Quadra Island’s 3-month-long beach clean-up finished over the weekend.
“Once a week, usually on Wednesdays, we would go on a remote beach hike, to different areas on Quadra that were hard to access. We had to go hiking for maybe an hour or so to some of these places and then collect and leave debris, and then we’d have to return by boat another day,” explained Nevil Hand, who organized the campaign.
Continue reading Quadra Island’s ‘Dream Team Beach Clean-up’
The 2023 MicroGrants 4 Neighbours program is focusing on projects that promote youth empowerment, but also encourages any other projects to apply.
Successful applicants will receive grants of between $50 to $500 and do not have to return any unused funds.
Continue reading Empowering the Cortes Island community through Microgrants
The Cortes Foundation just signed an MOU, which opens the way for it to receive $100,000 in funding for Cortes Island charities and nonprofits.
In today’s interview Mark Spevakow, Chair of the Cortes Island CommunityFoundation, and Executive Director Manda Aufochs Gillespie explain how this will work.
Continue reading Cortes Foundation obtains $100,000 grant for Cortes charities and nonprofitsIn addition to being given charitable status, the Cortes Island Community Foundation developed some important relationships.
“We recently were just accepted as a member into the Community Foundations of Canada and that’s also like a really big step for us,” explained Vice President/Treasurer Mark Spevakow.
Continue reading Building special relationships: the Cortes FoundationChair Michael Mascall gave Cortes Currents an overview of how the Quadra Island Foundation came into being, and what it achieved during the year since it applied for charitable status.
Continue reading The Quadra Island Foundation’s First Year
