Community Support
Each year CFUW Perth & District members hold fundraising events — including our Home & Garden Tour and bake sale for the Rideau Lakes Cylce Tour — to raise money we contribute to community libraries for children's summer reading programs and non-profit community service agencies in Lanark County.
2025 Support for Summer Literacy Programs in Lanark County
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In 2025 the Education, Literacy & the Arts Committee of CFUW Perth & District provided six local libraries with $800 each to support the delivery of literacy programs for children in the summer of 2025.
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Early literacy provides a stong foundation for success in school, and we are pleased to support the creative programming offered to local children in their libraries.
CFUW members were delighted to visit and present cheques to the Almonte Branch of Mississippi Mills Public Library, Carleton Place Public Library, Lanark Highlands Public Library, Perth & District Union Public Library, Rideau Lakes Public Library, and Smiths Falls Public Library.
Total donated 2025
$4,800
"The library could not do what it does without the generous support of a caring community. Thank you again for your thoughtful gift to the library and to the many young readers in the community who rely on us for services and programs.”
2024 Support for Community Service Agencies
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CFUW Perth & District supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to achieve educational and economic equality and social justice by working to end poverty and gender inequality. To this end, each year our club decides on which Lanark County non-profit organizations to support with the money we raise fundraising. In 2024, $500 was distributed to
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Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Lanark County for their in-school mentoring program and
Total donated 2024
$2,000
