Month: August 2024

Wingham BIA Bucks (formerly Community Cash) can now be purchased online

Any business or individual can purchase BIA Bucks. Each booklet contains $200 of BIA Bucks in a mix of $20s and $10s. BIA Bucks are great for gift certificates as they aren’t limited to any particular store or business.

To purchase booklet(s) of BIA Bucks a person or business simply needs to go to https://winghambia.ca/bia-bucks/ and fill in and submit the order form on that page.

They will receive a confirmation email instructing them to pay for their BIA Bucks order by sending an eTransfer to biabucks@winghambia.ca

Once payment has been made, they will receive an email instructing them to pick up their BIA Bucks at the Libro Credit Union in Wingham.

The receptionist at the Libro Credit Union will ask the individual picking up the BIA Bucks to provide a photo ID and once confirmed will give them the booklet(s) of BIA Bucks that they purchased.

The BIA Bucks program is great for local businesses. There was over $14,000 of BIA Bucks purchased in 2023. That $14,000 can only be spent in Wingham with BIA member businesses thereby driving business to your doors.

Feel free to email chair@winghambia.ca if you have any questions about the BIA Bucks program.

The Leland and Thora Vance Fund, held at Waterloo Region Community Foundation (WRCF), is open for applications and will close on September 30, 2024 at 9am EST. Approximately $220,000 will be distributed this year to support capital projects at eligible organizations that are located in and serve Wingham residents. This is for recreation and christian churches. The education and medical portions have been allocated.

Information to assist you in your application is located here – https://www.wrcf.ca/vancefund (Including PDF’s of the Funding Guidelines, Application, Evaluation form, and a sample budget template you can use.)

Many of the questions are like the ones we’ve answered in previous years, so if you’ve applied before and would like a PDF copy of your application – we would be happy to provide it to make the process a bit easier for you.

If you want to discuss a potential project/initiative, or need any support in applying – please feel free to reach out to me via email blessing@wrcf.ca phone number below, and I would be happy to assist you.

Blessing Akpan
Director, Community Impact
Waterloo Region Community Foundation
(519) 725-1806 x 206