For a review of the Humanity Fund’s activities over the past years, please see the Humanity Fund Reports below.
For a list of food banks supported by the Humanity Fund please see the National List of Supported Food Banks, including those in the Kingston Area.
If you would like to opt in or out of the Humanity Fund, please use this form and submit to it HR.
Board of Directors
The Steelworkers Humanity Fund is an incorporated registered Canadian charitable organization (Registration # 11917 2278 RR0001).
The Board of Directors of the Steelworkers Humanity Fund is made up of a mixture of elected directors of the United Steelworkers, local union activists drawn from the union’s three Canadian Districts and USW staff. Directors are typically elected for a two-year or three-year term. The Canadian National Director, and the Directors of Districts 3, 5, and 6 normally hold seats on the Board of Directors. Decisions on which projects to fund are made based on recommendations of the Project Review Committee (PRC), which includes one USW local activist from each of the union’s three Canadian Districts.
Currently the directors are as follows:
- Ken Neumann, President*
- Carolyn Egan, Vice-President*
- Rob Healey, Secretary*
- Marty Warren*
- Stephen Hunt*
- Daniel Roy*
- Mark Rowlinson
- Tony DePaulo
- Alain Croteau
- Steve Banks
- Jill Hodgson
- Octavio Amaral
- Balraj Bapniah
- Pat McGregor
- Brian Butler
- Kyle Wolff
* Serve on the Executive Committee that approves Steelworkers Humanity Fund contributions.
USW 2010 Trustee Jill Hodgson and USW 343 President Tracy Simpson in December 2018 delivered $1,500 cheques to Martha’s Table, Gananoque Food Bank, Partners in Mission Food Bank and The Food Sharing Project. Grateful for the contributions of our members to the USW Humanity Fund.
