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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Leanora M. Spicer Fund

Leonora Spicer's bequests to the Hamilton Foundation, Salvation Army, Scott Mission, United Church (for medical missionary work) and Red Cross exemplify her lifelong concern for the disadvantaged.

Born on a farm near Lowville, she trained as a Registered Nurse at the Hamilton General Hospital and worked there until she married Harry S. Spicer, remembered as a successful Hamilton investment counsel.

Mrs. Spicer also supported the Royal Botanical Gardens creating arrangements for their sales and providing funds to develop a sheltered garden, known as "Spicer Court", at the south entrance of the Headquarters.

Excerpt from 1989-1990 Annual Report