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Happy New Year!

I have left District 6 logo on top to invite you to like our FB page and enjoy more articles that I share. I have also been sharing youth ideas on the gardenontario FB page. Hope you join them both and get some ideas you can use.
Catherine

No more Activity reports needed!
Seemed unnecessary as most of that info is in the year end report for your society.
That means more folks will be eligible for grants!

New Grants have been approved by exec and soon will be real!

Youth Help grant has been rejigged and more can apply! More details farther down newsletter.

*New classes with sponsors so more $ available, check out the schedule on gardenontario, under convention!

Police check policy for youth and vulnerable persons has been finalized so almost real! Long time in the works but so much had to get done in so many steps. Should be out for convention voting.

So much is so close to completion. We have not forgotten you, we have got so much support from the OHA directors/exec, Most just has to wait for convention voting and approval,

DON'T forget to update me if you have a change in email or persons who should be getting this newsletter!

GO ON GARDEN ONTARIO AND GET THIS FORM, Its under Resources then Grants (DON'T PRINT THIS ONE)
THIS LETS GROUPS WORKING WITH SCHOOLS, CLUBS, ANY SOCIETIES WORKING WITH YOUTH TO APPLY!

YOUTH HELP GRANT

Note: Please mail this report to:
Sharlene Desjardins
Awards Coordinator, Ontario Horticultural Association
P.O Box 2123, Deep River, ON K0J 1P0
Phone: 613-584-1748 Email: awards@gardenontario.org

This program was developed to provide financial support to societies/clubs who are working with youth. Any society/club, in Good Standing with the Ontario Horticultural Association, which is working with youth may apply for the grant. The grant may be used for programming, seeds, special events, supplies, youth start up, etc for the society/club applying for the grant.

Any society/club receiving a grant cannot apply the following year.

Part 1

To apply, fill out the following information and mail to the OHA Awards Coordinator starting January 1^st. The first 50 societies/clubs working with youth to apply will receive a grant of $75.00, provided the requirements for societies/clubs dealing with youth are complied with.

Society and District:_____________________________________________

Youth activity/location: __________________________________________

Leader: ______________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________________

Phone: _ Email: ____________

Purpose: Please give full details on how the money is to be used.
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

Part 2

Please return with receipts and comments on the results of the project to the
OHA Awards Coordinator (address above) by December 31, 2020.
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

N.B. Cheques will be made payable to the OHA Parent Society/Club for the purposes described above.

Dont forget to send any youth info to both myself, youth@gardenontario.org and to editor@gardenontaro.org for the Trillium.

Thanks Wilmot for spotting an old policy ruling. Parents do NOT have to be members of a society to have youth in clubs/activities.
YOUTH MUST have permission forms signed by parent/guardian to attend.
Will be updating the gardenontario web shortly.

I have a speaker/workshop happening at convention! Hope you can all come, we are doing a milkweed seed ball workshop, sharing youth ideas, hoping to do a few crafts. Its all happening in London this year so give Convention a try!

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