The MAF is pleased to announce its best donation to date, a commitment of $50,000 towards the new Tabor Home and supportive housing units. The grant will be paid out over a two year period, making a substantial contribution towards Tabor Home’s $3.9 million fundraising goal.
This ground-breaking facility will be built on a ten acre parcel of land along PTH3 west of the Homestead private assisted living complex. Together the two facilities will form a unique complex for seniors, the first of its kind in Manitoba. The new 100 bed Tabor Home will allow our community to better provide for those individuals who require long term care, keeping them close to family and friends who can offer them much needed support.
To learn more about the new Tabor Home and their fundraising drive, visit their website at http://www.taborhome.ca/fundraising-donations/new-tabor-home.
The MAF granted $1,000 towards an $11,000 project to replace shingles on the Morden Community Child Care Centre. Established in 1981, the Centre provides family oriented day care services for children ages 3 months to 12 years, and serves 150 families per month within the community. The MAF strives to help people of all ages through its grants. We are pleased to support children and young families through this initiative.
Mothers, fathers, and children facing challenging times have long benefited from the library at the Pregnancy Care Centre. The Centre’s trained support workers have found that for some issues, clients prefer teaching through DVD’s which provide helpful information and speak about complex issues in simple terms. This grant will assist them in updating some of their video resources which address prenatal preparation and fetal development, pregnancy options, and fatherhood, all key areas for the Centre’s programming.
With this donation the Pregnancy Care Centre’s clients can receive the best possible support and information during this difficult and often stressful time in their lives. Helping young people make good decisions with their pregnancies and into parenthood is important to long term health, well-being, and stable family relationships.
The Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre is one of Morden’s most significant tourism resources, as well as a centre for scientific activity. The Foundation is pleased to partner with the United Way and the Morden Thrift Shop to help the Centre upgrade their classroom facilities. As Foundation board member Ron Westfall said, “When the Fossil Discovery Centre approached us to fund a share of the cost of needed improvements to their classroom, we were happy to oblige. We like to see that our funds can be a part of a cooperative effort.”
Within the museum is a dedicated classroom which is used throughout the year in partnership with schools, by the fossil day camp, and on a day to day basis by their young visitors. The funds were used to purchase tables and twenty-four stacking chairs. This worthwhile project will benefit the children and youth of our community and beyond for years to come.
The fluid boundaries of environmental issues compel us to work beyond our usual geographic boundaries. The visibly deteriorating quality of water in Lake Winnipeg, the world’s 10th largest freshwater lake, is a disturbing sign that the entire watershed is under stress. The MAF joined with other local foundations and the Community Foundations of Canada (CFC) in making a second $1,000 grant to the Consortium to further its scientific study of the Lake Winnipeg watershed.
The Lake Winnipeg watershed is the second largest watershed in Canada. Morden is located within its 1,000,000 km2 area, home to five million people, which extends through four provinces and four U.S. States. The combined contributions of the local foundations and the CFC enabled the Consortium to capitalize on a matching government grant.
