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.
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.
