Supportive housing group in Guelph credits city donation match for fundraising boost – Guelph | 24CA News
A pair of native organizations are praising the City of Guelph’s dedication for matching donations in an effort to assist increase cash for a capital fundraising marketing campaign within the southwestern Ontario group.
The Guelph Community Foundation and the United Way Guelph Wellington Dufferin introduced on Tuesday that they’ve surpassed the $1.5 million mark of their Home for Good marketing campaign. The City pledged again in July 2022 to match every donation as much as $500,000.
“We did have a lot of people that came forward to donate who were inspired by that opportunity to double their impact,” mentioned Glenna Banda, govt director of UWGWD. “The City of Guelph match really helped but there is still a lot of fundraising to do.”
The general fundraising objective of Home for Good is $5 million. Banda mentioned they’ve to date raised near $2 million.
Chris Willard, govt director of The Guelph Community Foundation, mentioned in an announcement, “The early awareness resulted in several donations of all shapes and sizes, reinforced the urgency of the homelessness crisis and the Guelph Wellington community’s commitment to funding solutions.”
The funds raised will go in direction of the development of 72 everlasting supportive housing items in Guelph. There are three tasks presently underway: the Bellevue Project by Wyndham House that can accommodate eight youths; 10 Shelldale Cres. by Skyline Properties which is able to see 32 items constructed; and Grace Gardens on the previous Parkview Motel property that can see one other 32 people be housed.
Banda mentioned that is anticipated to chop continual homelessness by half.
“It is such an important and emerging issue in our community,” mentioned Banda. “We felt it was a really strong statement to have the two largest charitable funders in our community work together to solve the issue.”
Anyone wishing to donate can accomplish that on the Home for Good web site.
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