BeCause Radio

In the first episode of our Foundation Focus series, we chronicle the history of The Winnipeg Foundation in the 1920s, along with a short feature about The Widow's Mite, and an interesting fact about one of The Foundation's first advisory board members.

This story was informed by research done by Dr. Gordon Goldsborough, which appeared in The Foundation’s 90th anniversary publication.

For a print version of this story, visit https://www.wpgfdn.org/1920s/reimagining-philanthropy-in-canada/

The first episode of our Way Back Winnipeg series, written by Jim Blanchard, focuses on Winnipeg in the 1920s.

For a print version of this story, visit https://www.wpgfdn.org/1920s/rebuilding-from-great-war-on-the-cusp-of-the-great-depression/

Westland Foundation is an organization that empowers inner-Winnipeg youth through post-secondary education. Because of the pandemic, Westland did not hold its annual Fundraising Breakfast this year. Instead, it is raising support in a different way.

Westland recently released a video featuring community and business leader Dayna Spiring that challenges the community to join in helping deserving students. With every share of the video, Westland's Founder and President John Prystanski, along with Director, donor and volunteer Walter Silicz, will donate a dollar, up to a combined donation of $10,000, to Westland's Education Fund. BeCause Radio spoke with John and Walter to learn more.

This week's Winnipeg Impact Maker, the Visions of Sugarplums Pyjama Project, delivers pyjamas to children this holiday season.

The Canadian Centre for Women's Empowerment is a national organization providing resources and programs to support survivors of domestic violence and help them recover from economic abuse, along with raising awareness and advocacy for economic justice. With November 26 being Economic Abuse Awareness Day, CCFWE is working to raise awareness of economic abuse through its #HelpUsRise campaign. 

BeCause Radio spoke with Meseret Haileyesus, Founder and CEO of the Canadian Centre for Women's Empowerment, to learn more.

This week's Winnipeg Impact Maker, Fukumoto Fitness, is the winner of the Outstanding Corporation Award at the 2020 Manitoba Philanthropy Awards. Learn more about how their fundraising initiatives help our community and the world.

This week (November 9-15, 2020) is the Endow Manitoba Giving Challenge. For every $5 gift made to a Manitoba community foundation's unrestricted fund, The Winnipeg Foundation and the Manitoba government will each add $1, stretching gifts even further.

BeCause Radio spoke with Lynda Lambert, Executive Director of the Morden Area Foundation and Community Foundations Coordinator for the South-Central Region of Manitoba with The Winnipeg Foundation's Endow Manitoba initiative, to learn more about this year's Giving Challenge, as well as how community foundations in Manitoba's South-Central Region are participating this year.

For more information about the Endow Manitoba Giving Challenge, or to make a gift to your hometown community foundation, visit endowmb.org.

Since 1991, SSCOPE, which stands for Self-Starting Creative Opportunities for People in Employment, has been helping to create employment opportunities for people living with mental illness through a variety of social enterprises.

The services SSCOPE provides are about more than just employment - SSCOPE's additional resources and supports help participants build self-esteem and a sense of community. 

BeCause Radio spoke with Angela McCaughan, SSCOPE's Executive Director, to learn more:

The Manitoba Council for International Cooperation is inviting everyone to discuss the UN's Sustainable Development Goals in their Walk the Talk brainstorm series. The series provides participants with an opportunity to engage and share ideas on sustainability and global development.

The next one takes place virtually on Tuesday, October 27 at 7pm, and several of the topics this month focus on SDG 5, Gender Equality, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and in the future.

BeCause Radio spoke with Laura Wiebe, Sustainability Specialist at MCIC, to learn more.

As a non-profit community radio station, CJNU relies on support from its listeners to bring its community programming to the airwaves. Throughout the weekend, CJNU is hosting its annual Pledge Drive, with special programming and a chance for people to win prizes for pledges made during the drive. 

BeCause Radio spoke with Adam Glynn, CJNU's Station Manager, to learn more about the station and about this year's Pledge Weekend: