Community Museum Operating Grant, Ministry of Culture, Applied to museum operation
Canada Summer Jobs, Service Canada, 4 summer student positions
2009
Community Partnership Festival and Events, Municipality of Chatham Kent, Applied to 85th Homecoming Celebration
Community Partnership Mainstream, Municipality of Chatham Kent, Purchased 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 84rd 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 83rd Annual Homecoming Celebration
Community Partnership Festival and Events, Municipality of Chatham Kent, Applied to 83rd Annual Homecoming Celebration
Community Museum Operating Grant, Ministry of Culture, Applied to museum operation
Community Builders Grant, Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, Applied to relocating the Shadd Barn onto the museum site
Communities in Bloom, Municipality of Chatham Kent, Updated existing site landscaping with new shrubs and 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 82rd 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 81rd 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