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They can apply for $500 - $1,000 to help So, please consider supporting our future,
them solve a problem, with the only hook The answer always is that each your future, your business’s future by
being, they need to come back in three failure brings you closer to the supporting this program. Who knows?
months and tell us what they did and answer you’re looking for. We want One of these bright young minds might
learned from the experience. our kids to know that perseverance, just uncover the next world changing idea
dedication, commitment, passion, because we know Region of Waterloo
Our goal is to say yes to all vision and yes, dreaming, are the businesses do change the world.
ideas! key ingredients for creativity,
Applications are received monthly, so this innovation, and change. Greg Durocher
is not a one time, once a year program. President & CEO
We want as many ideas as possible to Cambridge Chamber of Commerce
flow from the young and innovative BUT we need everyone’s help. Both
minds in our community. Chambers have foundation dollars that
We want our kids to learn how to fearlessly must flow to youth programs which has
fail, which is commonly referred to as the enabled us to help get this program off
greatest teacher. Back in the 1800s the the ground.
race was on to find the solution to the HIP Developments has pledged to match
light bulb. every single donation to a maximum
Hundreds of tried projects were failures, of $100,000, so this just shows their
but all of them led to Thomas Edison commitment to our future leaders and
discovering the first reliable bulb. The innovators. Donations are accepted by
story goes that a journalist interviewing the Business Education Partnership of
Edison years later asked him, what kept Waterloo Region, which is a recognized
him motivated to find the answer when charity.
attempt after attempt failed? You can literally make any sized donation
Without saying a word, Edison reached and we’ll accept them all at
over to the lamp beside him, pulled on www.youthcreativityfund.ca.
the chain, and the light came on.

That’s why every month the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce recognizes a business or one
of its employees with a ‘WoWCambridge’ Award.
Sponsored by Bradley Gaskin Marshall Financial Services Inc., this award is a way of saying
thanks to those who go above and beyond in making our business community even better.

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