anniversary Photo credit: Niagara This Week Thorold - Welland Canal country we need to help preserve areas for all wildlife. Mother and suicide. Students will then coordinate the development of Murals Project Nature needs a hand from time to time and we as a family are crisis teams in each school. happy to help her where and when we can.” Photo credit: St. Catharines Standard

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