St. Paul's United Church in Milton
A pair of grants have been given to Milton’s St. Paul’s United Church!
The church announced recently that it has received a $42,300 grant from Ontario Trillium Foundation to install a full-height partition wall in its Community Building, which will enable it to provide more below-market rental space to Milton’s many non-profit community groups.
St. Paul’s is the largest provider of below-market rental space in the community. The wall is permitting additional local not-for-profit organizations to have a place to support Miltonians and others with a wider variety of community services.
“The fact that our government is supporting St. Paul’s United Church with a funding of $42,300 through the Ontario Trillium Foundation is great news for our community,” says the Honourable Parm Gill, Member of Provincial Parliament, Milton. “Through the Ontario Trillium Foundation funding, our government is taking strong action for Milton.”
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“On behalf of Church Council and the Board of Trustees, I want to thank Ontario Trillium Foundation leadership and OTF staff — in particular, Erica Russell and Stacey O’Neill, for their assistance through the grant application process, ” says John Challinor II, Chairman, Church Council, St. Paul’s United Church. “The installation of the full-hei,ght partition wall has enhanced the ability of the Community Building to better serve Miltonians, continuing a commitment that has been made to the community by the members of St. Paul’s United Church since 1962.”
On top of that grant, St. Paul’s United Church also received a $10,000 grant from the Province of Ontario to install a new door system.
“This $15 million, attestation-based grant program is providing funds to faith-based and cultural organizations across the province of Ontario to improve access measures,” says MPP Gill. “The many local religious and community organizations who regularly rent space at St. Paul’s will benefit from this initiative. Through this program, our Government is, once again, taking strong action for Milton.”
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“On behalf of Church Council, the members of St. Paul’s United Church and our many rental clients, I want to thank the Province of Ontario for developing this grant program and supporting our efforts to make visiting the Community Building or the Sanctuary the best possible experience, ” says Challinor. “Provincial staff were great to work with on this initiative and we are already seeing the benefits of the installation of the new door system.”
“I also want to thank our faith-based and community tenants for their heart-felt support of this initiative during the grant application process,” adds Mr. Challinor.
Both the wall and door system were installed in December.
St. Paul’s United Church is located at 123 Main Street East in Milton.
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