Explore featured funds making a difference across the Shuswap
Meet some of our featured funds supporting meaningful causes throughout the Shuswap. Through the generosity of our donors, Shuswap Community Foundation is able to create lasting impact and strengthen communities across the region.
FEATURED FUND
Jonathon Bruce Memorial Award
To honour and perpetuate Jonathon’s spirit of adventure and service, the Jonathon Bruce Memorial Award will be awarded annually to a graduate from School District 83 who has been actively volunteering or working in any emergency services field. Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply through the SD83 district scholarship program which opens up each spring.
FEATURED FUND
Ready Family Endowment
“We enjoyed having the drugstore here and appreciated the support of the community—we liked the small town atmosphere.” – Holly Ready
When friend Tom Brighouse was involved in establishing a Community Foundation Holly and Shayne realized that being founders would be the perfect way to give back to the community that supported them for so many years. In 2007, Holly decided to support in perpetuity, two organizations close to her heart, the SAFE Society and Shuswap Hospice Society, and established the Ready Family Endowment.
FEATURED FUND
Shuswap Rural Fund
We’ve launched the Shuswap Rural Fund, a charitable fund stream within the Shuswap Community Foundation, created specifically to support rural community organizations in based in rural Shuswap communities. This fund provides a dedicated way to support rural community priorities in the Shuswap.
FEATURED FUND
Acuity Advisors Youth Sports Fund
Harlan Anderson and Eric Penner, partners at Salmon Arm accountancy firm Acuity Advisors LLP, both have three active kids that keep them very involved in youth sports. Having coached youth soccer, baseball and hockey, Harlan and Eric have seen first-hand the numerous benefits that sports programs offer children and youth.
