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The Pinawa Foundation was very proud to recently announce our scholarship recipients for 2024 at the Pinawa Secondary School. Mallery McKay received the Pinawa Foundation Scholarship valued at $1,500. Mallery participated in the school community on student council, LIVE, yearbook and YIP.  Girl Guides provided more opportunities for volunteer work and taught her valuable life […]

The Board of Directors of the Pinawa Foundation would like to thank everyone that attended our Annual General Meeting on June 11. We were humbled by the large crowd and the interest in our activities. We are also proud to announce that we awarded grants through our Youth and Philanthropy Group, Community Project Month, and […]

The Eastman SnoPals have been awarded the 2024 Greener Tomorrow Grant from Solo Market for signage work on the Pinawa portion of the Eastman trails.  In partnership with the Pinawa Trails Committee, Eastman SnoPals plan to develop large shared trail signs that will be posted entering Pinawa to inform trail users that many of the […]

The Pinawa Foundation’s Community Project Month runs from May 1 to May 31. Fifteen groups will be canvassing for donations to support their projects this year. Please consider donating to one or more of these projects through the Pinawa Foundation. The Foundation will stretch your donations by 40% (to a maximum of $2,000 per project). […]

Exciting news: April 26 is Community Foundation Day! We are proud to be one of 57 community foundations across Manitoba supporting the well-being of our communities. Learn more at www.endowmb.org #EndowMB

The Youth in Philantropy (YIP) Group recently helped out at Shirley’s Kitchen. On February 28, Senior  YIP member Mallery was on hand as a volunteer during the congregate meal. YIP was also able to view the purchases that Shirley’s Kitchen made with their YIP grant.  Shirley and her hard working volunteers serve up a delicious […]

Thank you to our loyal supporters throughout 2023. The generous support of May’s Community Project Month was amazing.  The fourteen participating groups worked energetically fundraising and the Foundation was happy to reward those efforts. The groups raised $69,172.33 to earn grants totalling $19,324.69. Four of the groups received the maximum $2,000 grant while 4 other […]

The Pinawa Foundation recently received an anonymous donation of $10,700 for the Sochaski Family Fund for the Health Auxiliary. What a wonderful gift for the Christmas season. This endowment fund was set up in memory of Fay, a longtime member of the Health Auxiliary.

The Pinawa Secondary School YIP Committee held a Grilled Cheese Lunch fundraiser in support of the Pinawa Foundation’s 2023 Giving Challenge. Our small but committed student members worked hard filling orders from the PSS student body and staff, as well as orders placed from residents of the Ironwood, members of the Pinawa Hospital staff, and  […]