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Deborah joined Vancity Community Foundation in 2023 as Director, Community Programs.
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Today is International Women’s Day and March, Women’s History Month. It’s an opportunity for us to reflect on the women and girls in our lives and celebrate the achievements of women here at home and around the world in pushing for a more equal and just world.
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Dylan was an active and outgoing young man who, throughout his school years, often, sometimes even to a fault, thought about people more than himself. He graduated in 2014 and, like many young people, he moved out with a friend and found a job shortly after. Tragically, a few months later while walking to work he was hit by a...
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At Vancity Community Foundation, a core priority for us is helping restoring affordability through initiatives that grow community-owned assets, distribute collective benefits, and create economic conditions for thriving. But we cannot do this work on our own. That’s why our advocacy work with government is critical. Just like last year, we had a team in Victoria analyzing the provincial budget announcement and bringing you some highlights.
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The Lucille Harkness Memorial Bursary was created to honour the life of Lucille Harkness, who passed away days before her Grandson’s wedding. It is with her lessons in our hearts that this scholarship was created, to promote community involvement.
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Barb and John Taylor were individuals who worked tirelessly to preserve and improve the quality of life for all people and animals, and to ensure the physical world on which we all depend remains healthy. It was their intention in setting up their donor advised fund that they might continue to support organizations doing this important work in perpetuity.
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Susan Seto immigrated to Canada in 1947 and her daughter, June, was born in 1948. Their lives reflected the experiences of many immigrants and their Canadian-born children. June and Susan took on the burden of caring for those around them. They both passed away in 2020, but their legacy - putting the needs of others before their own - lives...
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To apply to the Reaching Home – Greater Vancouver Designated Community Services Call for Proposals 2024-2026, please visit the Community Entity, Lu’ma BCH Native Housing Society.
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February 1, 2024 marks the start of Black History Month. For VCF, we are at the very beginning of our journey of understanding how to be better allies to Black communities and Black-led and -serving organizations.
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Ethọ́s Black Futures Fund was established by Vancity Community Foundation, with Ethọ́s Lab Educational Society, to support innovative education opportunities for youth.