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WRCF’s monthly e-newsletter to keep you connected to granting information, investing, what’s new, and ways we are mobilizing and collaborating to make an impact in our community.
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Blog: A Season of Momentum: Data, Dialogue, and Doing More Good
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WRCF's President & CEO, Eric Avner, shares an update on the work happening to support social infrastructure, reflects on giving trends, and invites residents to attend two events happening in September.
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WRCF has four funding streams currently accepting applications. Click the links below for more information on eligibility requirements and how to apply:
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Launch of Waterloo Region’s 2025 Vital Signs® Report
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Join WRCF on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, at 1:00 PM for a webinar to launch Waterloo Region’s 2025 Vital Signs® Report focused on Social Infrastructure. Steven Ayer, Founder and CEO of Common Good Strategies and the Lead Author and Researcher for the report, will present key findings. Then, Eric Avner, WRCF's President and CEO, will join Steve to respond to questions from webinar participants and to discuss opportunities for the report’s use in our community.
All attendees will receive a link to the full report after the session.
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Thank you to our sponsors and supporters
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Strengthening our community through connections
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Join WRCF for a Do More Good Dialogue conversation about the power of connection. We will hear from Pete Bombaci, Founder & CEO of GenWell: The Human Connection Movement, followed by a fireside chat. There will also be an opportunity to dive into some of the themes from Waterloo Region's 2025 Vital Signs® Report focused on social infrastructure. We will also celebrate community with the presentation of several WRCF Community Awards.
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Recent press announcement
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July 10, 2025
$1.7 million provided to 84 local organizations through WRCF’s grant streams focused on social infrastructure.
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'OPEN OUR HEARTS': Woolwich group offers HOPE for one and all
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Abby Cooper, an Elmira resident and founder of Hearts Open for Everyone (HOPE), has been tapping into Woolwich Township’s growing diversity to foster a multicultural rural community while promoting a sense of belonging. WRCF was pleased to support this programming.
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In partnership with Gambit Technologies Inc., WRCF recently launched GatherWR, an innovative AI-driven tool that provides a simple way to discover places and spaces to come together in Waterloo Region.
Note: If you want to search in languages other than English, GatherWR uses Google Translate - so, give it a try!
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Habitat for Humanity Waterloo Region is currently accepting applications from families for their 2 bedroom stacked townhomes in Cambridge.
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Questions?
Contact us at info@wrcf.ca or 519-725-1806
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