Previous Community Outreach Grants Recipients

Winter 2025 - Grants totalling $ 29,702

• Outreach St. George's Kingston - Lunch by George -$2,000
• RKY Camp - $2000
• Breast Cancer Action Kingston - $2,500
• Frontenac Kingston Council on Aging    - $3,000
• Extend-A-Family Kingston - $3,000
• South Frontenac Community Services Corporation - $4,000
• Bloom Skills Centre - $2,395
• Inverary Youth Activities Inc (Ken Garrett Memorial Park) - $2,500
• Inclusive Play Project - $3,000
• Dress for Success - $1,581
• Sustainable Kingston    $1,346
• Lionhearts - $2,000

Winter 2024 - Grants totalling $39,037

• BGC South East - $3,500
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of KFL&A - $2,400
• Bloom Skills Centre - $2,390
• Breast Cancer Action Kingston - $1,500
• Community Friends in Motion - $750
• Dress for Success - $1,850
• Frontenac Kingston Council on Aging - $1,500
• Inclusive Play Project - $2,500
• KCHC Dental Treatment Assistance - $3,000
• Kingston Community Health Centre - $2,000
• Lionhearts - $5,920
• Martha's Table - $1,850
• Molly Brant P.S. - $1,500
• Outreach St. George's Kingston - Lunch by George - $2,000
• Pathways & Immigrant Services Kingston - $2,000
• Sustainable Kingston - $1,877
• Youth Diversion - $2,500

Winter 2023 - Grants totalling $18,891

• Bereaved Families of Ontario - Kingston Regi- $1,631
• Bloom Skills Centre - $2,000
• Community Friends in Motion - $750
• Council on Aging - $1,500
• Dawn House - $2,000
• Dress for Success - $1,978
• Extend-A-Family Kingston - $1,993
• Loving Spoonful - $1,750
• Martha's Table - $2,000
• RKY Camp - $1,289
• Saint Vincent de Paul - $2,000

Note: Our club's Youth Development Committee directed $3,500 to Big Brothers, Big Sisters and BGC South East and our club's Camperships fund allocated $6,000 to BGC South East, Camp Outlook, and RKY Camp.

Winter 2022 - Grants totalling $22,445

• Almost Home - $1,800
• BGC South East - $2,000
• Big Brothers Big Sisters - $2,000
• Big Spoon Lil Spoon - $250
• Go With the Flow - $2,000
• Kingston Youth Shelter - $2,100
• Lionhearts - $2,000
• Loving Spoonful - $2,500
• RKY Camp - $795
• South Frontenac Community Services - $2,000
• Youth Diversion - $1,300

Note: Our club's Youth Development Committee directed $2,500 to recipients and our club's Camperships fund allocated $3,700 to BGC South East and Camp Outlook.

​Winter 2021 - Grants totalling $25,308

• Almost Home (Thrift Shop) - $2,258
• Camp Outlook (Covid Safe Canoe Tripping) - $1,500
• Frontenac Kingston Council on Aging (Quick Fixit Friend) - $1,100
• Go With the Flow Kingston (Reusable Feminine Hygiene Kits) - $2,000
• Kingston Youth Shelter (Digital Outreach) - $2,000
• Lionhearts Inc. (Covid-19 Street Project) - $1,500
• PBSC Queen's (I.D. Clinic Legal Services) - $1,000
• RKY Camp (Water System) - $2,500
• Think First (Social Media Project) - $1,200

Note: Nine COG funding requests received support (or additional support) from our club's Youth Development Committee (Tall Ships Expeditions Canada Brigantine & Youth Diversion); our club's Trust Fund Committee (Big Spoon Lil Spoon, Easter Seals, Ongwanada); and the Kingston Rotary Centennial Committee (Cycle Kingston, Blue Canoe, Camp Outlook & Lionhearts).

​Winter 2020 - Grants totalling $27,500

• Camp Outlook (Leadership Program) - $2,909
• Helen Tufts Nursery School (Playground Phase II) - $2,000
• Kingston Frontenac Council on Aging (Sunshine Call Pilot) - $1,050
• Kingston Indigenous Languages Nest (Lead Community Garden) - $1,750
• Lionhearts Inc. (Heat $ Eat Meal Distribution) - $2,500
• Loving Spoonful (Grow Program) - $2,280
• Partners in Mission Food Bank (Freezer Door) - $2,500
• PBSC - Queen's (ID Clinic) - $1,000
• St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Special Meals) - $1,000
• St. Vincent de Paul Society (Summer Emergency Food Pantry) - $1,500
• Tall Ships Canada - Brigantine (Project Mainstay) - $2,200
• ThinkFirst Kingston (Youth Bike Helmets) - $2,000
• Youth Diversion (ACE Mental Health Support) - $2,000

