2024 Winners
Meet the 2024 Grand Prize Winners
Congratulations to our three grand prize winners
who won a $30,000 grant for their local Habitat
![An illustrated image of a house with various workers and volunteers outside smiling](https://meaningofhome.ca/storage/o1aTfWV8G6rdHmOUkyKjzOwPzBdD5pPtZeZxYSe6.png)
Read the illustrated book for Kashvi's winning entry!
![Hannah](https://meaningofhome.ca/storage/kxvJjZjH4QlNDMnQLEzFU8YKOicA4NRo1wUorV4A.jpg)
Grade 6
grand prize winner
Hannah is the Grade 6 grand prize winner, from Toronto, ON. Her grant will help build homes with Habitat for Humanity Greater Toronto Area.
Read Hannah's winning poem, "My Home"
![Kateryna](https://meaningofhome.ca/storage/MjWMXd1GKlLQjeqRRecZlv0wiEAO7iM3gyY5JwRP.jpg)
Grade 5
grand prize winner
Kateryna is the Grade 5 grand prize winner, from Hamilton, ON. Her grant goes to Habitat for Humanity Hamilton.
Read Katy's winning entry, "What does home mean to me?"
![Kashvi](https://meaningofhome.ca/storage/aMduUierw8rN7ldIz8YztqcvgMSdC4nrTRnlAvnQ.jpg)
Grade 4
grand prize winner
Kashvi is the Grade 4 grand prize winner, from Burlington, Ontario. Her grant goes to Habitat for Humanity Halton-Mississauga-Dufferin.
Read Kashvi's winning poem, "A Home Is Not A House"
2024 Runners Up
Congratulations to our nine runner-up winners
who won a $10,000 grant for their local Habitat
![Winter](https://meaningofhome.ca/storage/rdnuXIWPMFzZpaYq9lk0ItAWglsRwjtOxnx16k7e.jpg)
![Rihanna](https://meaningofhome.ca/storage/7QPm18E7h73aM2JBTdCUxejBaKf3hJpu71BpenoT.jpg)
![Qinhao](https://meaningofhome.ca/storage/VIK97Rivliw2wPl26JPxb2RxMr0mpUOqXxR6x6zZ.jpg)
![Emily](https://meaningofhome.ca/storage/F7f6qL8sK6tBFHhWDUT5nCggZWQ7C6ZpHDUfEPja.jpg)
![Sofia](https://meaningofhome.ca/storage/mV7b5Ag6HCvjPvo32ZjF8yOfA0I1XoJk5JGWySey.jpg)
![Xuyuan (Alec)](https://meaningofhome.ca/storage/kIxXxebqzaEDXlLzVKSlEOSIAJJfhEr6AHfRMzTN.png)
![Isla](https://meaningofhome.ca/storage/xyo53407dPwVqpe71pZtuDUldSNMxw4l8zdRUTb1.jpg)
![Julia](https://meaningofhome.ca/storage/Sl8edeITQrk8ku2pvGA3tlryu1fD2CySl2HNZjkj.jpg)
![Karyssa](https://meaningofhome.ca/storage/wlj6fhybMbtSyiTM8f7ouOMGJCSFfcPDnkdJkz3M.jpg)
As the founding sponsor of the Meaning of Home Contest, we continue to believe our children will help build a better future and promote a stronger understanding of affordable housing in their communities. We are honoured to be a part of this contest that reaches teachers, parents and students across the country and grateful that we get to read the heartwarming entries and select the winners.
Sagen
founding sponsor
Our Sponsors
Founding Sponsor
![Sagen - Meaning of Home Student Contest Sponsor](https://meaningofhome.ca/storage/iI2uLQbmwk1FVB67SoTSwJf9DmNnSsDi2TYciG5m.png)
Award Sponsors
![Urban Systems Foundation - Meaning of Home Student Contest Sponsor](https://meaningofhome.ca/storage/JKsCAme54KAjydbbl931TB8pnd6EQffZ110BiXSl.png)