Kiwanis Foundation
Kiwanis Music Festival 2009 – Letters of Thanks
The Kiwanis Music Festival 2009, sponsored in part by The Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation, was another resounding success with approximately 34,000 competitors. Below is a representative selection of letters of thanks from scholarship awardees and category winners with thanks for the involvement and support of the Foundation.
2009 Thank You Letters (PDF)
Making an Impact
The Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Toronto was incorporated in 1953 to provide a means to provide funds for children attending the Club's summer camp. In 1960 the student loan program commenced funded by a bequest from the Springer estate. Over the years, other bequests have been generously received from members. Today, the Foundation's main purpose is to support current Kiwanis activities which include the Kiwanis Music Festival and our Boys & Girls Clubs.
As well, the Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation reviews applications from numerous charities and non-profit organizations on a monthly basis finding the best opportunities to impact the community of downtown Toronto through financial donations. The Club is always looking at new projects or capital equipment to fund.
Members and guests joined together to celebrate the Opening of the Kiwanis House on Shuter Street in Toronto. Youth Workers from the Salvation Army are tenants in the building.
Examples of the range of charitable organizations who have benefited from funding from the Kiwanis Club Foundation include:
- Child Find at the inception of their Toronto operation
- All-a-Board Youth Ventures, a youth employment cafe and woodworking centre
- Girl Guides of Canada for new computers
- The Bayside Rowing Club, assisting a community of young people to build strength and self-esteem
The following is a selected list of projects supported over the years, by The Kiwanis Club of Toronto and its Foundation.
- Kiwanis Music Festival Foundation
- Sleeping Children Around the World
- The Salvation Army
- Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Clubs Inc.
- St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association Festival
- ACT Foundation – CPR Training in High Schools
- Pathways to Education
- Ryde Lake Camp
- Shining Through Centre for Children with Autism
- Community Association for Riding for the Disabled
- Interlink
- Haliburton Scout Breakfast
- St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Festival and Gala
- Disabled Sailing Assoc.
- Toronto Christian Resource Centre – Sunday in the Park – Salvation Army
- Famous People Players
- 39th Scout Group at Sick Kids
- The Concerned Kids
- TV Ontario
- Tree of Angels for St. Michaels Hospital
- Frontier Foundation