History of the Hubbell Awards
Awarding scholarships to sea, army and air cadets enrolled in a unit located in Manitoba since 1967.
The Hubbell Awards is a registered charity whose objective is to provide scholarships to youth enrolled in a sea, army or air cadet unit based in Manitoba.
They are named after Major Ted Hubbell, a World War II veteran who devoted much of his life encouraging the development of youth. He was the President of the United Services Institute of Manitoba when he died in 1967.
His colleagues made the decision to honour the work he had been doing by presenting three $100.00 scholarships annually in his memory. The value of the scholarships remained unchanged for more than thirty-five years until the Winnipeg Airports Authority agreed to support the program and donated an additional $400.00 for each award.
The support from the Winnipeg Airports Authority was wonderful and very much appreciated, but it seemed unreasonable to ask them to continue to provide most of the funds.
In 2005 we made the decision to make the program self sufficient and incorporated as a charity. Our objective was to raise enough money so that only the interest earned annually could support the scholarships. We are not affliated with any other organizations, but we collaborate with several who support cadets.
Soon after incorporation our volunteer Board learned that the Winnipeg Foundation has a program that is designed to assist small charities. We entered into an Agreement with them. All donations are deposited in the Hubbell Awards Scholarship Trust Fund that they hold. Once each year the Foundation informs us of our spending limit for the next year. That information is used to determine the amount of the three scholarships.
Because only the earned interest is used for the scholarships, the Hubbell Awards will be available to cadets as long we exist as a charity.
In 2005 and 2006, the proceeds from the dinners were used to provide three $500.00 scholarships. During 2007 and 2008 we used a combination of the proceeds from the dinners and earned interest to provide three $750.00 scholarships. In 2009 we reached an important milestone when we presented three $750.00 scholarships using only the earned interest in the Trust Fund.
The value of the each scholarship was increased to $1,000.00 in 2010. As the Trust Fund grows so will the value of the scholarships.