One insurer is again offering Canadians $1 million to create positive change across the country through community initiatives.
“It has been such a privilege to be a part of this project that will impact our community in a really positive way for years to come,” said Tara Hill-Burke, a member of the Souris Home and School Committee that generated the idea behind the 2013 Aviva Community Fund winner ‘Playground for All’ in Souris, PEI. “Participating in and winning the Aviva Community Fund enabled community members of all ages to come together and play a huge role in making the Souris Playground for All a reality.”
Aviva Canada announced the launch of the sixth Aviva Community Fund competition today, opening voting at noon.
The competition is now open for submissions and runs through the end of the year, with the winners to be announced on January 27, 2015.
“We hear it from our customers, our brokers, our business contacts, our community leaders and the general public – they love the Aviva Community Fund, so we are back for a sixth year, “ said Sharon Ludlow, president, Aviva Insurance Company of Canada. “With the impact that the funding has made in our local communities over the last five years, we eagerly anticipate the announcement of this year’s winners.”
Launched in the fall of 2009, the Aviva Community Fund competition has already provided more than $4.5 million in funding to 91 charities and community groups including youth programs, public schools, camps, animal shelters and centres for those affected by disabilities or illness. Since its inception, Canadians have proposed over 7,000 ideas and casting more than 12 million votes in support of causes from every province and territory. (continued.)
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New to the competition this year is the introduction of funding categories and wildcard prizes.
Funding Categories
This year we have introduced five funding categories– Health, Sport & Active Living; Environment & Sustainability; Animal Welfare; Schools & Education; and At-Risk Youth. All ideas will also be grouped into funding level categories (small – up to $50,000, large – up to $100,000). The top vote getter in each of the five funding categories and funding level from qualifying rounds one, two and three will advance to the semi-finals. An additional 30 ideas from each qualifying round (15 each from the small and large funding levels) will also advance to the semi-finals based on the number of votes they receive.
Wildcard Prizes
We recognize the efforts made by groups that don’t advance to the semi-finals of the competition. This year we have introduced $60,000 in wildcard prizes. Twenty $1,000 prizes will be available to randomly selected ideas that receive over 1,000 votes in the competition, but do not advance in each qualifying round. All 60 wildcard prizes will be announced together on January 20, 2015, a week before the grand prize winner announcement.
You can submit your ideas by clicking
here.
