As we swap our calendars and welcome the new year, the team at United Way has been reflecting on all that we have accomplished in 2019. The best part is – each milestone that we have reached has been because of someone’s generosity.
Although it could be much longer, here is a list of 19 things we (our volunteers, local businesses and supporters) accomplished in 2019:
- We planted Edwin Binney’s Community Garden for the first time ever!
- Collaborated with countless local businesses in the fight against poverty,
- Taught more than 350 local children from 15 different schools and summer camps about where their food comes from
- Provided funding to vital programs at local not-for-profit agencies
- Learned about sustainable agriculture from the experts (and students) at Fleming College
- Had another successful fundraising campaign with LCBO
- Had an original documentary made about our garden initiative thanks to Cogeco / YourTV
- Provided paid training opportunities for students through the Canada Summer Jobs program
- Expanded our program funding in Haliburton County
- Had one of our most successful Crayola sales yet!
- Planted 1500 tomato plants – that’s A LOT of tomatoes!
- Provided nearly 3 tons of vegetables to 10 food banks and 11 non-profit agencies.
- Found new friendships in unexpected places! We are always so grateful when people take time out of their day to volunteer with us.
- Finally got to share a dream that we have been working on for years with the help of Crayola at our garden’s grand opening party
- Built garden plots at the Coboconk Legion!
- Received funding from the Lindsay C.H.E.S.T. Fund, TD Friends of the Environment, and the Ontario Trillium Foundation
- Continued working hard towards our goal of reducing poverty in the City of Kawartha Lakes
- Supplemented the Good Food Box program with our veggies
- Found unlimited potential in our community.
