By David F. Rooney
The Revelstoke Community Foundation reafirmed its value to local non-profit groups when it distributed $40,130 to support projects initiated by 20 organizations.
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Every year the foundation steps up to assist groups that provide valuable services to the general community. This year’s fortunate grant applicants include:
Organization | Program | Purpose | Amount of Grant | Fund |
Community Connections | Food Bank | Provides year-round food assistance, resources and services to support families | $2,250 | Community Fund & Revelstoke Mountain Resort Fund |
Community Connections | Nutrition Education Program | Provide low-income families with tools to improve their nutrition | $1,000 | Community Fund & peoples Drug Mart Health and Welfare Fund |
Community Connections | Summer Day Camp | Provide safe, fun and accessible camp program for kids ages 6-11 | $2,000 | Community Fund |
Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy | Family Literacy Program | Provide community-based literacy programs | $2,000 | Community Fund & R Mickle Fund |
Child Care Society | Healthy Early Child Development Learning Services | Provide a series of accessible and engaging workshops to help parents and early learning service providers | $1,300 | Community Fund & Canadian Club Fund |
Hospice Society | Hospice/PALS training, coordinator wages and special events | Offer palliative care/PALS training for new and ongoing volunteers and special events | $1,250 | Community Fund |
Arts Council | Miracle on MacKenzie | Ignite the spirit of the season at Christmas | $1,000 | Community Fund |
Arts Council | Family Series | Support the delivery family-friendly entertainment at the Performing Arts Centre | $1,000 | Community Fund |
Arts Council | ArtStarts in Schools | Workshops for local students led by professional artists | $2,000 | Community Fund |
Youth Advisory Committee — City of Revelstoke | Youth outreach | Enables youth from low-income families to participate in arts, sports, recreation and culture programs | $2,600 | Revelstoke Credit Union Youth Fund |
BC Interior Forestry Museum | Expand Awareness | Hot a booth at the Interior Logging Association’s annual show | $1,000 | Community Fund & R Lenzi Fund |
Women’s Shelter | Moving Forward | Offer traditional and holistic support and mentoring to women Moving from an abusive or isolated environment to living in an empowered and healthy environment | $2,000 | Community Fund |
Visual Arts Centre | LED Lighting | Transition the Centre’s overhead gallery lighting to green LED system | $2,100 | Environmental Fund |
Visual Arts Centre | Canada 150 Community Arts Exhibition | Mount an exhibition consisting go 1,000 tiny painting created by members of the community | $2,500 | Community Fund & Canada 150 Fund |
Museum & Archives | Brown Bag History Book No. 2 | Produce the second volume in the Brown Bag History series | $1,500 | Community Fund |
Museum & Archives | Snapshot of History | Share 32 weekly galleries of 20 photographs each and, through popular vote, select Revelstoke’s Top 150 historical photos | $2,100 | Community Fund and Canada 150 Fund |
Bear Aware Society | Attractant Management Strategies | Reduce human-bear conflicts through a sensible approach to managing attractants | $2,300 | Community Fund |
Heritage Railway Society | Rolling Stock Restoration | Complete restoration if 2-3 pieces of railway equipment on display | $1,000 | Community Fund & Big Bend Heritage Fund |
Revelstoke Theatre Company | Accounting Software | Purchase Sage 50 to improve financial record keeping | $500 | Community Fund |
Revelstoke & District Humane Society | Veterinary Care | Provide health service for animals in RDHS’s care | $2,000 | Community Fund |
Screen Smart Committee | 2016 Screen Smart Challenge and year-round education | Promote healthy lifestyle for families | $1,000 | Community Fund |
Columbia Valley Skateboard Association | Kovach Youth Skateboard Park | Create a modern skateboard park at Kovach Park | $1,580 | Community Fund & Cougar Baseball Fund |
Farwell Splash Park | Restore and update Farwell Splash Park | Remake this family friendly area into an attractive and free space | $1,000 | Community Fund |
Canadian Parents for French | Local French initiative | Provide extracurricular French language instruction of Kindergarten to Grade 2 classes at Begbie View and Columbia Park schools | $1,000 | Community Fund |
Folk Music Society | Revelstoke Coffee House | Acoustic evenings of music | $1,000- | Community Fund |
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 46 | Chair acquisition | Replace old wooden folding chairs with 100 modern ones | $1,150 | Community Fund & Canada 150 Fund |
The Foundation didn’t just handout money that afternoon. It received a $5,000 gift from thye TD Bank, too.
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