Community Foundation of Lethbridge and SW Alberta shares $154,650 with community organizations

News release

Grants Committee Chair Dennis Hatt, Society of the Friends to the
Pincher Creek Library Janice Day, MD of Pincher Creek No.9 Councillor
Bjorn Berg, Community Foundation President Barb Cavers

The  volunteers and partners of the Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern  Alberta celebrated National Philanthropy Day on Tuesday, November 15.  In a ceremony at the Galt Museum and Archives in Lethbridge officials from the Foundation announced the distribution of $154,650 in much-needed funding for a wide variety of projects to 26 deserving organizations from communities across southwestern Alberta.

Grants Committee Chair Dennis Hatt,
Manager of Pincher Creek and District Historical Society Tracy Glen,
Community Foundation President Barb Cavers

Grants Committee Chair Dennis Hatt,
Pincher Creek Community Centre Hall Society's Mike Killoran,
Community Foundation President Barb Cavers

Communities include Barons, Champion, Claresholm, Coaldale,  the Crowsnest Pass, Lethbridge, Fort Macleod, Pincher Creek, Taber, Vulcan, and several regional services operating out of Lethbridge.

There was a brief presentation by four of the groups receiving funds. Community and organization representatives in attendance received recognition certificates and cheques.

Local recipients:

• Pincher Creek and District Historical Society, which manages Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village - $10,000
• Pincher Creek Community Centre Hall Society - $5,000
• Society of the Friends to the Pincher Creek Library - $5,000

The Pincher Creek and District Historical Society will apply their funding to the 1920s expansion project at the Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village.  They will be developing boardwalks, performing electrical upgrades,  installing security, landscaping, and developing the new exhibits.

The Friends to the Pincher Creek Library will apply their funding towards creating a separate, accessible sound-proof multi-purpose room to be used for video-conferencing and small group meetings by a variety of community organizations.

The Pincher Creek Community Centre Hall Society will purchase new chairs to better accommodate the many community groups who use the facility.

The Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta is a public foundation established in 1966 and operated by a  community-based volunteer Board of Trustees.  As it finishes its 45th year of operation, the Foundation’s volunteers continue to be dedicated to  enhancing a permanent community endowment, which in 2010 exceeded $12 million. These funds are continually being expanded by generous donors so that the investment income will forever support charitable organizations in southwestern Alberta.

Additional information about how to support the Foundation or how to apply for a community grant can be found on the Foundation website: http://www.cflsa.ca

Recipients:

• ALS Society of Alberta
• Blackfoot Family Lodge Society
• Canadian Ski Patrol System – Southern AB Zone
• Chinook Arch Regional Library System
• Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation
• Galt Museum and Archives
• Crowsnest Historical Society
• Fort Macleod Historical Association
• Galt #8 Mine Historical Site Society
• L’Arche Association of Lethbridge
• Lethbridge Collegiate Institute
• Westminster Elementary School
• The Lethbridge Youth Foundation
• Barons School
• County Central School
• Kate Andrews High School
• Pincher Creek and District Historical Society
• Pincher Creek Community Centre Hall Society
• Rainbow Literacy Society
• Safe Haven Women’s Shelter Society
• Society of the Friends to the Pincher Creek Library
• Lethbridge Community Network
• Southern Alcare Manor
• Claresholm and District Family Community Support Services
• The University of Lethbridge Music Conservatory
• Champion Skating Rink Association