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For the past 10 years, the Canton Community Foundation has partnered with Legal Help for Veterans to host our annual Veterans' Summit.  While the COVID crisis is preventing us from hosting an in-person event this year, we will not let it deter us from educating Michigan veterans and their care givers on the many changes in their benefits.  

Please join us for our 11th Annual Virtual Veterans' Summit, Tuesday, September 15, 2020  - 9-Noon.

While this is a free event, we ask that you register using the link below in order to receive the login information.

Thank you to our sponsors, Jack Demmer Ford and Community Financial Credit Union, for assisting us in offering this program to our military veterans.

 Click here to register.

For the 11th years, the Canton Community Foundation will host its annual Veterans' Summit or Tuesday, September 15, 2020 from 9 a.m. - noon.  This year's event will be hosted live via Zoom.  Veterans, veteran caregivers and those who work with veterans are invited to register for this free event.  State experts will address issues unique to this population such as healthcare, disability, mental heath and employment - all issues that are especially important during the COVID crisis.  

A live Q & A will be held from 11:00 - 12:00.  Questions can be asked during that time or submitted via email when registering.

Please register for this free virtual event in order to receive the link to login.

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Giving Hope is happy to announce their 2020 grant recipients.

Grants are being awarded to the following organizations serving women and families in Western Wayne County:

Plymouth-Canton Community Literacy Council — Stay at Home Family ESL Literacy Program

St. Vincent de Paul - St. John Neumann Canton — Journey to Housing

New Hope Center for Grief Support — COVID-19 Grief Support Groups

When a group of military veterans wanted to create a memorial park in the heart of Plymouth, they came to the Canton Community Foundation to act as a fiscal sponsor for the project and create a fund to manage the property and market the memorial brick program. Now, 25 years later, this beautiful park on the corner of Main Street and Church Street is home to more than 1000 bricks purchased by families to memorialize their loved ones’ service to our country.  

Plymouth Christian Academy, a ministry of Calvary Baptist Church, is a non-denominational, college preparatory Christian school located on a beautiful 45-acre campus in Canton, Michigan. Since 1976, the preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and secondary programs have been designed to accomplish the academy's mission of educating and equipping young people for lives of learning, leadership, and service.

This fund provides support to the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools high school choirs. The choir program consists of 18 curricular and extra-curricular choirs comprised of over 300 students. Every student is welcome in the choir program and will be held to a high standard of performance, sight-singing, leadership, and teamwork.

This fund provides support to the Michigan Philharmonic Orchestra and the Michigan Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. The Michigan Philharmonic performs standard and innovative orchestral works throughout Michigan. The Michigan Philharmonic Youth Orchestra consists of over 90 students from several communities in southeast Michigan giving the students orchestral training and performance opportunities.

Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America has served Michigan since 1961, making a difference in the lives of veterans, their families, and the public. MPVA provides leadership in reaching out on behalf of veterans with spinal cord injuries and disorders, as well as all people with disabilites to provide the highest possible quality of life in Michigan.