For more than 25 years, The Upper Grand Learning Foundation (UGLF), as a registered charity, has changed the lives of students in need across the entire Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB). The Foundation funds items and activities of students in the UGDSB that cannot otherwise be funded by their families or schools. Over the years we have provided specialty feeding chairs, hearing aids, raised beds, and other equipment necessary for students with exceptionalities. We have funded student athletes and supported access to trips, school supplies, and more. What is not widely understood is that monies for these gifts are not provided for through provincial budgets, and are the responsibility of the community at large. The UGLF continues to see increased need in our community, and community donations remain essential to our continued ability to support student need. The UGLF mandate is to ensure that 100% of UGDSB students have access to a deep and varied educational experience; regardless of personal need or circumstance.

To ensure 100% of UGDSB students have access to a deep and varied educational experience regardless of personal need or circumstance.

The UGLF supports students by raising and distributing funds in three key financial pillars as a registered charity:

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1. By using our General fund, including our Freedom to Achieve resources, to help students participate fully in school life by providing them with items or experiences for learning that cannot otherwise be funded by their family or school; 

2. By holding in trust school funds on an in and out basis for fundraising initiatives for projects including playground construction and greening of school yards;

3. By holding in trust funds associated with scholarships.