Bulkley Valley Community Foundation helps 22 organizations with funding

Over $90,000 in grants were given out by the Bulkley Valley Community Foundation to 22 organizations.

Smithers recipients were:

• Bulkley Senior Citizens Housing Society ($5,000)
• Bulkley Valley Museum ($1,000)
• 1st Smithers Scouts Group ($3,500)
• Bulkley Valley Cross Country Ski Club ($6,500)
• Friends of the Smithers Library ($2,000)
• Skeena Knowledge Trust ($4,500)
• Bulkley Valley Research Centre ($2,100)
• Valley Youth Fiddlers ($6,000)
• Smithers Community Services Association ($6,000)
• Smithers Zone – Canadian Ski Patrol ($2,500)
• St. Joseph’s Catholic School ($5,500)

Recipients from elsewhere in the region were:

• Wrinch Memorial Foundation ($5,000)
• Hazelton District Public Library ($1,000)
• Old Town Storytellers Society ($5,000)
• Wrinch Memorial Foundation ($4,000)
• Houston Hospice Society ($6,000)
• Houston Secondary School Art Program ($2,000)
• A Rocha Canada ($3,500)
• Telkwa Elementary School PAC ($2,000)
• ASTC Science World Society ($3,000)
• Variety – The Children’s Charity of BC ($9,000)

Their grant program runs annually with applications opening on October 15th.

More information can be found on the Community Foundation’s website.