Aviva Community Fund returns with $1 million prize pot

The Aviva Community Fund will return in Fall 2011 with a $1-million pledge to support community initiatives.Launched in the fall of 2009, the Aviva Community Fund competition has provided $1.5 million in funding to numerous charities, community groups, youth programs, animal shelters, public schools, camps and centres for those affected by disabilities or illness.Contestants submit their ideas on the competition’s Web site (www.avivacommunityfund.org). Visitors to the site are asked to vote for their favourite ideas so they can advance through to the competition’s final round. At that stage, they are evaluated by an independent judge.