News

The organizations of the Local Impact Alliance are working hard for all of the communities of Western Wayne County. Below is just a sampling of the latest news from the nonprofits and groups under the LIA umbrella.

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/

Congratulations!!

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.

A description of each scholarship offered through the Community Foundation of Plymouth can be found here.

Scholarship		Winner

George Lawton/ CFCU		Evan Adamski
		Morgan Cummings
		Avery Geyer
		Kari Klavon
		Tanvi Mallya
		John Mullins
		Sydney Shanahan
		Ezekiel Snyder
		Ryan The
		Kalena Wingrove

Margaret Dunning/ CFCU		Lauren Atkinson
		Alyssa Ewell
		Sheldon Huff
		Justin Kurncz
		Brianna McNab
		Alison Samp
		Khyelyn Young

Al Berrie/ CFCU		Claire Martin

Ron Carlson/ CFCU		BJ Blume
		Ethan Gross

Dul Foundation Scholarship		Sean Bodwin
		Peter Boyer
		Stephen Derosia
		Christopher Hamman
		Sydney Shaw
		Jackson Vacca
		Alyce Krumm

Scholarships Awarded!!

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

Plymouth Community Veterans Memorial Park

Happy 4th of July!!

We have an important announcement for Plymouth Community Veterans Memorial Park.

Each year thousands of visitors stroll the park, admiring the beautiful pathways, the newly refurbished canon and --- most importantly --- paying respect to the names of the veterans visible on the pathways and the veterans plaza.

After 14 years of harsh Michigan weather, the pavers in the veterans plaza are no longer legible with the names and rank of our honorable service men and women.

The project of removing and replacing the veterans plaza pavers bricks pavers with new laser engraved pavers made of material that has been developed to stand up to brutal winters of Michigan would cost $41,000.

We are pleased to announce Loren Wadington is donating $20,000 from her donor-advised fund at Canton Community Foundation toward the cost of the project.

The remainder of the project will be covered by the Grunwell Cashero Co.

Grunwell Cashero was the contractor for the original construction of the park including stonework, monuments and brick and paver installation.

The work is expected to start in the Spring of 2022.

If you wish to support causes like these please support our Foundation, so we can continue to serve Plymouth Canton areas.

Community Fund of Plymouth

Canton Community Foundation

Music in the Park

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

Lock the dates

Music in the Park

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

Lock the dates

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!

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Giving Hope, Women's Giving Circle Summer Social Recap

What a Celebration it was to Get Back to Giving Hope!!

47 Guests gathered at the Summer House venue, part of Fox Hills Golf Center. The warm summer evening was filled with wine, food and some shopping fun of which all the proceeds went into our traditional Giving Hope pass the purse collection.

Member Kay Warnke brought a wonderful and large selection of her handmade bags, purses, aprons, and other items - and ladies were able to select their favorites and "buy" them. Through those sales and other donations Giving Hope, Women's Giving Circle raised $1480.00

for The Clean Love Project. This organization provides hygiene products to women who are homeless or the victims of trafficking and other abuse. Founder Lacey Catarino and President Shelly Hein joined us and explained how and why the Clean Love Project was started, how much it has grown since its inception in 2015 and what a powerful impact it has had on the community. I believe all of us who heard their story were moved by these special, giving women and so grateful that we of Giving Hope, Women's Giving Cirle could contribute to their efforts.

Former Giving Hope Board Chair Joan Noricks was a special guest at our event. We were ao happy Joan joined us and were incredibly pleased to announce the new scholarship fund, organized by the CCF/LIA, named in honor of Joan's late husband Dennis.

The Dennis Noricks Memorial Scholarship Fund will support a student needing support to enter the wood working profession. Wood working was a personal passion of Dennis's , and this is a wonderful legacy to share with others.

Giving Hope, Women's Giving Circle Summer Social event attendees donated $737.00 to the fund. Thank you to all for sharing our spirit of generosity and getting this fund off to a solid start!

I also would like to happily announce and welcome the three new members who joined Giving Hope, Women's Giving Circle just after the event! Thank you for joining us Hannah Heebner, Lisa Krahel, and Gina Franciosa!! We are delighted you are part of our circle and look forward to getting to know you!

Please watch for details about our future events!

Best wishes for a wonderful rest of the summer!

Linda Demmer - Advisory Board Chairwoman.

Help a Low Income Teen

This fund was created to help groups in the community, including seniors, veterans, youth, special needs and residents struggling with basic human needs.

For $130, you can send a teen from low income at - risk neighborhood to a week of summer camp all expenses paid.

Please make a difference and better our community!

Donate and help a teen.