News in Brief
Protecting Green Space
Hamilton Community Foundation
and the Head-of-the-Lake Land
Trust are jointly participating in
“Care for the Land You Love,” a
program that increases awareness
and grows endowments to help
safeguard protected green spaces.
Funds raised may be eligible for
matching funds from Community
Foundations of Canada. For more
information, contact Sheree
Forum
Meredith at 905-523-5600.
Fund
An Economic Outlook
HCF invited Armine Yalnizyan, an
Advances HCF’s
economist with the Canadian
A Leader’s Legacy
Centre for Policy Alternatives, to
Mission
speak to local charitable sector
A special “thank-you celebration” was held in
leaders about the current economy,
September for Carolyn Milne, who left her posi-
how it is similar and different
tion as HCF President and CEO after 14 years. In a tribute to her legacy as an
from previous recessions, the
outstanding leader, the Board established and announced the Carolyn A.
unique impact on Hamilton, and
Milne Leadership Forum Fund, a permanent endowment at HCF.
the potential opportunities or
Carolyn (second from left) is shown above admiring her tribute plaque with
strategies we might consider
well wishers (from left) Madina Wasuge, Mark Nimigan and Victoria Smith.
including learning from other
jurisdictions. You can watch her
The Forum will be an annual educational event on leading-edge topics,
full presentation on HCF’s website
“consistent with the values and mission of the Foundation,” Board chair
at http://www.hcf.on.ca/resources_
Sandra Stephenson told the audience.
leadershipfortoughtimes.shtml.
In her final address, Carolyn talked about achieving goals together and how
donors – an extraordinary group of people – make it all possible. “We can
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count on the Foundation to continue to be a great champion for Hamilton Updates
and an innovator as a community builder,” she said.
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See photos and Carolyn’s speech on “Five things I’ve learned about
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