MEDIA & TESTIMONIALS

 

“Your donation provided essential life-giving support to children in our community.” 

-  NorWest Co-op Community Food Centre

 

“Thank you so much for sharing our vision of community engagement and healthy food served with dignity and joy.”

-  NorWest Co-op Community Food Centre

 

“Thank you for your central role in advancing access to justice for Indigenous Nations.”

 - R.A.V.E.N.

 

“Thank you for sustaining vital citizen science.”

-Lake Winnipeg Foundation

 

“Thank you for meeting with me . . . I appreciated learning about your history with [our] organization and appreciated the opportunity to share about the important work that we do and the changes we have undertaken in the last few years.”

-Heartwood Healing Centre

 

“The Life and Art Center is greatly appreciative of the outpouring of support we have gathered towards our greenspace project. We are forever grateful for the generous donation from the Blennerhassett Foundation towards this space.”

-Roblin Life and Art Centre

 

“We are thankful to you for joining us for our ribbon cutting ceremony. Your encouragement and enthusiasm mean the world, and we look forward to continuing this journey together.” 

-Splash Early Learning Centre

 

"Thank you for your support of and interest in our Rescue Food program! We were so impressed by how engaged and thoughtful you were when you visited our warehouse, and we really feel like we’ve made some lovely new friends who will advocate for the value of food rescue as part of a sustainable food system in Winnipeg."

-Leftovers Foundation

 

“I would like to express our deep appreciation for the support the Blennerhassett Family Foundation has given to our Stride Program.  I was delighted to meet part of the family when Gaelene and I met with you a few months back.  Please extend our hearfelt appreciation to all members of your Foundation.  It is truly inspiring to have people like yourself help us to continue operating what we feel is an invaluable program that sheds the light of hope into our world.”

- Initiatives for a Just Community "STRIDE" program for Women in Prison

 

“Your commitment to Esther House gave us the courage to believe in our dreams

and to move forward”.

- Esther House

 

“I am so proud to receive money from such a respectful group. You are a foundation committed to justice, tenderness and peace”.

- Holy Names House of Peace

 

“Your willingness to take the time to explain your deliberations, to convey the board’s appreciation of our musician’s work, and to renew your support of our modest efforts was really touching”.

-Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

 

“That you, your daughter, and your charming grandson came in for a visit, to talk about our real situation, was an experience that I have never had before, and I was truly humbled. Rather than see Sunshine House as a goofy experiment, you were open enough to consider the immediate needs of the organization and champion our request through your own allocation process”.

-Sunshine House