Fusion Homes adds joy to Guelph families through donation to Adopt-a-Family program

A donation of $60,000 to the Children's Foundation of Guelph Wellington will be used to purchase grocery gift cards.

A local developer has pitched in to help the Children’s Foundation of Guelph Wellington with their Adopt-a-Family program.

President Elyse Kowtecky, Ryan Scott, senior vice-president of developments and finance, and other members of Fusion Homes were at the foundation’s warehouse centre on Huron Road Wednesday afternoon. They were there to announce a donation of $60,000 to the program that will be used to purchase 600 $100 grocery gift cards.

“We really want to bring in that sense of community,” said Sarah Faria, associate marketing manager at Fusion Homes.

“Finding organizations such as Adopt-a-Family through the Children’s Foundation are fantastic opportunities to reinvest in those communities that we are building.”

Prior to the presentation, members of the Children’s Foundation gave the visitors a personal tour of the facility and showed how the Adopt-a-Family program works.

The donation of grocery gift cards couldn’t have come a better time for the foundation.

“We helped just over 1,500 families (in 2022),” said Karyn Kirkwood, executive director of Children’s Foundation of Guelph Wellington.

“Currently we have 1,250 families referred (by social workers) and we’re only in early November. So we have ways to go.”