The Pinawa Foundation presented two $500 scholarships at Pinawa’s Graduation Ceremony on June 28. “We selected two students who have demonstrated an active interest in their school as well as their larger community of Pinawa” said Carol Findlay, the Foundation’s Treasurer. “The Foundation had a successful year in 2011 and as we continue to grow […]
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Pinawa Foundation Presents Community Scholarships at Graduation
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Pinawa Foundation Challenges You
The Pinawa Foundation has partnered with Transplant Manitoba to promote a campaign to get 500 Pinawa residents to register on-line to be organ and tissue donors at SignUpForLife.ca. Organ donation saves and improves the quality of life for thousands of Canadians every year. Registering your wishes to be an organ and tissue donor not only […]
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Pinawa Foundation Partners with Aeroplan
The Pinawa Foundation has partnered with Aeroplan in their Beyond Miles Charitable Pooling Program. This program supports organizations like the Pinawa Foundation who want to improve the lives of people in their local communities. The Foundation plans to use the donated Aeroplan Miles for travel and merchandise prizes for fundraising events. The Foundation may also […]
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Pinawa Foundation’s First Family
The Pinawa Foundation is pleased to acknowledge Mike & Helen Tomlinson’s family as the first family to become founding members of the Pinawa Foundation. Martin, Valerie & Julian and their parents made a generous contribution to the Foundation’s endowment fund in August. The Tomlinsons were among the first families to arrive in Pinawa. They hope […]
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Pinawa Foundation Receives First Donation to Capital Renewal Program
The Pinawa Foundation is pleased to announce that they have received the first donation to the “Drive to 2020” capital renewal campaign for the Pinawa Club. Leslie Strandlund, Blair Skinner and Mats Strandlund presented their donation to Chris Saunders of the Foundation this past week. They also requested that their donation be used for the […]
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Pinawa Club Partners with Pinawa Foundation for Capital Renewal Program
The Pinawa Foundation and the Pinawa Club have launched the capital campaign to support future improvements to the Pinawa Club. The goal of the “Drive to 2020” Campaign is to raise funds to finance needed upgrades to the Pinawa Club. “Our goal for the campaign is to raise funds for improvements to the club that […]
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Reanne Krupka Receives the Pinawa Foundation Volunteer Award
The Pinawa Foundation is proud to announce that Reanne Krupka is the recipient of our Volunteer Award, presented at the 2011 High School Graduation Ceremony. The award, valued at $500, is presented to Ms. Krupka as a thank-you for her volunteer efforts in both the community and the school. “This is our first Volunteer Award […]
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Investment Planning Counsel Supports Pinawa Foundation Again
Investment Planning Counsel of Winnipeg recently hosted a Client Appreciation Dinner to celebrate 30 years of serving Pinawa residents as investment advisers. At the dinner, Abe Harder announced that IPC was making a second donation to the Pinawa Foundation; this donation is for $1,500. “IPC was one of our first corporate partners”, said Chris Saunders, […]
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Pinawa Foundation Attends National Confernece
Through the generosity of the Winnipeg Foundation, the Thomas Sill Foundation, the Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company and Acsion Industries, Chris Saunders, chairman of the Pinawa Foundation, recently attended the 11th National Conference of Community Foundations of Canada in Vancouver. The conference was attended by 675 delegates from the 178 community foundations in Canada, plus delegates […]
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Acsion Partners with Pinawa Foundation
The Pinawa Foundation and Acsion Industries are please to announce a new corporate partnership program for Acsion’s current and past employees and contractors. The “Thank-you Pinawa” program sees Acsion match the donations made to the foundation from their employees and contractors over the next five years, to a total of $25,000. Acsion has also set-up […]
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