Ontario Trillium Foundation recognizes projects’ outstanding impact

The Ontario Trillium Foundation today announced that FoodShare Toronto, Jumblies Studio, and Youth At Risk are finalists for the prestigious 2012 Great Grants Awards. The awards recognize Ontario organizations that have demonstrated exceptional results, innovation and a lasting impact on the communities they serve.

The three not-for-profit organizations have been selected as finalists in the environment, arts and culture, and sport and recreation categories respectively. A total of eight 2012 Great Grants Awards recipients will be recognized in the presence of Hon. Michael Chan, Ontario Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, at a ceremony in Toronto on March 23.

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Last Saturday, Scarborough community members travelled over to Etobicoke for the second week in a row to rehearse for the MABELLEarts event, The Tethered Heart, on Feb. 18th. There they joined community members and artists from Mabelle, Arts4All and Making Room (Parkdale). Those who performed together in Like An Old Tale were happy to be reunited and new friendships were made. These photos were taken at Montgomery’s Inn by Beth and Keith.

Do you like to play Poker? Or have you always wanted to give it a friendly try? AND would you like to support a good cause while doing so?

This year the Algonquin Island Association Fundraising Poker Tournament is generously turning its attention on more a more local issue in desparate need of funding, the arts! Two valued theatre troops that do work in our community and that vast urban space across the harbour, Shadowland & Jumblies need our support. Funds raised by the tournament will be split equally between the two, and will be used:

by Jumblies to bring Scarborough youth, including newcomers who have never been up North before, to Nipissing First Nation for a cultural and art exchange visit this March Break, and by Shadowland to keeps its Youth Theatre Program (for which they recently lost long-standing City funding) going on the Island.

Location: Algonquin Island Association (Toronto Islands)
Game: Texas Holdem
Pre-Tourney Poker: 3pm. Come out early for a few games of Holdem if you desire.
Registration Starts: 6pm
Food and Bar: Provided by AIA at a nominal fee.
Tournament Starts: 6:30 pm (though you can buy-in until 8:30 pm). Tournament starts sharply at 6:30 to ensure city people have no problems catching last boat.
Beginner Table Instructions: Texas Holdem is a very easy game, if you’re not confident enough to play at the regular table, try the beginner table. Instructions at 6pm.
Cost: Regular Tables $30 Buyin ($20 prize pool, $10 charity), Rebuys until 8:30 $20, ($10 prize pool, $10 charity); Beginner Tables $25 Buyin ($15 prize pool, $10 charity), Rebuys until 8:30 $20, ($10 prize pool, $10 charity)

Brought to you by assorted members of the Toronto Island Poker Club: Glen Newbury, Stephen Cooper, Roger Abbott, and many others. Hope you can come! Please tell your friends! For more info, ferry times etc. contact gmstepcoop@gmail.com.
youth from Scarborough & Nipissing perform together in Jumblies’ Like An Old Tale, 2011, Photo: Katherine Fleitas

Jumblies is proud to be taking our Arts For All Essentials workshop on the road again – this time to Regina, in partnership with Common Weal Community Arts. It will take place in September (dates TBA). As part of the development and outreach process, Common Weal Southern Artistic Director, Gerry Reucker, took part in the Toronto Arts For All Essentials in February, and Ruth Howard is travelling to Regina in March for Common Weal’s  State of the Art community arts symposium. Anyone in that part of the world would be very welcome to register and join in. To read more about the symposium, click below:

Symposium Flyer