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1 For Immediate Release 2010HSD Aug. 14, 2010 N E W S R E L E A S E GRANTS SUPPORT YOUTH AND DISABLED SPORTS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA VICTORIA More than 150 local organizations in 54 communities in Central, Interior and Northern regions of British Columbia will benefit from $1.98 million in community gaming grants for sports programs for youth and people with a disability, announced Rich Coleman, Minister of Housing and Social Development. The Province wants to encourage active lifestyles and help our youth foster their talents through sports, Coleman said. Through these grants we are supporting local organizations that contribute to healthier communities across B.C. This round of funding provides 457 groups in the province with approximately $9.2 million in community gaming grants to support sports initiatives for youth and disabled people across B.C. Sports organizations with multi-year commitments received their funds in June In total, the Province has budgeted $120 million for gaming grants in , $7.4 million higher than last year. The grants will fund approximately 6,000 organizations that support people in need, public safety, youth arts and sports, education and parent and district advisory councils. To date, approximately $29 million has been allocated to gaming grants for The Province considers applications for community gaming grants four times per year, with each intake devoted to a specific sector. The list of community gaming grant recipients can be found here: For more information about community gaming grants, please visit: A backgrounder follows. Media Contact: Cindy Rose Public Affairs Bureau For more information on government services or to subscribe to the Province s news feeds using RSS, visit the Province s website at

2 - 2 - For Immediate Release 2010HSD Aug. 14, 2010 B A C K G R O U N D E R Community Gaming Grant Recipients Grant Category: Sports for Youth and People with a Disability The gaming grants listed below in alphabetical order by community were distributed the week of Aug. 9-13, Mile House Total: $55, Mile House & District Figure Skating Club, $10, Mile Minor Hockey Association, $42,000 British Columbia Special Olympics Mile House Local, $2, Mile Ranch - South Cariboo Rowing Club, $1,000 Armstrong Total: $45,800 Armstrong and District Curling Club, $10,100 North Okanagan Minor Hockey Association, $35,700 Burns Lake Total: $3,300 Burns Lake Mountain Biking Association, $3,300 Castlegar Total: $61,900 Castlegar & District Minor Hockey Association, $38,200 Castlegar Hockey Society, $16,800 Castlegar Skating Club, $6,900 Chetwynd Total: $24,800 Chetwynd & District Minor Hockey Association, $17,200 Chetwynd Electric Eels Swim Association, $7,600 Clearwater Total: $31,500 Clearwater & District Minor Hockey Association, $23,100 Raft Mountain Skating Club, $8,400 Coldstream Total: $2,200 Vernon District Pony Club, $2,200 Cranbrook Total: $82,300 Cranbrook Minor Ball Association, $21,700 Cranbrook Skating Club, $19,600 East Kootenay Volleyball Club, $8,700 Key City Gymnastics Society, $30,200 Special Olympics British Columbia Society - Kimberley/Cranbrook, $2,100

3 - 3 - Creston Total: $13,200 Creston Valley Figure Skating Club, $9,400 Creston Valley Rowing Society, $3,800 Dawson Creek Total: $4,000 Dawson Creek Speedskating Club, $4,000 Enderby Total: $6,800 Enderby/Armstrong Ringette Association, $6,800 Fernie Total: $13,100 Special Olympics British Columbia Society - Elk Valley, $3,500 Elk Valley Dolphins Swim Club Society, $9,600 Fort Nelson Total: $10,300 Mile 300 Figure Skating Club, $10,300 Fort St John Total: $8,300 Fort St. John Inconnu Swim Club, $8,300 Fraser Lake Total: $7,300 Fraser Lake Skating Club, $7,300 Fruitvale Total: $12,600 Beaver Valley Nite Hawks Hockey Club Society, $12,600 Golden Total: $45,500 Golden Dolphins Summer Swim Club Society, $12,600 Golden Figure Skating Club, $5,300 Golden Junior Hockey Society, $12,600 Golden Nordic Ski Club Society, $8,900 Kicking Horse Gymnastics Club, $6,100 Grand Forks Total: $48,100 Grand Forks Border Bruin Association, $12,600 Grand Forks Minor Hockey Association, $17,800 Grand Forks Piranha Swim Club Society, $12,400 Special Olympics British Columbia Society - Grand Forks, $5,300 Hope Total: $12,600 Hope & District Minor Hockey Association, $12,600 Invermere Total: $21,400 Columbia Valley Rockies Booster Society, $12,600 Windermere Valley Ski Club, $2,800 WVMBA Columbia Valley Little League, $6,000

