More than 30 groups, non-profits and individuals keen on enriching the lives of others are getting a financial boost.
The Port Coquitlam Community Foundation (PCCF) recently handed $137,546 to successful applicants from its latest seasonal round of grants and bursaries.
The organization said the money will be used to conduct programs or begin projects that aim to educate or strengthen PoCo's neighbourhoods as well as the Tri-Cities region.
The six-figure charitable endowment brought the PCCF's distribution total to nearly $1.75 million since 2012.
A ceremony to announce and honour the new recipients took place on June 26 at the Port Coquitlam Community Centre.
"The event was a celebration of the great work of the many incredible organizations in Port Coquitlam, as well as those who make these grants and bursaries possible," said Anna Wilczewski, PCCF executive director, in a release.
"While recognizing our grant and bursary recipients, we also honoured our community champions: those who had the foresight so many years ago to establish the PoCo foundation and our donors."
For more information about the PoCo Community Foundation and its grant programs, you can visit its website.
The grants and bursaries, recipients and individual grant funding, are as follows:
Port Coquitlam Community Grants
- $3,000 = Backpack Buddies
- $3,000 = The People's Pantry Food Recovery Society
- $2,500 = Food Bank on Wheels
- $2,500 = House of Omeed
- $2,500 = New View Society
- $2,500 = Riverside Secondary
- $2,000 = BizKids Practical Education Association
- $2,000 = Communities Embracing Restorative Action
- $2,000 = Hawthorne Seniors Care
- $2,000 = PLEA Community Services
- $2,000 = PoCo Heritage and Cultural Society
- $1,500 = Rotary Club of PoCo Centennial
- $1,500 = Volunteer Cancer Drivers
- $1,000 = Coquitlam Search and Rescue
City Community Grants
Community Capital Projects Matching Grant Program
- $10,000 = James Park Elementary PAC
- $10,000 = New View Society
- $10,000 = Tri-City Minor Softball
- $7,500 = RJ Kent
- $4,196 = PoCo Heritage and Cultural Society (2023)
- $4,000 = Theatrix Youth Theatre Society
- $3,500 = PoCo Minor Lacrosse Association
- $1,250 = PoCo Heritage and Cultural Society (2022)
Community Cultural Development Investment Program
- $5,000 = Foolish Operations (2022)
- $5,000 = Foolish Operations (2023)
- $5,000 = International Watercolour Society Canada
- $5,000 = PoCo Heritage and Cultural Society
- $5,000 = Polonez Tri-City Polish Association
- $5,000 = Tri-City Iranian-Canadian Mini-Soccer Society
- $2,500 = Art Focus - $2,500
- $2,500 = Diversified Brush Collective
- $2,500 = Tri-City Chinese Community Society
- $2,500 = Tri-City Wordsmiths
- $1,100 = Troupe de Poetry
- $1,000 = Melissa Fine Art
Theatre Society Legacy Fund
Arts Grants
- $3,000 = Riverside Secondary
- $2,000 = ACCESS Youth Outreach Services
- $2,000 = CreamRider Productions
- $2,000 = Place des Arts
- $1,000 = Société Francophone de Maillardville
Bursaries
- $2,000 = Alexa Adams (Port Moody Secondary)
- $1,500 = Michelle Bettauer (Gleneagle Secondary)
- $1,500 = Heidi Goetz (Archbishop Carney Secondary)
