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Road Rally Fundraiser 2023 for Canton Cares Fund

Road Rally Fundraiser 2023 for Canton Cares Fund

Fundraiser For The Canton Cares Fund Load up the car and solve the puzzles, riddles, and clues that will take you all around town!

All proceeds from the event will benefit the Canton Cares Fund, which assists Canton residents in need, including but not limited to, at-risk youth, seniors, those with disabilities, or individuals who are struggling after a natural disaster or significant personal loss. The Canton Cares Fund, part of the Canton Community Foundation since 2018, has distributed over $30,000 to those in need. Funds are raised exclusively from individual and business donations.

WHEN:  Saturday, May 20 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. 

WHERE: Start & Finish at the Summit on the Park 46000 Summit Parkway in Canton

REGISTRATION: $20 per person or $100 per car (5 or more players) Includes a pizza, salad, bread sticks dinner. Registration begins April 1 online at www.localimpactalliance.org

Register Here

 

CANTON OF THE FUTURE - SERVING CANTON RESIDENTS 24-HOUR APP-A-THON hosted by Canton Township

CANTON OF THE FUTURE - SERVING CANTON RESIDENTS 24-HOUR APP-A-THON hosted by Canton Township

CANTON OF THE FUTURE - SERVING CANTON RESIDENTS
24-HOUR APP-A-THON hosted by Canton Township
 
Come up with ideas on how Canton residents can be served. Come up with a presentation, app, website, idea that addresses a particular need of Canton’s citizens. You can envision how your suggestion would benefit their lives in the near future.
For example, can your project address water/air quality issues? Is there something that could help in a post-Covid world? In your write up or video, give us a clear, concise description of your vision. Happy Inventing!
 
YOU CAN CREATE:
App
Powerpoint on app description
Website creation or powerpoint presentation on website
Marketing campaigns
Presentation on other ways to serve residents
Define problem statement and how you will address it for entry
 
SCHEDULE
May 6
- 10 am: Arrive at app-a-thon and form teams by noon
- Noon: Kick off
May 7
- Noon: Judging - 5 minutes per team presenting their projects
- 1 pm: Final results
 
PRIZE CATEGORIES
--Overall Best
--To the Moon (most ambitious)
--Make It So (most realistic and immediately usable)
--Geeking Out (best technical innovations)
--Fan Favorite (voted by participants live during judging)
 
Final Presentation to the Board and community at a Board Meeting
 
Apply for APP-A-THON
Road Rally Fundraiser 2023 for Canton Cares Fund

Road Rally Fundraiser 2023 for Canton Cares Fund

Fundraiser For The Canton Cares Fund Load up the car and solve the puzzles, riddles, and clues that will take you all around town!

All proceeds from the event will benefit the Canton Cares Fund, which assists Canton residents in need, including but not limited to, at-risk youth, seniors, those with disabilities, or individuals who are struggling after a natural disaster or significant personal loss. The Canton Cares Fund, part of the Canton Community Foundation since 2018, has distributed over $30,000 to those in need. Funds are raised exclusively from individual and business donations.

WHEN:  Saturday, May 20 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. 

WHERE: Start & Finish at the Summit on the Park 46000 Summit Parkway in Canton

REGISTRATION: $20 per person or $100 per car (5 or more players) Includes a pizza, salad, bread sticks dinner. Registration begins April 1 online at www.localimpactalliance.org

Register Here

 

Healthy Youth & Healthy Senior Grant

Healthy Youth & Healthy Senior Grant

The Canton Community Foundation is dedicated to enriching the quality of life in Western Wayne County and beyond by providing grants to organizations that support our mission.

In 2000, as a result of a national tobacco settlement, Canton Community Foundation 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.

These organizations must be 501(c) public charities.

If you have questions with application process please contact Beth at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 734-495-1200.

Click here to fill out the application

Chili Cook Off!

Chili Cook Off!

Chili Cook Off!!
 
When the weather cools down and the campfire gets going, there’s no better comfort food than chili to warm your soul and make it a perfect night.
Every October, when autumn starts to chill our bones, break out the bread bowls and warm up with Chili.
 
Details
Date - 10-16-22
Time - 10:30 - 1:30 pm
Venue - Preservation Park
             550 N Ridge Rd
             Canton, MI 48187
 
This Fundraiser will support the Canton Cares Fund at Canton Community Foundation, part of Local Impact Alliance. It will support Canton community by providing financial assistance for disaster relief, therapeutic recreation, youth and senior programs.
 
Tickets are $10 for ages 13 and older and $5 for 12 and under. Tickets are available for purchase on site or by scanning the QR code or at link here
#GivingTuesday

#GivingTuesday

One of the best feelings in the world is giving. The positive energy is contagious.
With just one act of kindness, you can inspire others to go out and plant seeds of happiness through giving, too.
Your greatest gift is the ability to share your blessings; it’s what makes life meaningful.
 
Please GIVE generously on #GivingTuesday2021
Give the Gift of Comfort and Joy!

https://cantonfoundation.formstack.com/.../giving_tuesday...

Chili Cook Off for Canton Cares Fund

Chili Cook Off for Canton Cares Fund

October is National Chili Month.
 
When the weather cools down and the campfire gets going, there’s no better comfort food than chili to warm your soul and make it a perfect night. Every October, when autumn starts to chill our bones, break out the bread bowls and warm up with National Chili Month.

What better way to celebrate then to make it a fundraiser for our community.

This Fundraiser will support the Canton Cares Fund at Canton Community Foundation, which supports Canton community by providing financial assistance for disaster relief, therapeutic recreation, youth and senior programs.

Scan the bar code to purchase your tickets.

11th Annual Veterans' Summit

11th Annual Veterans' Summit

For the past 10 years, the Canton Community Foundation has partnered with Legal Help for Veterans to host our annual Veterans' Summit.  While the COVID crisis is preventing us from hosting an in-person event this year, we will not let it deter us from educating Michigan veterans and their care givers on the many changes in their benefits.  

Please join us for our 11th Annual Virtual Veterans' Summit, Tuesday, September 15, 2020  - 9-Noon.

While this is a free event, we ask that you register using the link below in order to receive the login information.

Thank you to our sponsors, Jack Demmer Ford and Community Financial Credit Union, for assisting us in offering this program to our military veterans.

 Click here to register.

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