Enderby Receives $24,395 in Community Grants
Created as a legacy gift in 2013, Enderby & District Financial established a charitable endowment with the First West Foundation to generate ongoing funding in support of the community of Enderby and area F of the North Okangan Regional District.
We’re very excited to announce the distributions from the Enderby & District Financial Community Endowment totalling $24,395 this year. Below is an overview of the organizations and projects receiving 2016 grants.
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Organization Name / Project Name |
Project Description |
Grant Amount |
|---|---|---|
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Literacy Alliance of the Shuswap Society
Small Group Literacy Support |
Additional literacy support for local school children (grades 1-4) reading significantly below their grade level and not already receiving additional support at school. Four times a week (40 minute sessions) for 10 weeks. |
$4,676 |
|
Enderby and District Community Resource Centre
Outreach Worker |
Hiring a social worker to run the Family Support Program to provide direct support to families in our community, offering intense parenting support, referrals, crisis intervention, short-term counseling and life skills. |
$10,324 |
|
Board of Education of School District 83 – A.L. Fortune Secondary School Young Men & Women’s Youth Programming |
After school programming (youth aged 13-17). Participation open to the entire school but encouragement is made to high risk youth. |
$2,660 |
|
Enderby Preschool Society Health & Nutrition Program |
Free snacks and meals for a vulnerable segment of the population: children aged 5-10 years during the After School Kid’s Program. |
$3,660 |
|
Feed Enderby & District (Fiscal Partner is Enderby & District Community Resource Centre Sustainable Food Bank |
Although request was specifically to fund a coordinator, with proposed grant amount being significantly less we will advise that they can use the funds as they deem necessary to become a fully sustainable food bank in Enderby. |
$3,075 |
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Total |
$24,395 |
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