Our Grant Recipients in Canada
Our vision is to excel at creating impact for projects and programs in Israel and Canada. We strive to be recognized as leaders and innovators by our supporters and beneficiaries, while also empowering our volunteers with leadership opportunities.
CHW also supports many different organizations in Canada, and CHW supporters from coast to coast participate in these charitable activities.
In 2022, CHW hosted 50+ fundraising events in support of at-risk women and children. In Canada, we supported 220+ local Canadian youth through leadership programs, counselling services, experimental learning programs, mental healthcare, and scholarships/bursaries for post-secondary education.
By supporting CHW, you are ensuring local programs can thrive. With Centres across Canada, there are many ways for you to support those in need right here at home:
National CHW Projects Across Canada
Franny’s Fund
In January 2021, Rebecca Snukal (B.A., LL.B. KC.) founded Franny’s Fund to provide help for parents and families in need of an urgent response, who are unable to access critical services.
In partnership with Franny’s Fund, administered through the Canadian justice system, at-risk women and children across the country have access to the necessary support for legal counsel or therapeutic counselling services.
Franny’s Fund is now supported across Canada through centres in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal.
Canadian Young Judaea (CYJ)
Each year, CHW provides funding to CANADIAN YOUNG JUDAEA summer camps in Canada, which aim to strengthen young members’ Jewish identity and principles. CHW is honoured to have grown alongside such a wonderful organization, and enjoys serving children and youth in Canada and Israel together.
Founded in 1917, Canadian Young Judaea (CYJ) is Canada’s largest Jewish youth movement with active centres from Vancouver to Halifax. Its ideology is pluralistic and apolitical. CYJ’s aim is to strengthen its young members Jewish identity with an emphasis on the centrality of Israel. Canadian Young Judaea offers a wide range of year round and summer programs across the country and is affiliated with six camps, which are:
Camp Shalom, Gravenhurst, ON
Camp Solelim, Sudbury, ON
Camp Kinneret, Mont Tremblant, PQ
Camp Biluim Canada, Mont Tremblant, PQ
Camp Hatikvah, Kelowna, BC
Camp Kadimah, Nova Scotia
JOLT
CHW supports the JOLT PROGRAM AT CYJ. JOLT, or Jewish Outreach Leadership Training, is CYJ’s flagship program for youth tikkun olam, or community outreach. Participants in the program receive a minimum of 20 hours of community service and have the opportunity to engage in active, social causes and receive hands-on experience volunteering in the community. The main educational objectives of the JOLT programs are: leadership, tikkun olam, development of Jewish identity, and developing ties to their kvutza/community. CHW is proud to be connected with CYJ and helping to make a difference in the lives of so many young adults.
Machane Lev and Lev in the City
CHW proudly sponsors a one-week, Jewish overnight camp
for children and youth who are LGBTQ2+ or come from LGBTQ2+ families/communities.
CHW Calgary Centre
Toy Drive
For over 20 years, CHW Calgary Centre has held a toy drive in time for the holidays. Gifts of toys, movie passes, and gift cards are given to JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE CALGARY (JFSC) and the ALBERTA CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL (ACH) for distribution to families in need. This mitzvah project supports the local community and reflects CHW’s values of investing in education, healthcare, and social services. This year’s 24th Annual Toy Drive is also in support of Franny’s Fund and the CHW End of Year Campaign.
Scholarships
CHW Calgary Centre also supports an annual scholarship at ALBERTA UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS (AUArts). Scholarships are application based, and students must submit a statement demonstrating your volunteerism and/or leadership. Preference is given to those within the Jewish community. The AUArts scholarships have been awarded since 1989.
The Calgary Centre Canadian Hadassah-WIZO Scholarship Endowment at MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY is awarded to a full-time student who will be enrolled in the second or third year of the Bachelor of Business Administration program with a minor in Social Innovation and Nonprofit Studies. Selection based on academic achievement.
CHW Edmonton Centre
Terry Horwitz Memorial Award
Since 2009, CHW Edmonton Centre has proudly sponsored the Terry Horwitz Memorial Bursary. The Bursary celebrates Terry’s life and honours her work with children in the early learning years. The $1,000 annual bursary is awarded to full-time, second-year students enrolled in the Bachelor of Early Childhood and Curriculum Studies program at MacEwan University in Edmonton. Students must demonstrate volunteerism or show leadership in the Jewish community. Terry Horwitzz”l graduated from the program in 2004.
The CHW Award
The CHW (Canadian Hadassah-WIZO) Award in Jewish Studies at the University of Alberta is awarded to two students with satisfactory academic standing in any year of a Bachelor of Arts. Selection based on academic standing and completion of at least one Jewish studies course in the previous academic year.
CHW Ottawa Centre
Maureen O’Neil Award in Women’s Studies
Offered through Carleton University, this award was endowed in 1985 by CHW in honour of Maureen O’Neil, Coordinator, Status of Women Canada. It is awarded annually by the Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs to outstanding graduate students entering or continuing in any graduate program at Carleton University whose academic work is focused on the area of women’s studies. Recipients will be chosen by the awards committee of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs from a list of candidates recommended by each department.
Contact us
CHW (Canadian Hadassah-WIZO)
638A Sheppard Ave W, Suite 209
Toronto ON M3H 2S1 Canada
Tel: 416-477-5964
Toll-free: 1 (855) 477-5964
Fax: 416-477-5965
E-mail: [email protected]
CRN: 13550 6483 RR0001
“The children are so adorable! This has been such a fun and great experience!”
Pre-COVID, CYJ Biluim participants from across Canada visited CHW Daycares in Israel. In 2019, participants volunteered at the CHW Clara Balinsky (Montreal) Daycare Centre.
