In our first episode of the refreshed Vital Victoria podcast, our host Lucky Budd chats with Sarah Jesshope and Lynn Guengerich about the important role…
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Gadsden Initiative Member Marlena Salvador is Becoming Discreetly Loud About her Giving
Marlena Salvador’s first memory of giving was dropping change into a small orange Unicef box. Circulating each year around Halloween to raise funds, these iconic…
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Belfry Theatre Presents Inaugural Annamaria Bamji Award for Emerging Playwrights
On March 10, 2022 at the Belfry Theatre’s Directors Circle event, Artistic Director Michael Shamata and Dr. Perry Bamji presented Sarah Danielle Pitman with the inaugural…
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New $5000 Transition Awards for Adult Basic Education Students
VICTORIA – Students taking Adult Basic Education (ABE) courses at a public post-secondary institution who are planning to continue their education with post-secondary studies can…
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Victoria Foundation Community Grants Program now accepting applications
Victoria, B.C. – The Victoria Foundation is launching its 2022 Community Grants Program that provides funding for organizations in the Capital Region looking to create…
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Bridges for Women Society has been providing life changing services for over 30 years
Sarah D. is one of the amazing and inspirational graduates of the Bridges to Employment Program. Before joining Bridges, Sarah struggled with breaking free of…
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What is your legacy?
The New Oxford English Dictionary defines a legacy as an amount of money left in a will. However, the modern use of the term is…
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A letter from Victoria Foundation’s Board Chair, Rajiv Gandhi
For the better part of 86 years, the Victoria Foundation, hand in hand with local partners, has leveraged the unparalleled generosity of donors to better…
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Kindness Comes to Greater Victoria Right on Time
Victoria, BC – The message of Wednesday, Feb. 17’s Random Acts of Kindness Day is simple: do something nice for someone and ask nothing in…
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$80,000 Awarded for Adoption and Permanency Projects
VICTORIA, BC – The Adoption and Permanency Fund of BC has granted a total of $80,000 for four unique projects in support of adoption and…
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