Giving Tuesday – Dedicated to giving back!

The perfect day to announce our 2020 Community Spirit Pledge Recipients

Each year, Middlesex Mutual’s community donation committee meets to determine the year’s funding focus. This year the committee’s efforts will support COVID-19 relief initiatives in our local communities. We are happy to announce MMIC’s board of directors approved the committee’s recommendations.

As a Mutual, we are part of a strong association of like-minded local insurance companies that have been providing stable insurance protection for Ontarians for well over 150 years. ‘We’re in this Together’ has been a mantra of Ontario’s Mutuals for a long time and as part of pandemic relief efforts, our reinsurer, Farm Mutual Re (FMRe) showcased this ideal by putting in place a ‘Mutual Support’ initiative to empower all Mutual members to reach out and help where it was needed most in their own backyards.

So, today is also about gratitude and paying it forward. We would like to acknowledge and thank FMRe for the additional $41,000 that Middlesex Mutual was given in trust, to add to our own community spirit pledge funding reserves so we could help out our local area’s relief efforts. A COVID-19 Relief Campaign of $70,000 that will be distributed into our local communities in the coming weeks.

We are pleased to announce our 2020 Community Spirit Pledge Recipients!

• Craigwiel Gardens – receiving a $25,000 donation to support the 2021 construction of a new Craigholme long term care facility in Ailsa Craig.
• Children’s Health Foundation – receiving a $25,000 donation to support additional staffing for the First Episode Mood & Anxiety Program (FEMAP), supporting children and youth throughout southwestern Ontario.
• Ailsa Craig & Area Food Bank on behalf of Philip’s Garden - $5,000 donation towards monthly food hampers for individuals and families facing financial hardship
• Crest Support Services - $5,000 for purchase of exercise equipment for newly renovated ‘health hub’
• Employee Giving Program - $300 to be donated to a charity of each employee’s choice

Please stay tuned to our social media as we highlight each not-for-profit initiative listed here. Just a few of the many worthy programs working hard for those in need in Middlesex County and surrounding areas.

The Middlesex Mutual Community Spirit Pledge reserves funding each year for community projects making a difference. Launched in 2006, the fund offers us the chance to invest in local projects and to support what matters most to our members. This program is well respected and sought after by many not-for-profit groups in and around Middlesex County.