Community Connect - June 2023 WRCF e-newsletter

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WRCF’s monthly e-newsletter to keep you connected to granting information, investing, what’s new, and ways we are convening and collaborating to make an impact in our community.

Just released: WRCF 2022 Annual Impact Report

We are excited to share our first WRCF Annual Impact Report, which highlights the impact we made in 2022 with our focus on creating “Sustainable, Equitable, Thriving Communities,” through Granting, Investing and Convening. It includes stories about our initiatives, our partnerships, our Fundholders, and our collective impact on the region. You will see how we focused on the critical issue of Affordable Housing, as well as our 2022 grant streams which supported a variety of people and causes.
Cover of WRCF 2022 Annual Impact Report
We are extremely grateful for our community partners at The Blondes and Cober for their innovative ideas and support in making this report possible.
Read and download our Annual Impact Report
Happy diverse people together in the park

We’re hiring! Community Impact Coordinator

Are you motivated to create caring and equitable communities where all individuals may thrive? We are currently hiring for the position of Community Impact Coordinator. Apply by Friday, June 23, 2023.
Learn more and apply

LOVE WINS: Dedicated couple team with WRCF to spread message that Heart Beats Hate

Photo of Alan and Susan Quarry at Heart Beats Hate event 2023
Alan and Susan Quarry have spent the bulk of their adult lives volunteering their time, energy, and business acumen to WRCF. The couple’s desire to help others has even extended to Alan donating a life insurance policy to WRCF in support of the Heart Beats Hate Fund.
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Spectrum paves way forward with Rainbow Community Fund: Partnership with WRCF aims to add future stability

Photo from Spectrum's open house. Descriptions of what Spectrum means to people
As Waterloo Region’s rainbow community space for the past decade, Spectrum has worked tirelessly to serve, affirm and support the well-being of 2SLGBTQ+ individuals in Waterloo Region and the broader community. Spectrum recently set up a Charitable Organization Endowment Fund with WRCF.
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Reminder: Our office has moved locations

Please update your records to our new addresses. We will be available at both locations by appointment. 
KITCHENER
(main/mailing address):

SDG Idea Factory
200-2 King Street West
Kitchener, ON N2G 1A3
CAMBRIDGE:
101-135 George Street North
Cambridge, ON N1S 5C3
 

Upcoming Events 

Poster for Indigenous Poetry Society Slams
Banner image for GreenHouse Social Impact Showcase

You’re invited to GreenHouse’s 29th Social Impact Showcase

The Social Impact Showcase is a termly event hosted by GreenHouse – a social impact incubator hosted out of United College at the University of Waterloo. The Showcase celebrates the accomplishments of GreenHouse students and awards funding from the Social Impact Fund. The event will be held at the SDG Idea Factory.
Learn more and register
Banner for 2023 Immigrant Survey

2023 Immigrant Survey is LIVE

Calling all immigrants in Waterloo Region! Immigration Waterloo Region invites you to complete the 2023 Immigrant Survey before June 19, 2023. The Immigrant Survey is a bi-annual, multilingual survey for immigrants, refugees, claimants, international students, temporary workers and their families to share their experiences of living, working and studying in Waterloo Region.
Click here to complete the survey
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Contact us at info@wrcf.ca or 519-725-1806

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