Sussex Area Community Foundation

11/06/2026

Looking to help someone over Christmas? Please consider a donation of pajamas or monetary. See below:

11/04/2026

All are welcome to the Sussex Area Community Foundation Annual Meeting. See details below:

10/29/2026

In case your missed it!

🍔🏆 WE HAVE A WINNER! 🏆🍔

The results are in, and the 2026 Sussex Area Burger Week Champion is… 🥁

🎉 The Thai Ranch Smash Burger from Smitty's Restaurant - Sussex, NB! 🎉

That’s right! Smitty’s has done it AGAIN, taking home the title for the SECOND YEAR IN A ROW! 🏆🏆 Congratulations to the Smitty’s team on another delicious win! 🙌🍔

A HUGE THANK YOU to all the amazing restaurants who participated in this year’s Sussex Area Burger Week and served up some seriously yummy burgers! ❤️🍔 Your creativity and participation helped make this event a success!

👏 Thank you to everyone who went out, tried a burger (or a few 😉), and voted for their favourite! Your support makes a real difference in our community.

❤️ More than just burgers, this event gives back! 🍔

Sussex Area Burger Week is proudly presented by the Sussex Area Community Foundation, with funds raised helping support scholarships for local high school students and grants for non-profit organizations in our community. 🎓🤝 Every burger enjoyed helps support a great cause!

🐄🥛 A special thank you to Sussex Area Dairy Farmers for sponsoring and supporting this fundraiser. We’re so grateful for your continued support! 💙

Thank you, Sussex and Area, for bringing the appetite, the excitement, and the amazing community spirit! ❤️

🍔 We’ll see you NEXT YEAR for another round of delicious burgers! Who’s ready?! 😋🎉

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10/26/2026

The Sussex Area Community Foundation is proud to support Symphony New Brunswick as its woodwind quintet, Ventus Machina, brings three performances to the area.
On Sunday, October 25, the ensemble performed for the public at Trinity Anglican Church. Ventus Machina musicians will also lead a workshop at Sussex Regional High School for students, and a performance at Kiwanis Nursing Home. Pictured is the ensemble performing at Trinity Anglican Church.
Symphony New Brunswick received a Fall Community Grant from the Sussex Area Community Foundation to bring professional musicians to the Sussex area. The next Community Grant application deadline is March 10, 2027.
Community Grants are made possible through donations. Gifts to the Sussex Area Community Foundation stay in the community and for the community.

10/23/2026

Sussex Area Community Foundation provided a community grant to Symphony New Brunswick for a series of performances starting with October 25 at 7:30, at Trinity Anglican Church in Sussex. All welcome.

10/22/2026

Last night the Sussex Area Community Foundation provided their Fall Community Grants to the following Groups:
1. Arts & Culture Centre of Sussex for ceramics equipment;
2. Bee Me Kidz for children under 12 social/emotional learning;
3. Family & Child Education South for family reading program;
4. Hospice Sussex for community connections;
5. Nursing Homes Without Walls for rural foot care;
6. New Brunswick Federation of Music Festivals - Sussex Festival;
7. Salmon River Covered Bridge Park for park clean-up;
8. Sussex Tennis Association for court expansion;
9. Symphony New Brunswick for Dances and Spells performances;
10. Sussex Regional High School Leadership Group - Conference;
11. UNB Promise Partnership for STEAM programs for students; (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math).
12. YMCA of Southeastern NB for the Rainbows program in elementary schools to help children experiencing loss.

These grants are possible from donations from the community.

10/21/2026

Come learn about new projects in the Sussex area. The Fall Community Grants Presentation is tonight at 7pm, SES. All Welcome.

10/20/2026

Did you see the Sussex Area Burger Week Burgers yet? Here they are!

10/14/2026

Sussex Area Community Foundation is one of 11 Community Foundations in Atlantic Canada. Last year they returned a total of $13,000,000.00 to the communities they serve. Local Community Foundations connect donors to community needs to help make our communities stronger.

Carleton North Community Foundation
Community Foundation of Nova Scotia
Foundation Communautaire de la Péninsule Acadienne
Fredericton Community Foundation
Fundy Community Foundation
Greater Saint John Community Foundation
Newfoundland and Labrador Community Foundation
Prince Edward Island Community Foundation
Rural Community Foundation of Nova Scotia
Sussex Area Community Foundation
Ulnooweg Indigenous Communities Foundation

10/09/2026

The 2026 Burger Bill for Sussex Area Burger Week. 🍔