On Friday the SweetWater Music Festival, a classical, jazz & contemporary music festival held in Owen Sound & Meaford and which celebrated its 20th Anniversary this year, was visited by Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Rick Byers.
He was there to congratulate the work done by the organization thanks to $42,000 in funding received from the Resilient Communities Fund of the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
The program is designed to help non-profits recover from the impacts of the pandemic.
The funding enabled them to hire a Volunteer Lead who helped design a more organized volunteer program and increased its organizational capacity.
It has also seen plans put in place for retaining & recruiting new ones as well.
Other support received by the organization includes from private donors, corporate partners and private foundations as well as key public funders including Canadian Heritage, Ontario Arts Council and the Municipality of Meaford.
https://www.sweetwatermusicfestival.ca/
