GOVERNMENT GRANTS

Ongoing grant applications

2010

Cultural Strategic Investment Fund, Ministry of Culture

Museum Assistance Program, Ministry of Culture

Canada Summer Jobs, Service Canada

Building Communities Through Heritage, Government of Canada

Grants completed by the Buxton Historical Society

2009

Community Partnership Festival and Events, Municipality of Chatham Kent

• Applied to 85th Homecoming Celebration

Community Partnership Mainstream, Municipality of Chatham Kent

• Purchase wobblelights for the Homecoming Celebration

Building Communities Through Heritage, Government of Canada

• Applied to 85th Homecoming Celebration

Community Museum Operating Grant, Ministry of Culture

• Applied to museum operation

Canada Summer Jobs, Service Canada

• 4 summer student positions

Summer Experience Program, Ministry of  Citizenship and Immigration

• 1 summer student position

Ministry of Training Colleges & Universities, Service Canada

• 6 grant employees
• Restoration of the Shadd Barn
• Exhibits - saw mill & forge

2008

Canada Summer Jobs, Service Canada

• 3 summer student jobs

Community Partnership Festival and Events, Municipality of Chatham Kent

• Applied to 84^rd Annual Homecoming Celebration

Community Museum Operating Grant, Ministry of Culture

• Applied to museum operation

2007

Ministry of Training Colleges & Universities, Service Canada

• 7 grant employees, 1 year
• Produced Heritage Cookbook
• Preserved local history with digital interviews
• Landscaping, furniture restoration
• Updated museum collection records
• Marketing

Celebrate Ontario, Ministry of Tourism

• Applied toward 83^rd Annual Homecoming Celebration

Community Partnership Festival and Events, Municipality of Chatham Kent

• Applied to 83^rd Annual Homecoming Celebration

Community Museum Operating Grant, Ministry of Culture

• Applied to museum operation

Community Builders Grant, Ministry of  Citizenship and Immigration

• Applied toward relocating the Shadd Barn onto the museum site

Communities in Bloom, Municipality of Chatham Kent

• Updated existing site landscaping with new shrubs and added new gardens

Canada Summer Jobs, Service Canada

• 2 summer student jobs

2006

Community Builders Grant, Ministry of  Citizenship and Immigration

• Created a reproduction of the Buxton Liberty Bell

Community Museum Operating Grant, Ministry of Culture

• Applied to museum operation

Community Partnership Festival and Events, Municipality of Chatham Kent

• Applied to 82^rd Annual Homecoming Celebration

 Canada Summer Jobs, Service Canada

• 3 summer student jobs

2005

Human Resources Skills & Development Canada, Service Canada

• 3 grant employees, 1 year (August)
• Produced educational program:  Follow The Underground Railroad
• Produced educational program:  Drama in the Buxton School House
• Preserved local history with digital interviews

Human Resources Skills & Development Canada, Service Canada

• 5 grant employees, 1 year (May)
• Produced educational program:  Day in an Early African Canadian Settlement
• Restored Colbert – Henderson Cabin on the museum site
• Built storage cabinets in the museum offices
• Updates in the washroom facilities

The Ontario Trillium Foundation (2 year)

• 2 grant employees
• Assisted with the restoration of the Colbert -Henderson cabin
• School program marketing initiatives
• Integrate cabin history into existing school program lessons

Community Museum Operating Grant, Ministry of Culture

• Applied to museum operation

Community Partnership Festival and Events, Municipality of Chatham Kent

• Applied to 81^rd Annual Homecoming Celebration

Canada Summer Jobs, Service Canada

• 3 summer student jobs

2004

Human Resources Skills & Development Canada, Service Canada

• 6 grant employees, 1 year (February)
• Produced educational program:  Voices of Freedom
• Created a database of Buxton settlers and descendants (in cooperation with York University)
• Refurbish the SS #13 School House (on site)
• Update cassette interviews to digital recordings (when possible)
• Clean museum storage facilities and make repairs as necessary

Community Museum Operating Grant, Ministry of Culture

• Applied to museum operation

Canada Summer Jobs, Service Canada

• 4 summer student jobs

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website created July 2008; updated April 2010; by Lori Gardner