THE COLE HARBOUR FOUNDATION

The scholarship program is open to students who graduate from either cole harbour district high school or auburn drive high school or whose parents attended one of those schools. The organization awards scholarships of up to $can 8,000 (roughly $5,900 usd) per year for up to four years to students who have been accepted to a university or community college.to date, the organization has awarded over 282 scholarships, totaling over $635,000 (usd) in support of students enrolled in post-secondary education programs. Ninety-five of the organization's scholarship students are currently working to complete their degrees with the assistance of cole harbour foundation scholarships. In addition, for those students who may need extra assistance to help them succeed and matriculate through university, the organization offers additional tutoring support which allows for one-on-one tutoring sessions.

The organization works with teachers in the twenty one schools in the greater cole harbour service area to identify and provide necessary classroom materials. Teachers can request specific items from the organization and the organization's staff work with them to refine their requests and identify classroom materials which can meet their needs. The classroom materials are then sourced, procured, and delivered to the schools.

The book gifting program mails age appropriate books to children from birth until age five in the greater cole harbour area. The organization recruits families with young children to sign-up for the program, and administers a database of subscribed families along with the names and ages of their children, addresses, etc. Each child receives a brand new, age appropriate book every month to promote love of books, reading and early literacy. Participating children start receiving books at birth, for their parents to read to them; by the age of five, many of these children are able to read the books they receive on their own. The organization works with the dolly parton imagination library as a fulfillment partner. Since inception, over 7,124 children have participated in the books program. Currently the organization mails out over 2,150 books every month to children who are currently enrolled. Almost 240,000 books have been mailed out to children since starting the program in 2016.