{"id":397150,"date":"2020-12-10T07:33:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T12:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=397150"},"modified":"2020-12-10T07:33:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T12:33:10","slug":"green-shield-canada-expands-partnership-with-community-foundations-to-improve-access-to-mental-and-oral-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/green-shield-canada-expands-partnership-with-community-foundations-to-improve-access-to-mental-and-oral-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Shield Canada expands partnership with Community Foundations to improve access to mental and oral health care"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nNew partnerships will support communities dealing with the fallout from COVID-19
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TORONTO, Dec. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As the next step in its fast-evolving social impact journey, Green Shield Canada (GSC) is pleased to announce $4 million of funding to six new Community Foundation partnerships. These new partnerships \u2013 with Kitchener Waterloo Community Foundation, Ottawa Community Foundation, Foundation of Greater Montreal, Toronto Foundation, Fondation Quebec Philanthrope, and Haida Gwaii Community Foundation \u2013 double GSC\u2019s network across Canada to 12 Community Foundations and a total of $10 million of funding.<\/p>\n

As with the $6 million that GSC invested in six Community Foundations in 2018 to celebrate the organization\u2019s 60-year history of social impact and charitable giving, this latest funding will be primarily directed to community programs aimed at improving access to oral and mental health care \u2013 the two core focus areas of GSC\u2019s Social Impact Program. GSC and Community Foundations will now also consider the impact of COVID-19 and look to bring an equity lens to the granting process.<\/p>\n

GSC\u2019s support delivered through Community Foundations has already made a positive impact in the lives of over 15,000 Canadians.<\/p>\n

And in recognition of Sherry Peister, GSC\u2019s recently retired Chair of its Board of Directors who lives in Waterloo Region, the $500,000 grant to Kitchener Waterloo Community Foundation is being made in Sherry\u2019s name. This grant is inclusive of a $200,000 permanent endowment fund that will be named the GSC Sherry Peister Community Impact Fund.<\/p>\n

Last, as part of its ongoing efforts to help build more equitable and inclusive communities, GSC is making contributions totaling over $200,000 to address the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on specific segments of the population, and tackle broader gender equality and racial justice issues, including three national funds:<\/p>\n