18 Local Youth Initiatives nominated for People's Choice Award of the Ontario Trillium Foundation

Online voting starts today

TORONTO, Feb. 13, 2012 /CNW/ -

NEWS

Voting starts today to choose a youth-focused initiative as the People's Choice Award of the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Eighteen local initiatives involving youth have been selected from among hundreds of recent OTF grants for their effectiveness and the impact on the youth served.

Anyone can vote February 13 through 29. Go to http://peopleschoice.projects.fm/home .
To decide your vote, view the videos, photos and impact stories posted by these young community builders. Vote up to five times per hour now through February 29.

All initiatives were led by or serve youth ages 13 to 18, and were selected in November by more than 300 OTF grant review team volunteers. The People's Choice Award is a new addition to the Foundation's prestigious Great Grants Awards, to be presented March 23, 2012, in Toronto. The nominee garnering the most votes will receive a day of strategic consulting, courtesy of Deloitte.

And the nominees for the Ontario Trillium Foundation People's Choice Award are:

Community	Youth Initiative
Sudbury	Sampo Rhythmic Gymnastics Club
Huntsville	2010 Ontario Winter Youth Games c/oTown of Huntsville
Hawkesbury	100% Actif
Bancroft	Celebrate Youth Movement c/o North Hastings Community Integration Association
Brantford, Caledonia, Six Nations	The Ally Stories Collaborative c/o Community Builders Youth Leadership
Waterloo	Sustainable Waterloo
Hamilton	Golden Horseshoe Orienteering
Niagara	TALK - Teams of Adults Listening to Kids c/o Niagara Pride Support Services
Stratford	Choices for Change
Blenheim, Chatham	Blenheim Youth Centre
Ingersoll	Fusion Youth Centre
Burlington	Burlington Green Youth Network
Alliston	Blue Frog Youth Enterprise c/o South Simcoe Community Information Centre
Peterborough	John Howard Society of Peterborough: Successful Achievement for Fundamentals of Employment (SAFE) program
North York	Big Day Out Collaborative c/o World Literacy of Canada
Sault Ste. Marie	Prototlaunch c/o Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre
Thunder Bay	Community Arts and Heritage Education Project
Iskatewizaagegan # 39	Environmental Leadership Program c/o Junior Chief and Council of Iskatewizaagegan # 39 The Iskatewizaagegan # 39 Band Council

QUOTES

"It's amazing to see the impact these projects have had, and the videos and pictures posted on The People's Choice Award site tell the stories. We're excited to see the wide variety of projects and the tremendous changes these youths are having on their communities."

-	Sandra Cruickshanks
	Director of Communications and Public Affairs, Ontario Trillium Foundation

ABOUT THE ONTARIO TRILLIUM FOUNDATION
A leading grantmaker in Canada, the Ontario Trillium Foundation strengthens the capacity of the voluntary sector through investments in community-based initiatives. An agency of the Government of Ontario, OTF builds healthy and vibrant communities.

LEARN MORE

• Learn more about the nominees' work with local youth.
• Learn more about the Ontario Trillium foundation Great Grant Awards
• Learn more about the Ontario Trillium Foundation
• Follow L. Robin Cardozo on Twitter

 

For further information:

Contact:
Alexis Mantell 1.800.263.2887 ext. 218
[email protected]