Canada Speaks Up – Introducing the Aviva Community Fund Semi-Finalists
Canada Speaks Up – Introducing the Aviva Community Fund Semi-Finalists
Summary
After over eight weeks of submitting ideas and voting, Canadians have chosen their favourite ideas as Aviva Community Fund semi-finalists. The competition – created by home and auto insurer Aviva Canada – is offering $1,000,000 in donations to lead, empower and support community initiatives across the country.
NEWSROOM: Benevity
CONTENT: Press Release
(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) Toronto, ON - December 2, 2010 - Canadians have submitted over 2,200 ideas and cast over one million votes for projects and worthy causes that will improve communities across the country. The semi-finalists will again attempt to capture the hearts and the votes of Canadians, with the top 30 becoming finalists for the community funding.
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Aphasia Camp
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The Take Me Outside Project
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Child Care Center needed for Gilpin Elementary School (Burnaby)
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New school with no playground: Grant our children’s wish (Burnaby)
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Back on Track (Burnaby)
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Container Village (Coquitlam)
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Inner-city school playground: Green in the City Laura Secord (East Vancouver)
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Horsefly River Riparian Conservation Area (Horsefly River)
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Turn an RV into a Mobile Clinic (Lower Mainland)
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Outdoor Public Skatepark (Nelson)
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Trails for all, Trails forever (North Vancouver)
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HYAD House (North Vancouver)
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The Humpback Comeback Project (North Vancouver Island)
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Community Learning Centre in Rossland (Rossland)
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Is "justice” really accessible for all British Columbians? (Surrey)
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Of Botany and Birds (Vancouver)
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Playground Legacy-100 Years in the Community (Vancouver)
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Strathcona Community Micro-Gardens (Vancouver)
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Thunderbird Mudpit (Vancouver)
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LaZerte Legacy Project (Edmonton)
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Langdon Wheelchair Accessible Playground & Pathway (Langdon)
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A Skate Park For Penhold Youth (Penhold)
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Wheelchair accessible playground equipment (Preeceville)
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Supported Independent Living for developmentally disabled adults (Beausejour)
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Provide a spray park for our youth (The Pas)
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Communautaire, scolaire et branché à l'École Taché! (Winnipeg)
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Une cour verte pour Lacerte/Help Green Lacerte's Schoolyard (Winnipeg)
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Infusion Art Program (Beaverton)
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Field of Dreams (Brantford)
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Give Halton's Kids A Place to Play (Burlington)
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Transforming Space, Transforming Lives! (Burlington)
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Helping the Voiceless - Improving Animal Lives! (Caledon/Toronto)
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Playground activity area for Essex, Ontario (Essex)
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Small Community, Big Dreams :) (Fisherville)
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Putting Youth in boats (Fonthill)
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A Special Hockey Team for Special Kids - Capital City Condors! (Kanata)
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A New Hope for Spinal Cord Recovery (Newmarket)
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Woodend Living Campus (Niagara-on-the-Lake)
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Dreamcoat! The Joy is Contagious (North Bay)
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Let Our Kids Be Kids! (Norwood)
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Project Playground - A safe place to play, learn and meet (Oakville)
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Supporting families affected by cancer (Oshawa)
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Play Structure for RPPS (Ottawa)
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Crystal Bay Yard Improvement (Ottawa)
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Whole-Person Cancer Care Regardless of Income (Ottawa)
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"Living Oasis" (Pickering)
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Help Us Build a New Medical Building (Picton)
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Splashpad® St-Isidore (St-Isidore)
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A Place of Our Own (Stittsville)
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Hill of Dreams (Tillsonburg)
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The Friendship Circle: Friends Helping Friends (Thornhill)
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Kidz2Kidz: One Child to Another (Thornhill)
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20 Computers for Eglinton Public School (Toronto)
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Eva's Green Housing Revitalization (Toronto)
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Save 500 baby songbirds (Toronto)
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Variety Village Revamp Project! (Toronto)
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Saving Homeless Cats -- one Kitty at a time! (Toronto)
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LGBTQ Youth Stories to Stop Suicides (Toronto)
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Save Orphaned Deer Fawns (Tottenham)
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Prince Charles 50th Anniversary Playground Revitalization Project (Trenton)
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THS Track Quest (Trenton)
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Quinte West Youth Centre (Trenton)
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Vandalism Breaks The Hearts of Children (Trenton)
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Be Part of History! Help Restore Bell's Gristmill (Utopia)
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The Giving Tree, A Natural Playground (Waterloo)
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A New Van (Whitby)
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Their Opportunity Minor Sports (Whitby)
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Urban schoolyard greening and play structure (Windsor)
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OSAID Goes Mobile (Provincial)
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Paralyzing Poverty – ALS Ontario (Provincial)
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It takes a village (Provincial)
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Événement multi-disciplinaire orchestré par un comité jeunes (Baie-Saint-Paul)
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Aire de jeux Donjon Dragon (Barraute)
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La Table est Mise (Beauport)
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Therapeutic Garden (Cleveland)
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Une école Techno: Objectif décrochage zero! (Granby)
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Les 4'R Techno (Montreal)
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Projet Verdir (Pointe-Claire)
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Promouvoir l'activité physique au profit de la réussite scolaire (Saint-Tite-des-Caps)
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Implantation d'un complexe culturel dans la Matapédia (Sayabec)
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Patinoire synthétique pour les jeunes de Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke)
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Des jeunes autochtones engagés pour l'eau! (Provincial)
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Planchodrome de Dieppe Skatepark (Dieppe)
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Dream Playground (Rexton)
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We Will Never Forget! (Saint John)
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Ensemble de percussions de marche (Drumline) (Saint-Quentin)
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The Nature Room, our Outdoor Classroom (Upper Tantallon)
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Rejuvenate McDonald Park (Waverly)
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Hodge's Cove Playground Enhancement (Hodge's Cove)
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Program Center (St. John’s)
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Camp Eclipse: Out in the Woods (St. John’s)
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NWT SPCA Northern Community Animal Shelter (Yellowknife)
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