Community Involvement

Causes and Events We Support

As a responsible corporate citizen, The Highland Companies believes strongly in giving back to the community. Here is a representative listing of the organizations, causes and events we have supported.

Health and social services

  • Worked with others in trying to bring YMCA programs and services to the region
  • Houses for new healthcare staff of the Mel Lloyd Family Health Team
  • Safe Communities of the Hill Country
  • The Shepherd’s Cupboard food bank
  • The Jennifer Widbur Memorial Hockey Tournament
  • The Ontario Potato Board’s charitable fundraising program
  • Orangeville Food Bank
  • Headwaters Health Care Foundation

Sports

  • Boys and girls minor sports, including hockey, ball hockey, figure skating and lacrosse
  • Zamboni and scoreboard for the Honeywood Arena
  • Shelburne Muskies Hockey Club
  • Visit of the Stanley Cup to north Dufferin
  • House9 Hockey Foundation
  • Mansfield Cubs (Dufferin Baseball League)

Families, education and the arts

  • Scholarships to help graduating high school students in their post-secondary studies
  • Theatre at Grace Tipling Hall
  • President’s Choice Children’s Charity
  • The Grocery Foundation
  • The Town Hall Gallery (Shelburne)
  • Honeywood Play Park summer day camp
  • Dufferin County Museum

Annual events

  • Canada Day celebrations
  • The Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle Championship
  • The Honeywood Beef Barbecue
  • Greater Dufferin Area Chamber of Commerce Golf Classic
  • The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Other ways to make life better for people in the community

  • Horning’s Mills Community Hall
  • Royal Canadian Legion Branch 233 (Orangeville) Barrier Free Access Campaign
  • Funding a study to identify ways of reducing snowdrifting on County Road 124
  • Donating advertising space for community organizations
  • Honeywood Firefighters’ Association
  • Shelburne Agricultural Society