How the 2017-18 District Grants were Spent

Project

Lead Club

Grant amount (CAD)

Tree planting along the Highway of Heroes

District & Clubs

8,400

Rainwater collection in Uganda

Newmarket & three Clubs

7,200

Warm Hands; mittens to children

North Scarborough

400

Scholarship for a girl from abroad to attend school in Canada

Northumberland Sunrise & five Clubs

5,707

Construction of a Fire Safety Classroom at the Durham Kids’ Safety Village

Oshawa Parkwood & nine Clubs

7,200

Installation of borehole water well with solar powered pump and 500-litre water tank in Zimbabwe

Parkdale, High Park, Humber & three Clubs

6,000

Scholarship to a university student in Zimbabwe

Richmond Hill & Clubs

2,300

Bathroom upgrades at Nutre Hogar, a nutrition centre for underprivileged children in Panama

Richmond Hill & one Club

1,200

Support to a hospice program in Richmond Hill

Richmond Hill

800

After school programs at the Scarborough Native Child and Family Service Centre

Scarborough & four Clubs

4,000

Support to a welcome centre for newcomers to Canada

Toronto Danforth

800

Support to a food bank

Toronto East & one Club

1,200

Construction of classrooms and washrooms in an elementary school in Honduras

Toronto East & three Clubs

6,400

Support to 5 AIDS Orphans in Uganda, enabling them to attend nursing school

Toronto Humber & one Club

2,160

Support to a statue in a public space in Uxbridge

Uxbridge & one Club

1,800

Installing bio-sand water filters and LED lighting in the Dominican Republic

Whitby Sunrise & three Clubs

2,400

Water and Sanitation project in the village of Ban Phoukou, Laos

Whitby Sunrise & ten Clubs

7,200

20 portable dental chairs for mobile dental clinics in the Dominican Republic

Willowdale

800

Support to the Autism In Mind Centre in Markham

York & three Clubs

4,800

Qualification Seminar

D7070

1,000

Miscellaneous

D7070

5,000

Total funds available

75,967