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The Gord and Diane Peters Family Fund
The Brandon Area Community Foundation (BACF) have received a second gift of $1 million of personal shares in Cando Rail Services from Gord and Diane Peters for granting throughout Westman. Photo: Bev Cumming, Chair and Gord and Diane Peters.
Brandon Festival of the Arts
For over 80 years, this annual multi-disciplinary celebration of the performing arts has filled the halls, churches and public spaces in Brandon, Manitoba with the sights and sounds of dance, music, and speech arts. Thousands of participants from dozens of...
Heritage – Brandon “Daly House” Museum Fund
Brandon Museum Inc. (Daly House Museum) has partnered with Brandon Area Community Foundation to established this permanently endowed Manitoba Heritage Trust Fund to support their work. Until March 31, 2021, the Province of Manitoba will stretch gifts to this fund....
Brandon’s iconic Dome Building
Built in 1913, Brandon’s iconic Dome Building is a symbol of the city’s rich agriculture history and a landmark for the Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba and their annual fairs and exhibitions.
Murrays Driven to Give Back
Inspired by the work of the Samaritan House Ministries, lifelong Brandonite and community booster Mildred Murray led the charge in Murray Auto Groups latest philanthropic endeavour.
The Rounthwaite Cemetery Fund
Around 1879 English settlers arrived in the Brandon Hills area. Reverend John Fredric Rounthwaite passed away and was buried in the cemetery beside the church. In 1892 the railway came through about 1 1/2 miles east of the church’s location forcing St....
The Hills Are Alive With Philanthropy
In March of 1969 a group of local women came together to fulfill their need of fellowship and community service in their area. The group meets in the evening hence the name Brandon Hills Fireflies came to be, as they would “light up the night”. One of the main goals...
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