30 Oct Sunshine Coast Wildlife Project Thank You
In 2020, the Sunshine Coast Foundation provided a grant to the Sunshine Coast Wildlife Project for wetlands restoration. See how this work is being carried out....
02 Oct Eleanor Thielke and David Cox Scholarship Fund
A Family Tribute to Education One of the newest endowments at the Foundation is the Eleanor Thielke and David Cox Scholarship Fund. The decision to set up a Scholarship Fund to enable high school students to attend University extends back a generation and represents the love...
29 Sep Schell Family Endowment
A Lasting Legacy for the Love of Reading Storytelling has been a tradition for generations of the Schell Family. Anne and Bill Schell shared their love of literature through weekly library visits, reading aloud and bedtime stories, and giving the gift of books on special occasions...
29 Sep Jack and Sheila Carlson Family Endowment
Serving Others with Humility and Grace Jack and Sheila Carls have had strong ties to the Sunshine Coast for many years. Sheila’s great aunt had property in Roberts Creek, and Sheila has spent time on the Coast since her birth. When Sheila met Jack and brought...
20 Sep Jonathan Mason Hird
A Legacy of Giving The Sunshine Coast Foundation is grateful to have received a final gift from long-time Gibsons’ resident, Jon Hird, as a bequest in his will. Jon was born in Australia in 1951, the youngest of three children. His parents were entrepreneurs in the hospitality...
30 Aug Sunshine Coast Hospice Society Thank You
In 2020 the Sunshine Coast Foundation provided a grant to the Hospice Society to support bereavement counselling. The Society provided this heartfelt video in thanks for the Foundation's support....
30 Oct Nicholas Sonntag Marine Education Centre Thank You
In 2019, the Sunshine Coast Foundation awarded a grant to the Nicholas Sonntag Marine Education Centre at the Gibsons Public Market. the Centre's staff made this lovely thank you video for the Foundation....
30 Sep RCMSAR Boat Ride
Sunshine Coast Foundation supports search and rescue operations on the Sunshine Coast. In fall 2019, Board members and staff of the Foundation were treated to a ride in a search and rescue vessel operated by the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue station in Halfmoon...
30 Aug BC Crisis Intervention Thank You
In 2019, Sunshine Coast Foundation provided a grant to the BC Crisis Centre to support suicide prevention programming on the Sunshine Coast. The Crisis Centre sent this lovely video to thank the Foundation for its support....