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Prior Awards

2010

Community Grants in 2010 totalled $19,990 to the following area non-profits:

Campbell River Children's Choir $200.00 for travel expenses

Campbell River Volunteer Society received $1100 in funds to hold a workshop on grant writing and volunteer recruitment

Greenways Land Trust received $12,000 to complete a bridge over Willow Creek on the Jubilee trail

North Island Dragon Boat Society was granted $1000 in funds to hold a membership drive and to purchase new equipment

Campbell River Search and Rescue Society received $1500 to train members in swift water rescue

Quadra Salmon Enhancement Eco-centre Education Outreach was funded for a school program and summer interpreter with $2500

Campbell River Environmental Committee funded the annual Oceans Day with a $1890 grant

In addition to our community grants we were pleased to provide income to the following organizations that have entrusted us with their funds;

Campbell River Hospital Foundation $553.34  

Campbell River & District Museum & Archives Society $1,826.33 

Trinity Presbyterian Church $137.23 

Centennial Park Preservation & Enhancement Society $324.25

 

2008/2009

Campbell River Maritime Heritage Society
A grant of $1,500.00 for their Educational Program, to setup a learning centre for the MHC.

Campbell River Community Arts Council
A grant of $1,500.00 for their Community Banner Project, creating Banners for the downtown streets of Campbell River.

Campbell River Hospice Society
A grant for $2,650.00 for their Volunteer Training and Development for the 2009-2010 fiscal year.

Discovery Coast Greenways Land Trust
A grant of $1,040.00 for The Haig Brown Kids Camp, to teach children ages 6-11 about the environment, wilderness and stream stewardship.

 

2007/2008

Campbell River Community Art Council
Received $1,500.00 to assist with the cost of creating the “Banner Project” for the beautification of lamp posts on the streets of Campbell River and for their “Media Program”.

Campbell River Head Injury Support Society
Received $935.00 to assist with their “Youth and Young Head Injury Survivors” Meeting Plan.

Campbell River Family Services Society
Received $1,400.00 to assist with their “Summer Activity Program for Under Privileged Children ages 6 to 15”.

Campbell River Search and Rescue
Received $2,000 for their “Personal Protective Equipment Replacement Program” to replace 48 jackets for volunteer personnel.

Campbell River Volunteer Society
Received $1,500.00 to assist with the North Island Board Institute’s series of three Workshops on “Non-Profit Development and Development of Non-Profit Boards and Directors”.

Laichwiltach Family Life Society
Received $1,050.00 to assist with their “Total Awareness Program” – providing two seminars aimed at providing women with personal awareness strategies to help reduce the risk of becoming victims of violence.

Simms Creek Stewardship Society through Campbell River Salmon Foundation
Received $942.00 to assist with adding “Spawning Gravel in Simms Creek”, to enhance Salmon spawning areas specifically for Chinook and Chum salmon.

 

2006/2007

The Campbell River Dragon Boat Society

The Campbell River Multicultural and Immigrant Services Association

The Campbell River Arts Council

The John Howard Society

The Campbell River and District and Association for Community Living

The Campbell River Beacon Club

The Island J.A.D.E. Society

The Campbell River Children's Choir

The Maritime Heritage Society

The Tidemark Theatre Society

The Campbell River Hospice Society

 

2005/2006

Laichwiltach Family Life Society

Campbell River Museum and Archives Society

Campbell River and Area Multicultural and Immigrant Services Association

Maritime Heritage Society

 

2004/2005

Maritime Heritage Centre Society

Multicultural and Immigrant Services Association

North Island Survivors' Healing Society (Sexual Assault Centre)

Campbell River Community Alcohol and Drug Committee/John Howard Society

Tidemark Theatre Society