February 22, 2020 Catherine Wilson Foundation 2 Ferry Dock Hill Sarnia, Ontario N7T NL8Dear Catherine Wilson Foundation, My name is Emily Van Ewyk and I am honoured to be one of this past year’s recipients of the Catherine Wilson Award. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your generosity in funding this scholarship. Because of your investment, I will be able to pursue my academic career in the upcoming years. I have recently returned from a...
Bill Chong remembers the first day he met Catherine “Ma” Wilson. The retired owner of Haines Printing was in his first week of Grade Nine when the teacher hauled him by the ear to the front of her class. She dropped him in the front row, near her desk, evicting the student who’d claimed the spot. “I didn’t know her but she knew me,” said Chong, 59.
“This must be Ma.” Unbeknownst to Chong, Wilson was already a friend of...
March 5, 2020 | Comments: 0
The Art program and Music classes have been going well, thanks to the support from the CWF – cannot thank you enough! We did get involved this year with the Haines Printing cards to the troops this year. Honoured to have had four artists cards chosen to be sent to the troops! Out of this, our artists produced many lovely cards, that we have been doing a Christmas card fundraiser. I will also send some pictures of the Christmas cards that we...
April 20, 2017 | Comments: 0
It all started with a wish, a dream, a lot of hope and then it happened!
For over 27 years, CCMF families and volunteers have worked tirelessly to raise funds to operate our organization. We are committed to help enrich the lives of the medically fragile in Sarnia-Lambton.
This past January of 2016, CCMF was awarded a gift from the 100 Women Who Care Sarnia-Lambton group. These monies allowed us to renovate and refurbish our respite room at Standing Oaks, making this...
February 1, 2015 | Comments: 0
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Trustees at the Lambton Kent District School Board have unanimously approved a request from SCITS to name the school’s library after the late Catherine Wilson. Trustees James Townsend and Paul Millman were taught by Wilson, an English teacher at the school. The Catherine Wilson Foundation donated $30,000 earlier this year for use in scholarships, buses for athletics and library
December 2, 2014 | Comments: 0
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