Volume 1 Issue 1

Fall 2018

Pedal Plane Project After receiving financial support from the Minnedosa & District Foundation and the Minnedosa AOTS, Tanner’s Crossing Students Riley Kruzer and Ethan Laliberte began an after-school project alongside their Principal, Mr. Sheppard. The goal over the winter of 2017-18 was to build a replica “Harvard” pedal plane and donate it to the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum near Brandon.

During the construction of the plane, the grade 6 students learned how to use a number of tools in the TCS woodworking shop, including the drill press, band saw, belt sander, and a number of hand tools. The project arrived as a kit, but all of the parts had to be hand finished, assembled, and painted. The students got the

Minnedosa & District Foundation

Board Members Chairperson: Bruce McNabb bmcnabb1957@gmail.com Secretary: Wilma Jones wjones.mdsa@gmail.com Treasurer: Jean Garbolinsky gjgarbo@mymts.net Members: Cheryl Johnson clmjohnson@mymts.net Gaylene Johnson gaylenejohnson@gmail.com Pat Skatch bpskatch@mymts.net Grant Spraggs grant@jordanag.ca Harvey Wedgewood hwmcu@mymts.net If you have any questions, please contact a member of the board.

Contact Information:

PO Box 1980 Minnedosa, MB R0J 1E0

E-mail: mdsadistrictfoundationinc@

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Our Financial Statement is On-line

To view the complete financial statements for 2018 please go to our website at: www.minnedosafoundation.com

The Minnedosa Collegiate Foundation (a Youth in Philanthropy project) is a group of grade 9-12 students from Minnedosa Collegiate plus representatives of MCI staff and the Minnedosa & District foundation. The students in our group say that they chose to join because connecting with their community and leaving a legacy for future generations is important to them. The group is planning to grant funds to projects close to their hearts and the wider community.

The Foundation was inspired by an ongoing partnership between the Thomas Sill Foundation and the Minnedosa & District Foundation. These two groups are providing the funds to award

Minnedosa Collegiate Foundation

Across Canada many community foundations are teaching young people about the charitable sector in their communities.

High school students are learning the methods and techniques used by foundations to support charitable activities.

In 2002, The Thomas Sill Foundation established the Youth-in-Philanthropy project for students in rural and northern Manitoba. It is a three-way partnership including the Thomas Sill Foundation, the local community foundation and the local high school.

Meet our Donors: The Thomas Sill Foundation The Youth Advisory Committees of the high schools each receive $3,500 annually for three years from the Foundation. These funds are deposited by the local foundation which entertains recommendations for grants to local charities from the students. A designated high school endowment is also established by the students. The local foundation provides supervision and agrees to fund the program for a subsequent three years.

The first phase, which concluded in 2013, included 24 high schools. In 2017, a second phase began bringing the total to 38 schools in 34 rural and northern communities in Manitoba including Minnedosa Collegiate Institute.

Information from thomassillfoundation.com

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Article and picture courtesy of the Minnedosa Tribune and James Sheppard Principal Tanner's Crossing School

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Foundation Grants awarded to our Community and District this year…

For the 2018/2019 year, the Minnedosa and District Foundation has distributed over $82,000 in grants to local organizations. The Grant recipients were: Beach Enhancement Committee $25,000.00 Diabetes Camp Program $1,000.00 Friends of Minnedosa Lake $1,000.00 MCI Student Leaders $750.00 MCI United Nations Assembly and Encounters with Canada $1,150.00 Minnedosa Agricultural Society $5,000.00 Minnedosa Centurians Special Olympics $500.00 Minnedosa Child Care Cooperative $10,000.00 Minnedosa District Museum & Heritage Village $2,650.00 Minnedosa EMS $5,000.00 Minnedosa Horticultural Society $500.00 Minnedosa Minor Baseball $4,000.00 Minnedosa Performing Arts Committee (Expressions) $1,000.00 Minnedosa Regional Archives $1,627.20 Minnedosa Regional Library $1,500.00 Minnedosa Senior Citizens Assoc. $1,500.00 Minnedosa Service to Seniors $1,840.00 Port in a Storm $2,000.00 Rockin’ The Fields $5,000.00 Rolling River Festival of the Arts $500.00

Scholarship: Dr. Khandelwal $500.00 Scholarship: In Memory of Indu Bala Khandelwal $500.00 Scholarship: Shawn Cooper $200.00 Scholarship: Verna Averill $2,000.00 South Mountain Refugee Sponsorship Committee $1,000.00 St Mark's Anglican Church $3,000.00 Tanners Crossing School Health promotion $1,000.00 Victoria Quilts Canada - Neepawa Chapter $1,000.00 United We Can $1,476.00 Total $82,193.20

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The Minnedosa & District Foundation continues to support the Rolling River Festival of the Arts on an annual basis. This worthwhile event showcases the talent in our area of the province. Since 1983 we have contributed $9,400 to help out with this.

Grant Award Highlights: Arts, Community Service, Recreation & Education

The Minnedosa Horticultural Society represented by Albert and Edith Parsons received a grant from the Foundation to assist in the purchase of a pair of bronze cranes to enhance the Ishii Garden area. It is worth a visit to this lovely serene garden space next to the Minnedosa Regional Library.

Youth soccer runs each year from April to June. The association maintains fields for teams to play on — two at Tanner’s Crossing School, one at Minnedosa Collegiate, one at Minnedosa Beach and a new one at the MREC site.

Camryn Veitch - Dr. A.S. Khandelwal Division Scholarship

Adam Stemmer - Verna Averill

Scholarship

Julia Usick - Scholarship In Memory of Indu Bala Khandelwal

Nolan Bailey - Shawn Cooper

Memorial Scholarship

Mark November 17, 2018 on your calendar for this year’s 24 Hour Giving challenge.