Note: Four COG funding requests received support instead from our club's Youth Development Committee: Bereaved Families of Ontario - Kingston (Grief Support for Youth) - $500; JR Henderson P.S. (Learning Commons) - $700; Kingston Canadian Film Festival (Live the Experience Fund) - $300; and Molly Brant P.S. (I Am Different Not Less) - $1,000.​

Winter 2019 - Grants totalling​ $20,522

• Brigantine Inc. (Sail Training & Outdoor Education) - $1,200
• Camp Outlook (Leadership Program) - $2,100
• Cycle Kingston (Gear Up! Recycle Bikes Tools & Equipment) - $2,226
• Frontenac 4H (4H Garden Club) - $450
• Frontenac Council on Aging (Elder Abuse Peer Support Line) - $2,200
• Helen Tufts Nursery School (Playground Fencing Project) - $2,325
• Kingston Day Care (Singing & Swinging) - $450
• Lord Strathcona P.S. ('Made In the Shade') - $700
• Loving Spoonful (Healthy Food for Kingston) - $1,885
• Rideau Heights P.S. (Reading is Power) - $1,225
• RKY Camp Dock (Boating Dock Rebuild) - $2,176
• Southern Frontenac Community Services (Adult Day Program - Windows) - $2,000
• ThinkFirst Kingston (Helmets? We've got you covered!) - $1,435

Note: Three COG funding requests received support instead from our club's Trust Fund Committee: Easter Seals Shower Commode Mobile Chairs ($3,000); Limestone Boat & Board (LBBC) Rotary Park Water Accessibility Project ($2,300); and Ongwanada Accessible Community Garden ($2,500).

​​Winter 2018 - Grants totalling $13,055

• Easter Seals Ontario (Camp Merrywood Mattresses) - $1,300
• H'art Centre (Go Wireless) - $794
• Kingston Street Mission - $1,000
• Loving Spoonful (Family Engagement Workshops) - $1,080
• Madeleine de Roybon PS (Love of Music) - $491
• Martha's Table (Meal Shop Prep) - $600
• Molly Brant PS (Kindergarten Yard Enhancement) - $3,000
• MusicMates (Community Outreach) - $1,112
• Oasis Senior Supportive Living Inc. (Capital Replacement) - $1,344
• Rideau Heights PS (Regulation Station) - $1,305
• Well Suited Kingston (Suiting Program) - $1,029

Winter 2017 - Grants totalling $14,827

• Easter Seals Ontario (Camp Merrywood Mattresses) - $1,000
• Kingston Daycare (Play Houses) - $840
• Kingston Youth Shelter (Kingston Youth Transitions - Elmwood) - $1,975
• Loughborough Public School (Classroom Without Walls) - $700
• Loving Spoonful (Seed & Harvest Community Gardens) - $2,824
• MusicMates (Safety Mats) - $1,200
• Oasis Senior Supportive Living (PA System) - $610
• Ongwanada (Circle of Friends) - $1,250
• Rideau Heights Public School (Arts Workshops) - $1,200
• St. Andrew's Meals (Food Elevator) - $1,928
• St. Vincent de Paul Society (Summer Meal Program) - $1,300

​Winter 2016 - Grants totalling $12,722

• Blue Canoe Theatrical Productions Inc. (The Juvenis Festival) - $1,000
• Easter Seals Ontario (Camp Merrywood Light Fixtures) - $800
• H'art Centre (Young at H’art) - $1,413
• Holy Family Catholic School (Raising Literacy Rates) - $1,000
• JG Simcoe Public School (Grade 7 & 8 Instrumental Music Program) - $1,955
• Loving Spoonful (The GROW Project) - $1,660
• Seniors Association Kingston Region (Enhancing Cultural Heritage) - $1,706
• St. Vincent de Paul Society of Kingston (Milk Voucher Program) - $1,995
• YMCA of Kingston (The Kingston Y Penguins Aquatic Club) - $1,193

Summer 2015 - Grants totalling $10,000

• Beyond Classrooms Kingston (Can You Hear Me?) - $1,500
• The Canadian Mental Health Association-Kingston Branch (Mental Health Promotion Tools) - $1,337
• Girls Incorporated of Limestone, Algonquin and Lakeshore (Project Bold) - $1,000
• Kingston Community Health Centres (Natural Play Area) - $1,663
• Kingston Home Base Non-profit Housing Inc. (ID Bank) - $1,500
• St. Mary's Cathedral Hot Meals Program (St. John the Apostle Kitchen Renovation) - $1,500
• Youth Diversion (LEAD Camp) - $1,500