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Thompson Community Foundation Announces Grants

The Thompson Community Foundation announced their grant allocations for 2016 yesterday at the (Juniper Centre.)

Thirteen local groups and programs received almost 90-thousand dollars in funding from the TCF fund, the Moffat Fund and the Joe Brain Fund.  

Dave Moore, Grant Chairperson for the Thompson Community Foundation, explains who’s eligible to apply for funding.

 

"Organizations that can apply are any organizations that have charitable foundations to do good works in Thompson."

The thirteen recipients of funding are:

    *       The Canadian Cancer Society for a Radon Testing Awareness Presentation in Thompson in November 2016.

∙    YWCA Thompson Residence Inc. to replace carpeting

∙    HOPE NORTH Suicide Prevention Committee towards jerseys for the flag football camp

∙    Boys & Girls Club of Thompson Inc. towards renovations for a wheelchair accessible washroom

∙    Thompson Public Library for new furniture for the teen area

∙    Ma-Mow-We-Tak-Friendship Centre towards a play structure / playground
∙    R.D. Parker Collegiate Physical Education Program to purchase snowshoe equipment

∙    Ecole Communautaire la Voie du Nord towards a play structure / playground

∙    Thompson Zoological Society toward construction materials for the aquarium

∙    St. Lawrence Roman Catholic Church towards the cost of siding / insulation for the exterior renovation project

∙    Thompson Crisis Centre to purchase bed frames and mattresses

∙    R.D. Parker Collegiate - Pathways Program to purchase kitchen equipment

∙    Keewatinowi Awasisak Opi-ki-wak towards a play structure / playground


The Thompson Community Foundation manages what has been described as a “savings account” for our community what has been  built by gifts and donations from residents past and present, businesses and community organizations.  The foundation was established in 1995 as a partner for community groups working to enhance the qualify of life in the City of Thompson.

The TCF is funded by donor gifts of all sizes.  The gifts are combined into a capital fund which is invested to produce and annual revenue which is then granted to worthy community projects annually.   The original gifts to the fund are never spent and the annual revenue is used year after year to serve Thompson.

As the size of the savings account grows so does the size of the annual distribution to community projects.  

Total grants awarded by the Thompson Community Foundation to date amount to just over one million dollars.

 

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