A grant to McMaster University’s Let’s Talk Science! partnership supported students from at four Hamilton elementary schools to care for and hatch Atlantic salmon eggs in their classrooms over the winter, and then to re-introduce the fish into the Lake Ontario watershed.  Once a keystone species, these fish were eradicated from the lake in the late 1800s.  This program enables children to learn about the vital role they can play in protecting the environment.

 

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Gilbert P. V. Belton Fund

Gilbert Percival Vincent Belton came to Canada from England after World War I and worked in construction as a carpenter. His brother, Wilfred, recalled that they had worked together on building a bridge across Chippewa Creek on the Queen Elizabeth Highway many years ago - Wilfred pouring concrete in the water and Gil working on the structure above. Evidently, Mr. Belton was an excellent golfer and it was said that, had he been born later, he might have been a professional.

The Hamilton Community Foundation received a share of Gilbert's estate, which is used for general charitable purposes.

Excerpt from 1994-1995 Annual Report