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Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 24 Jul 2009, p. 5

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Councillors approve funding fa Almost $ 640,000 to be dished out in Community Investment Eund Halton regional council approved last week almost $640,000 in multi-year funding to local non-profit groups focused on health and social services pro- grams. Among the major recipients from the Region's newly-estab- lished Community lnvestment Fund is ReFresh Foods (www.refreshfoods.ca), a collabora- tion between the regions food banks and led by the agency Food for Life (FFL), which will receive $ 160,000 in 2010. ReFresb Foods is a food logistics andl redistribution program mnoi- elled on a successful provincially- funded pilot project in Waterloo. The program works with a hub and spoke model in wbicb surplus fresh and frozen as well as non-perish- able food is collected from corpo- rate food donors and stored at ReËresh's central dry and refrigerat- ed warehouse. The larger ship- ments are then redistributed toi local food banks and social service agencies across Halton to be given to residents in need. According to ReFresb, theres a bunger gap of 29.5 million pounds of food in Halton at this time, as food banks are only able to serve under haîf of the people estimated to need such services. Other major beneficiaries of Community lnvestment Fund are two youth centres in Acton and Georgetown that were in danger of shutting down without the money w groups InApnl, Sandra Melhuish, exec- utive director of Links2Care which operates Open Door Youth Centre in Georgetown and Acton's Off the Wall (www.theyouthcentres.com), said the centres could potentially face closure if funding wasn't found. Links2Care will now receive $60,000 for 2009 and $75,000 for 2010 for the youth centres. 'il couldn't be more thrilled," said Melhuish. "It gives us a littie bit of leeway, almost two years to be out there advocating for long-termn sustainable funding." Others receiving funding include: 9 Friendly Visitor Program, Acclaim Health ($21,075 in 2009 and 2010) 0 Social Opportunities, Activities and Relationship (SOAR) Program, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hamilton/Burlington ($ 18,000 each in 2009 and 2010) e First Mentors Program, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton ($20,000 in 2009 and 2010). * Volunteer Program, (Community Living Burlington ($58, 650 in 2009 and 2010) le Youth Overcoming Depression and Anxiety (YODA) Woodview Children's Centre ($50,000 in 2009 and $25,000 in 2010) a Youth Centre Program, YMCA of Hamilton/Burlington ($20,000 in 2009 and $13,000 in 2010). In total, Halton Region received funding requests from 65 groups totalling more than $4.3 million. The next round of proposals is scheduled to, take place in 2011. For more information, visit www.halton.ca/communîtyinvest- ment fund. (a)HyunRr ' ý~'SMAR1i ADVANTAGE Lo FINANCINO' S2009 ELANTRA L Ufwsqm BU THE HISHB hANED MUOt NI CIIAMIITIASE - 2009 ACM NL 3M INNTROUCING THE 2010 SONATA I FEATURNG ISTI-CLASS 5 VEAR WAPRANTY 1 -M1L0'mHunlF NEW 2010 Corolla CE w 0 0: / M 11 SS"a msiRP* N4EW 2010 Matrix LAFS MSRP* $175*o3.91 ItMNM FMOM - «- 6,4I40 2009 RAVL4 o MSRP" 54-- $2 4,2 95 MWR% M O 0 M lM RP CMVMR1U0 MR(30MMPM) worries REAL PEOPLE. GREAT CARS. REAL VALUE. P O l 1- $1 201,1 MMM M, IDE M e M MMMO7/MM M Toi Free 1800-617-4025 1245 Stee AVenue (Calmer of James Sosie Pky. & Steahes Ave.)E L. (TOYOTA Wheitjou \JOUlI( -7tro. what eisp do UUr'1osait? CE2F _G 2009 Varis CE Hatchbac< SLI.ýE10.MSRP" 1 S35"o3.9 STARTINGFROM 13,620 ^* RM L1ORRORRR>' CITY69/WMM Mf rMM 1 MILTO

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