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