Donations

OPSEU Local 101 is proud to donate $5000 per year to local, grassroots, charitable organizations.

If your charitable organization would like to apply for a donation, please click here to download the Application form.This year’s Donation Committee Members are: Anna Rowles and Jen Burton Liang.

OPSEU Donation Recipients for 2025Congrats to the recipients of our 2025 donations who each received $1250 to support their amazing efforts in helping our communities! Click on the name of the organization to learn more about their great work. It was a pleasure for the Donations Committee and LEC to meet the recipients, present them with their cheques and learn more about their programs.

• Windsor Essex Pridefest

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• CARA Cat Advocacy and Rescue Association

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• Autism Services – Bruce Awad Summer Program

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• Bryerswood Youth Camp Optimist Club

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2024 Charitable Organization Recipients:

• Trans Wellness Ontario

• WETRA (Windsor Essex Therapeutic Riding Association)

• Feeding Windsor Essex – Soup Shack

• Matthew House Refugee Centre

• CARA – Cat Advocacy and Rescue Association 

2023 Charitable Organization Recipients:

• Trans Wellness Ontario

• WETRA (Windsor Essex Therapeutic Riding Association)

• Feeding Windsor Essex – Soup Shack

• St. John’s Ambulance Therapy Dog Program

• Matthew House Refugee Centre

2022 Charitable Organization Recipients:

• Brain Injury Association of Windsor & Essex County

• Trans Wellness Ontario

• Bryerswood Youth Camp Optimist Club

• Iris House Windsor

• The Bridge Leamington

2021 Charitable Organization Recipients:

• WETRA (Windsor Essex Therapeutic Riding Association)

• Launch Pad Recovery Center

• OneDay Dreams

2020 Charitable Organization Recipients:

• Autism Services Inc. of Windsor Essex County

• House of Sophrosyne

• Alzheimer Society of Windsor-Essex County

• Launch Pad Recovery Center

• Street Help Homeless Centre

2019 Charitable Organization Recipients:

• W.E. Trans Support

• Family Respite Services

• Windsor Essex Brokerage for Personal Supports

• Windsor Essex Children’s Aid Foundation – Music and Arts Enrichment

• Autism Services

2018 Charitable Organization Recipients:

• Windsor Pride Committee Education and Resource Center

• We Fight

• Street Help

• Family Respite Services

• WETRA

• Harmony in Action

• Downtown Mission

2017 Charitable Organization Recipients:

• Windsor Worker’s Education Centre

• United Way Windsor-Essex County

• Windsor Pride Committee Education and Resource Center

• Windsor Women Working With Immigrant Women

• Harmony in Action

• Downtown Mission

• Windsor Goodfellows

• Street Help

2016 Charitable Organization Recipients:

• Windsor Worker’s Education Centre

• United Way Windsor-Essex County

• Windsor Goodfellows

• Street Help

• Alzheimer’s Society of Windsor

• Downtown Mission

• Autism Services Inc.

2015 Charitable Organization Recipients:

• Windsor Workers Action Centre

• United Way Windsor-Essex County

• Windsor Goodfellows

• Street Help

• Big Brothers Big Sisters Windsor Essex

• Downtown Mission

• Windsor Regional Hospital Foundation ( Memorial Bench for Kari Yeboah)