The Wright Family Fund, a family legacy fund administered by the Community Foundation of Kawartha Lakes, has donated $7,500 to A Place Called Home in Lindsay.
A Place Called Home supports homeless men, women, and families with children in the City of Kawartha Lakes and County of Haliburton. This past summer, the charitable non-profit organization completed construction on a new emergency shelter at 64 Lindsay Street South.
The donation from the Wright Family Fund will support the shelter and it services as well as A Place Called Home’s outreach program, which provides assistance to past shelter clients as well as those in the community at risk of homelessness.
On September 1, Glen Wright attended the presentation of the $7,500 cheque to A Place Called Home at its new emergency shelter.
“The importance of giving back to your home community is something Glen Wright learned from his parent,” reads a media release from the Community Foundation of Kawartha Lakes. “Glen’s father grew up in Janetville eventually settling in Bethany after the war, where he became the barber and volunteer firefighter, and his mother taught at a two-room school. A family cottage was built on Four Mile Lake near Burnt River in the 1950s. Reconnecting to the fond memories of life at the cottage, Glen bought his own family cottage on the same lake 30 years later.”
Since it was established, the Wright Family Fund has supported initiatives to improve the communities of Kawarthas Lakes, including The Grove Theatre in Fenelon Falls, the Summit Wellness Centre in Coboconk, and the Community Foundation of Kawartha Lakes Opportunities Fund.
For more information about the Community Foundation and its philanthropy, visit www.kawarthafoundation.ca.
