Community Well-Being

The 2023 Community Well-Being Project is now open! Deadline to Apply is April 21st, 2023.

Please review the guidelines.

If you are eligible, please fill out the application form.


The Community Well-Being Program was developed in 2018 through programs offered by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) when Huron-Kinloss was in the site-selection process and learning more about Canada's Long Term Plan for Used Nuclear Fuel.
The Township of Huron-Kinloss invested $300,000 into the community through grants related to:
  • arts, culture and heritage
  • sports and recreation
  • social and health
  • environmental and other
Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2020 Community Well-Being Program. We are happy to share a few of the successful project photos. 

Photo Gallery: 2020 Community Well-Being will appear here on the public site.

 

The 2020 Successful Recipients of the Community Well-Being Program include:  

Community Well-being Recipients
OrganizationFundingProject

Bruce Botanical Food Gardens

$1,800

Building raised planter boxes to maximize growing season

HAWK Theatre

$4,400

A new sound system

South Kinloss Presbyterian Church

$10,000

Painting the Roof

Ripley Christmas Hamper

$3,500

Christmas gifts, clothes, food for area families in need of assistance at Christmas time

Kinloss Community Centre

$6,000

A new energy efficient furnace and duct work

Pine River Watershed Initiative Network

$2,500

Tree purchasing and planting

Huron-Bruce Minor Hockey – Parent's Auxiliary

$10,000

New jerseys for the Huron-Bruce Minor Hockey Association

Pine River United Church

$3,700

Automatic Door for the building

Ripley Agricultural Society

$6,685

Door replacement, repairs and maintenance to the Ag Society Building

Purple Grove Community Centre

$6,500

Upgrade front door to make it accessible

Ripley-Huron Community School – Student Council Committee

$5,987

Outdoor pergola for the playground

Point Clark Boat Club

$10,000

Repairs to the Point Clark Harbour break wall

Lucknow Agricultural Society

$2,000

Pole Barn Project

Huron Bruce Minor Hockey Association

$6,000

Power Skating, drills and ice rental

Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 440 Ladies Auxiliary

$1,668

Construction of a new pantry

Lucknow Horticultural Society

$3,175

Self-watering containers for planters

Ripley Curling Club

$10,000

Construct an addition to the building to store rain-watering collection tanks

Kincardine and District Community Living

$2,500

Summer Supported Volunteer Program

Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Kincardine

$1,000

Purchase outdoor games and equipment for the "Littles"

Mayfair Ukulele Group

$2,585

New music stands, music sheets and uniforms