Canton Community Foundation News

Visit this space for all the news regarding how the Canton Community Foundation is working in the communities of Western Wayne County and beyond.

11-30-21 is Giving Tuesday

Every year, on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, people take the time to kick off the holiday season by giving back to their community.

Whether it is donating money to a charitable cause or volunteering, Giving Tuesday is a day set to benefit the community.

On #Giving Tuesday charities, families, businesses, community centers, and students around the world will come together for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to give.

Chili Cook Off for Canton Cares Fund

October is National Chili Month.

When the weather cools down and the campfire gets going, there’s no better comfort food than chili to warm your soul and make it a perfect night. Every October, when autumn starts to chill our bones, break out the bread bowls and warm up with National Chili Month.

What better way to celebrate then to make it a fundraiser for our community.

This Fundraiser will support the Canton Cares Fund at Canton Community Foundation, which supports Canton community by providing financial assistance for disaster relief, therapeutic recreation, youth and senior programs.

Scan the bar code to purchase your tickets.

12th Annual Veterans Summit in partnership with Legal Help for Veterans held at Village Arts Factory

Canton Community Foundation successfully completed the 12th Annual Veterans Summit in Partnership with Legal Help for Veterans at Village Arts Factory.

This year's event was a question-and-answer session with local veterans experts. Topics included

Medical claims
Disability benefits
PTSD claims
Hearing loss
Appeals
Burial benefits
and more!

It was a free event. Thank you to the board of Partnership for Arts and Humanities and Canton Chamber of Commerce for the support and help. The event was livestreamed on Zoom and Facebook.

The beautiful setting of Cut Short Memorial made the event perfect.

Remembering and Honoring Meredith Whalen on 20th Anniversary of 9/11.

Meredith Lynn Whalen, 23, was originally from Canton. A graduate of Salem High School in Plymouth-Canton schools and U-M, she became a research assistant for Fred Alger Management on the 93rd floor of the north tower.

Whalen grew up in Canton, Mich., where she developed a love of horses and riding. Her ultimate dream was to own a horse farm in Kentucky, though her short-term goal was to become a portfolio manager.

Whalen competed on the cross-country and swimming teams at Plymouth-Salem High School. After graduating with honors, she attended the University of Michigan in nearby Ann Arbor, graduating in 2000 with a degree in business.

Whalen got a taste of the investment field by working at Goldman Sachs in London during the summer before her senior year. But she wanted to work for a smaller firm where she thought she would receive more personalized training.

She was recruited to work in New York by David Alger, a co-owner of Fred Alger Management. He was among 35 employees of the firm who died in the terrorist attack.

Meredith Whalen Memorial Scholarship Fund at Canton Community Foundation was started by her family.

Donate to Meredith Whalen Scholarship Fund

This scholarship was created in memory of Meredith Whalen. This scholarship is available to all female students graduating from the Plymouth-Canton Community School District who plan to attend any college or university majoring in business.

Farmers Market Canton

National Farmers Market Week

August 1-7, 2021

Let’s celebrate Farmers Markets! National Farmers Market Week is a great opportunity to show the nation how much value markets bring to their communities.

Beth Meade, President/CEO of Local Impact Alliance helping with sowing at Canton Historical Farm. The produce from this farm is donated to Open Door ministries.

Plymouth and Canton both have great Farmers Market.

Canton Farmers Market

500 N. Ridge Road

Canton, MI 48187Wayne

(734) 394-5375

Farmers Market Hours

Start Date: 05/09 - End Date: 10/17

Sunday : 09:00 AM - 01:00 PM

http://www.canton-mi.org/496/Farmers-Market

Plymouth Community Farmers Market 2021

Saturdays, May 8 - October 23, 8am - 12:30pm

760 Penniman Avenue, Plymouth, MI 48170

https://www.plymouthmich.org/events/Plymouth-Community-Farmers-Market-2021_ET1080.html?fbclid=IwAR0psMNF7K0y515kIBAyyizRG7DcfOV3xGHmH8ELue0WVHijBQtt6fPdDIw

Healthy Youth and Healthy Senior Grants

Grants made for 2021 from Healthy Youth Healthy Seniors Fund at Canton Community Foundation.

In 2000, as a result of a national tobacco settlement, CCF was among 65 community foundations in Michigan to receive an allocation of funds to aid community efforts that support healthy youth and healthy seniors.

