Thread by @AwesomeKingston

And now for some good news: the Awesome Foundation, made up of chapters all around the world, has officially given out over $5 MILLION in grants to over 5,000 local people, organizations, and initiatives! #Awesome5Million #ygk

Who or what is the Awesome Foundation? We like to describe our microgrants as funding for the unfundable. But everyone is eligible! awesomefoundation.org/en

And we've had our own chapter right here in #ygk since 2011, giving out $1,000 microgrants one month at a time! Here's a throwback to our very first winner, Tympani Time!

Here are a few examples of the projects that have been funded over the years:
Farmer to Farmer Forum
Synchro-Cycle
26 Shorts
Eat It To Beat It
Pay It Forward Starter Kits
Kingston City Breakers
@WAFFLESRobotics
Toys For Kids
Chalkboard Forum
Puppet March

The Smile Team
@theclairecloset
Food Cents Cook Books (@EnactusSLC)
@DobbyProject
Operation Red Nose
KMS Outreach Kits
Healing Through Music
If Wishes Were Dresses
Furnishing Families
Odessa Pony Club
On The Wall
Rhythm and Spirit

Limestone Juggling Festival
Lunch By George
@happysoulproj
@FroidArtKTown
Soccer To The Max
Robot Olympics
Kingston Stilters
Barbara Ave Canada Day Street Party 🇨🇦
Made In

Flags of Remembrance
Yoga Foe Trauma
Tim's For Turnaways
Kingston 2 Kingston
Community Harvest Kingston
Little Shop of Horrors
Adventure Gear Stash
Drop In Theatre's Summer Meals
QSB Presents: Slaying Senior Year

Initially/Unconditionally
Music at @JGSimcoe_LDSB
Human Library of #ygk
The ID Clinic
Build Bridges, Not Walls
Concussion Education and Safety Awareness
Going To The Zoo, Zoo, Zoo
Kids Get Stressed Too
Ice Cream Social
Emmett's Annual NICU Campaign
Welcome Home Packages

Rideau Heights Jr Roller Derby
Kingston Social Circus
Gender Fair 2018
Local STEM Kids Go To Worlds
Dandelion Initiative Safer Bars Pilot
Next Cast Youth Fishing Program
@_GirlSySTEM Mentorship Program
Keeping Kingston Kool
Loving Hands
Operation Warm Feet

Special Meals at St. Andrews
GRID Stage Company
Gnome For A Home
YGK Boxing's Champ Dance
Kid Zone at #ygk Pride Parade
Happy Tails Butterfly Conservatory
Participainting
Doula Support Foundation's 1st Benefit Concert
Socks Kingston 🧦

Mobile Public Pizza and Bread Oven 🍕🥖
United For All #ygk Soccer ⚽️
Kingston Mugshare
Go With The Flow Kingston
@LCVI_LDSB Puppeteers
@SniffTheDiff
Operation Love Literacy

Thank you to all the AK Trustees who have donated their $100 every month for our microgrant for the past 9 years! We couldn't do this without the generous support of Kingstonians who love this city and want to try to help.

And huge, huge shoutout to all the people creating events, groups, and trying to do something unique, interesting, fun, educational, & awesome to try to make #ygk a better place to live. $1,000 isn't a HUGE grant, but it can make a big difference to someone trying something new.

We hope to be able to keep doing this (even though it's virtual right now) for years to come. If you want to get involved as a trustee (or guest trustee) please reach out and we'd be happy to chat!

And if you have an idea and want to be part of the 5,000+ microgrant recipients from across the world, visit our website at awesomekingston.org to learn more about us and apply for your own $1,000! #Awesome5Million

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