It’s Easy to Apply for a Grant discuss the allocation of community grants. Four areas are considered: arts, recreation, community services, and education. Grant applications are available online. Print off your completed grant application and mail it to the mailing address on the form or email to: mdsadistrictfoundationinc@gmail.com

The Minnedosa & District Foundation Inc. provides grants to deserving projects, groups, events, and people in the community. Donations received by the Foundation are invested within our community and

always go toward the well being of Minnedosa and surrounding area. This is the Foundation’s number one priority. Each October, the Foundation board meets to

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chance to work with both wood and metal components, with the plane held together with glue, wood dowels, and screws.

The students worked after school over several months, from unboxing the pieces to priming and painting the plane in its distinctive yellow hue. As a finishing touch, decals (created by Accent Striping in Brandon) were added which replicate the actual flying Harvard operated by the CATPM. Finally, on June 19, the

students turned over the finished plane to Stephen Hayter, executive director of the museum, in front of a number of volunteers and museum board members.

Hayter commented that the pedal plane “would be a key part of the interactive displays at the museum, and likely the most memorable part of the museum for the youngest visitors”. Sized for pilots aged 2-5, it will be stationed in the main hangar of the museum for children to pedal around while older visitors look at the static displays of aircraft. It joins a Tiger Moth pedal plane previously donated to the museum.

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to the previous years’ taxes. A major reduction in your taxable income, a possible avoidance of a capital gains tax, and a receipt of a tax credit may be obtained if contributions such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and shares are gifted directly to the foundation. Tax credits are issued for the value of the securities on the day they are sold. If your securities have appreciated in value, your tax savings may be more than the original cost of the securities. Life insurance is a popular and easy way to leave your community a

The Minnedosa & District Foundation Inc. suggests simple, flexible and effective choices for you to leave your legacy: A bequest in your Will, Life Insurance, Publicly Traded Securities, RRSP or RRIF or a cash donation can have an enormous impact. Making a bequest, can be as simple as inserting a few sentences into your Will. You are also free to alter your bequest at anytime. No one likes to pay taxes. Leaving a bequest can eliminate up to 100 per cent of tax on your estate. Any remaining tax credit can be applied

You don’t need deep pockets to make an impact legacy. You can transfer ownership of an existing policy, donate a new policy or donate the proceeds of the life insurance to us. A future gift of a registered retirement savings plan (RRSP) or income fund (RRIF) may also be made without sacrificing your retirement lifestyle. It is a great way to reduce taxation on any remaining assets in your funds. Please contact your Financial Advisor to discuss the best option for you.

grants for the first six years. The Minnedosa Collegiate Foundation will be growing the endowment fund through donations by contacting MCI alumni.

Last year the Minnedosa Collegiate

Foundation granted $1000 each to the Beach Enhancement Committee and the Minnedosa Youth Soccer Association. This year our group is planning to advertise in the month of April and have a deadline for applications on the first of May.

2017/2018 Members Austin Hall Emily Pearson Riley Barrett Rayna Topham Erik Barrett Danielle Brykaliuk Rachel Proven-Luhowy Arlene Demontigny Tanis Barrett Bruce McNabb Grant Spraggs Pat Skatch

2018/2019 Members Rayna Topham Jordyn Firby Erik Barrett Danielle Brykaliuk Torynn Dmytriw Rachel Proven-Luhowy Arlene Demontigny Bruce McNabb Gaylene Johnson Pat Skatch

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Why Donate to the Minnedosa & District Foundation?

For the future of our community!

The Minnedosa & District Foundation Inc. board loves our community and wants to see it thrive for years to come. To ensure that it does, the Foundation needs your help. Donors are the essence of the Foundation, and it needs your donations to help deserving community and area projects

and people.

If you too, are passionate about our community, donate to the Minnedosa & District Foundation Inc. today.

Did You Know... In 1974, Adam Crossley left $15,604.26 of his estate to serve the people of Minnedosa and district. The Crossley estate and a further $100.00 donation in memory of Maxine Stewart, established the Foundation as a local charity.

The Minnedosa Town Council appointed James Chipperfield, Ed Taylor, and Hazel Vellam to the first serving board of the Foundation.

Shortly after the Foundation’s inception in 1975, it created the first “In Memory” donation envelope, a version of which is still available today to make donations in loved one’s names. Local groups and people started taking interest in the money the Foundation was collecting, and that is how the Foundation began giving, what are now, annual grants.

In the next 30 years, as donations came in slowly, the Foundation tried to inform the people of Minnedosa & District of its role, while continuing to give annual grants to local projects and organizations to better the community.

In 2008, the Foundation sponsored the Minnedosa Homecoming Opening Ceremonies, and began a luncheon to recognize grant recipients each year. It also created annual/semi-annual newsletters, which are still published to date.

Since initial donations in memory of Maxine Stewart and Adam Crossley, the Foundation has relied on the citizens of Minnedosa and area to grow its funds. Historically citizens have made memorial donations, estate donations, and straight tax deductible donations to increase the Foundation’s assets. Today, the Foundation has a wide variety of donation options you can explore.

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Minnedosa & District Foundation Inc. PO Box 1980 Minnedosa, MB R0J 1E0

Our Mission The Minnedosa & District Foundation Inc. is committed to enhancing the quality of life for citizens of Minnedosa by promoting charitable, recreational, educational, and cultural endeavors through annual grants to community projects and organizations, and scholarships to promising students. The Foundation wants to encourage and inspire donors to give for the benefit of their community and to “leave a legacy for the future”.

Our Vision Leaving a legacy for the future.