may court club partners 2017  

Over $40,000 was raised during the May Court Club of St. Catharines' 2017-2018 year. The money raised through fundraisers and donations is always redirected to organizations in the greater St. Catharines region serving women and children. Each year, organizations apply for grants to help achieve specific goals or projects, and in April 2018 the membership selected twenty-three causes to receive grants this year, ranging from $500 to $5,500. The recipients were:

Big Brothers Big Sisters

Canadian Mental Health Assoc.

Community Breakfast - St. George's

Community Care - Savory Samples

Education Foundation of Niagara

Family & Children's Services

Food4Kids Niagara

Gillian's Place

Kristen French Child Advocacy Centre

Linhaven

Mainstream

Niagara Children's Centre

Niagara Health - One Foundation

Niagara Nutritional Partners

Niagara Region Sexual Assault Centre

Niagara Symphony Camp

Pathstone Mental Health

Start Me Up Niagara

Strive Niagara

The RAFT

SOME PROJECTS MCCSC FUNDS HAVE SUPPORTED IN RECENT YEARS

In 2017 MCC was proud to be a bronze sponsor of Bethlehem Housing and Support Centre's new Naturalized Family Park

Following the arrival of Syrian refugees in 2016 MCCSC funded the purchase of bi-lingual and ESL books for children visiting the Settlement Centre in St. Catharines

In 2018 MCC again helped fund the mental health walk-in counselling centre in St. Catharines