Past grants include support for conflict resolution and anti-bullying for youth, exercise for seniors, grief counseling, and work skills development for special needs youth.

This year $12,000 is granted out to the following programs:-

1. $5000 New Hope Center for Grief Support.

New Hope Center for Grief, $5,000 This grant would support a

summer camp for kids grieving the death of a parent, sibling,

family member or friend. The grant would help expand

capacity for this camp to be able to support 75 grieving

children.

https://newhopecenter.net/

2. $3500 First Step

This grant would enable First Step to install a security alarm

and camera system for the First Step Plymouth office. This

grant would support infrastructure investment for the First

Step Plymouth office, as perpetrators of domestic violence or

sexual assault can sometimes be dangerous and threatening.

https://www.firststep-mi.org/

3. $3500 Plymouth YMCA

This grant would provide aid, allowing 50 children to attend 1

week of Day Camp and support families as they return to

work. As an impact of COVID-19 more families are requesting

financial assistance due to reduced or lost income throughout

the past year.

https://ymcadetroit.org/locations/plymouth/

To get more information about Granting cycle of Canton Community Foundation and recent grants, please click on the link

https://localimpactalliance.org/grants/canton-grants/

Scholarships Awarded!!

We're proud to support our community's students and their educational endeavors by offering numerous scholarships. Our program includes financial aid opportunities for students of all ages who are at different stages in their educational pursuits, as well as a number of different areas of study.

Our online scholarship application opens in early January and remains open until mid-March. Scholarships recipients are notified in May; and funds are sent directly to schools for the fall semester.

We are pleased to announce the winners of 2021 Scholarships.

A description of each scholarship offered through the Canton Community Foundation can be read here


Scholarship		Winner

Barbara Church Rodenberg		Lydia Kim

Canton Clerk		Nimah Azam
		Safiya Uzhunnan

Canton Soccer Club		Andrew Memmer
		Logan Hammond
		Charlotte Steglitz
		Ethan Gross

Canton Police		Rebecca Carnes

Cherry Hill Scholarship		Mar Kliczinski
		Ian Penny

Fred Thomann		Emma Brenny

Elizabeth Durack		Mary Kliczinski

Denski Family		Alexis Miller

Dustin Piepsney		Emerson Voss

Marvin Schulz Memorial		Lydia Kim

Meredith Whalen Memorial		Alice Quin

Gene & Jane Overholt Kiwanis		Aarya Kulshrestha

Erin Ryan Kiwanis		Lydia Kim

Jack Demmer Ford		Tess Carichner

CCF/Penelope Hope Klei		Kalena Wingrove

Heathe Nicole Memorial		Kane Pryor

R.K.Bhama MD Memorial		Isabella Volkers

Robert Loyd Memorial		Elizabeth Jackson
		Mariel Luecke

Livonia Firefighters Scholarship		Abbey Curtis
		Andie Klisz

Eve Grigg Memorial Scholarship		Dante Knarian
		Katey Krohn

Marjorie & Donald Treadwell		Marina Rensi

Linda Hutchinson Scholarship		Samantha Green

Jason Russell Maurer Memorial		Carly Allen
		Lily Batey
		Hanna Bendert
		Ellie Bossenberger
		AJ Fillmore
		Sarah Fisher
		Ethan Flosky
		Erika Head
		Ana Hernandez
		Audrey Jett
		Alex Kirachmann
		Josh Kubik
		Olivia Kubik
		Hannah Kuczynski
		Emma Moore
		Alicia Perkins
		Jeremy Putnam
		Zoe Sawdon
		Alison Schoonover
		Kaeley Sells
		Mason Solecki
		Elena Toomajian
		Chloe Upton
		Allison Wei
		Nancy Xu

Music in the Park

How about some live music to enjoy in your neighborhood park with your family and friends!

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Canton Community Clean Up

On Saturday, May 15, 2021, Community Clean Up Day in Canton Township at Griffin Park organized by Habitat for Humanity. The grant was made by the Canton Police Benevolent Fund at Canton Community Foundation.

Thank you to our wonderful volunteers representing Canton Township Police, residents from Canton, Belleville, Woodhaven, Royal Oak, as far away as South Lyon & Habitat for Humanity WWC Partner Families.

They cleaned up the entire area of the park behind the Canton Post Office, and one project for a resident in the neighborhood of digging and mixing dirt and mulch.

We can do wonderful things when we come together as a community!