Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation hosts Heritage Showcase

Waterloo - The Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation will host its annual Heritage Showcase on Saturday, February 15th, 2014 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Fairview Mall, 200 Fairway Road South, Kitchener.

Heritage Showcase, open free to the public, is a day to learn about history in Waterloo Region. In celebration of Heritage Day, the third Monday in February, the general public is invited to browse displays, watch videos, view spinning and weaving demonstrations, buy pictures/maps/books/post cards, pick up brochures, consider volunteering and chat with staff of municipal and regional governments, and volunteers from over 30 local groups. Heritage Showcase 2014 will include the Spinners and Weavers Guild, Waterloo Historical Society, Kitchener Public Library / Grace Schmidt Room, Kitchener Waterloo Cambridge Regional Post Card Club, Heritage Kitchener, North Waterloo Branch of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, Ontario Genealogical Society Waterloo Region, Waterloo Region Museum and many more. Find out how to have your home receive a Heritage Designation or apply for grants to improve your heritage property.

Established in 1973, the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation is a non-profit organization funded through an annual grant from the Region of Waterloo. Its mandate is to promote and encourage interest in the heritage and culture of Waterloo Region. The Foundation was not only the first heritage organization set up and funded by a regional government, but it set a precedent in Canada as the first heritage organization that was allocated a substantial amount of public money by any level of government. It dispenses grants to heritage-oriented groups or persons for worthy projects, publications and privately owned heritage buildings.

To learn more about the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation, check out its website at www.wrhf.org.

For more information, contact Zyg Janecki, Communications Chair with the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation at (519) 579-4052.

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