Community Connect - December 2025 WRCF e-newsletter

WRCF's monthly e-newsletter

December 2025                                                                View this email in your browser 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. WRCF holiday office closure Our office will be closed after Tuesday, December 23, 2025, to Thursday, January 1, 2026, and our team will be available to respond to you again on Friday, January 2, 2026. Year-end giving  As we head into these final weeks of the year, it’s a natural time for people to consider if they are in a position to make charitable donations. If you are thinking of doing so before the end of the year for a 2025 tax receipt, here are some of the most common ways you can do that: CHEQUE - cheques, made payable to Waterloo Region Community Foundation (or WRCF) with a note in the memo line indicating which fund you are donating to, can be mailed to: WRCF, 200-2 King St W, Kitchener, ON, N2G 1A3 (envelope postmarked no later than December 31). If you would prefer to coordinate a drop off or pick up of a donation via cheque, please contact Dan at dan@wrcf.ca or 519-725-1806 x 205 (by December 15). ONLINE – online donations can be made here via Credit Card/PayPal/Apple Pay/Google Pay, and just select the specific fund you want to support from the alphabetized drop-down menu (by December 31). PHONE - credit card donations can be made over the phone (by December 19) by phoning Dan at 519-725-1806 x 205 or Mackenzie at 519-725-1806 x 207. E-TRANSFER – if you want to make an e-transfer donation, please email dan@wrcf.ca or mackenzie@wrcf.ca (by December 19) to get the necessary information. SECURITIES – if you want to donate securities, click here to access our form. You’ll want to initiate the donation with your broker no later than December 15 to avoid any holiday processing delays. If you require urgent assistance beyond December 23, please email dan@wrcf.ca. Applications now open for Kids to Camp Grants Approximately $275,000 will be distributed to provide grants to camps enabling children and youth who reside in Cambridge, Kitchener, North Dumfries, Waterloo, Wellesley, Wilmot, and Woolwich, who need financial assistance to attend a variety of day, overnight, recreational and educational camps. Applications close: January 21, 2026 Learn more and apply Thank You for Giving Where You Live through WRGive Between September 24 and October 29, 2025, our community came together to support eight local projects through WRGive to help strengthen social infrastructure across Waterloo Region. We are pleased to announce that approximately $50,000 was raised during this pilot campaign.  We’re deeply grateful to everyone who donated—your generosity is helping build a region where everyone feels connected, supported, and like they belong. Read more about the pilot and the organizations it supported Recent press announcement November 13, 2025  Waterloo Region Community Foundation provides $237,000 to 26 local organizations through the Ontario Endowment for Children and Youth in Recreation Fund. Read more REMOVING BARRIERS: Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region makes summer camps accessible to all  Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region, which has been providing opportunities to individuals with disabilities for over four decades, has incorporated summer camp experiences into its range of services and programming for years. WRCF was proud to support their camp with funding through The Waterloo Region Record – Lyle S. Hallman Foundation Kids to Camp Fund. Read more TRANSFORMATIVE: Affordable housing project pushes forward with major assist from WRCF impact investment With the support of two impact investments from WRCF, Mike Maxwell and his brother, Peter, are working on their latest affordable housing project. The completed development will consist of four six-storey buildings with each building containing 60 apartments, for a total of 240 residential units, with 50% of the units at or below the median market rate. Read more Giving through WRCF means your impact stays local, is built to last, and comes with expert support every step of the way. Contact dan@wrcf.ca to learn about how we make it easy for people to do more good. Questions? Contact us at info@wrcf.ca or 519-725-1806 DONATE NOW Connect with us Copyright © 2025 Waterloo Region Community Foundation, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email as a subscriber to our e-communications. Our mailing address is: Waterloo Region Community Foundation 200-2 King Street West Kitchener, ON N2G 1A3 Canada Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.