4 - 4 - Kamloops Total: $94,700 Kamloops & District Minor Baseball Association, $25,200 Kamloops & District High School Rodeo Association, $1,300 Kamloops Canoe & Kayak Club, $22,000 Kamloops Long Blades Association, $13,600 Kamloops Rowing Club, $800 McArthur Island BMX Association, $3,100 Overlander Ski Club, $14,300 Thompson Okanagan Diving Training Centre Society, $14,400 Kelowna Total: $218,600 Central Okanagan Sailing Association, $14,400 Kelowna Apple Triathlon Society, $25,200 Kelowna Minor Baseball Association, $20,200 Kelowna Minor Lacrosse Association, $8,400 Kelowna Ringette Association, $25,200 Kelowna Rowing Club, $1,300 Kelowna Speed Skating Club, $3,800 Kelowna Track & Field Club Society, $4,100 Okanagan Chito-Ryu Society, $12,600 Okanagan Mission Youth Soccer Association, $25,200 West Coast Blind Curling Association, $5,600 Westside Minor Hockey Association, $72,600 Kimberley Total: $56,700 Kimberley Gymnastics Society, $26,700 Kimberley Jr. Dynamiters Hockey Club, $8,400 Kimberley Minor Hockey Association, $15,700 North Star Skating Club, $5,900 Kitimat Total: $19,300 Snow Valley Skating Club, $19,300 Lake Country Total: $33,200 B.C. Weightlifting Association, $12,300 Waterski & Wakeboard British Columbia, $20,900 Lillooet Total: $17,500 Lillooet Killer Whales Swim Team, $12,300 Skate Lillooet, $5,200 Lumby Total: $11,000 Lumby & District Figure Skating Club, $7,100 Lumby Swim Club, $3,900 Merritt Total: $17,400 Merritt Centennial Booster Club, $12,600 Nicola Valley Minor Lacrosse Association, $4,800

5 - 5 - Midway Total: $27,700 Boundary Minor Hockey Association, $27,700 Montrose Total: $10,100 Beaver Valley Minor Hockey Association, $10,100 Nakusp Total: $10,900 Nakusp Figure Skating Club, $5,900 Nakusp Ski Club Association, $5,000 Nelson Total: $76,000 Nelson Figure Skating Club, $12,600 Nelson Leafs Hockey Society, $12,600 Nelson Minor Hockey Association, $37,800 Nelson Neptune Swim Club, $13,000 Oliver Total: $8,400 South Okanagan Figure Skating Club, $8,400 Osoyoos Total; $1,900 International Curling Club, $1,900 Oyama Total: $5,200 Lake Country Water Ski Club, $5,200 Penticton Total: $106,400 Apex Freestyle Club, $9,500 Penticton Minor Fastpitch Softball Assn., $3,000 Penticton Minor Lacrosse Association, $8,700 South Okanagan (Similkameen) Youth Soccer Association, $84,000 South Okanagan Minor Baseball Association, $1,200 Powell River Total: $89,900 Powell River Aquatic Club, $13,800 Powell River Curling Club, $3,400 Powell River Figure Skating Club, $15,300 Powell River Gymnastics Society, $16,400 Powell River Minor Hockey Association, $25,200 Special Olympics British Columbia Society - Powell River, $15,800 Prince George Total: $67,200 Cerebral Palsy Sports Association of BC - Prince George Br., $2,700 Prince George Manta's Diving Club, $6,900 Prince George Minor Football Association, $38,900 Prince George Ringette Association, $18,700

6 - 6 - Princeton Total: $2,400 Special Olympics British Columbia Society - Princeton, $2,400 Quesnel Total: $122,000 Biathlon Society of British Columbia, $21,000 North Cariboo Gymkhana Society, $2,100 Quesnel Aquatic Club, $8,900 Quesnel Curling Club, $7,500 Quesnel Lacrosse Association, $5,300 Quesnel Pony Club, $1,200 Quesnel Team Roping Club, $2,000 Quesnel Technics Gymnastics Club, $17,400 Quesnel Youth Soccer Association, $56,600 Revelstoke Total: $42,800 Revelstoke Minor Hockey Association, $13,200 Revelstoke Minor Lacrosse Association, $3,800 Revelstoke Skating Club, $5,400 Revelstoke Summer Swim Club, $2,400 Revelstoke Youth Soccer Association, $18,000 Rossland Total: $29,500 Black Jack Cross Country Ski Club Society, $7,600 Red Mountain Racers Society, $21,900 Salmo Total: $20,500 Salmo Ski Team Society, $7,800 Salmo Valley Curling and Rink Association, $4,300 Salmo Valley Swimming Pool Society, $8,400 Salmon Arm Total: $111,900 Armstrong Pony Club, $700 Larch Hills Nordic Society, $10,200 Salmon Arm Ice Breakers Speed Skating Club, $1,600 Salmon Arm Minor Hockey Association, $54,500 Salmon Arm Sockeyes Swim Club, $20,000 Shuswap Minor Football Association, $8,600 Shuswap Minor Lacrosse Association, $4,200 Thompson Okanagan Ringette League, $12,100 Sicamous Total: $10,800 Sicamous & District Minor Hockey Association, $7,100 Sicamous Figure Skating Club, $3,700 Smithers Total: $29,700 Bulkley Valley Cross Country Ski Club, $11,400 Smithers Figure Skating Association, $9,100 Smithers Ski Club, $9,200

7 - 7 - Sorrento Total: $1,000 Shuswap Pony Club, $1,000 Sparwood Total: $3,500 Sparwood Skating Club, $3,500 Taylor Total: $4,200 Taylor & District Minor Hockey Association, $4,200 Trail Total: $35,800 BC Special Olympics - Trail Local, $5,900 Trail Gymnastics Society, $17,300 Trail Smoke Eaters Hockey Club Society, $12,600 Vernon Total: $130,700 British Columbia Freestyle Ski Association, $21,400 Cross Country BC, $19,300 Greater Vernon Ringette Association, $22,600 North Okanagan Minor Lacrosse Association, $14,600 Silver Star Freestyle Ski Club, $25,300 Vernon & District Minor Football Association, $10,800 Vernon Curling and Athletic Club, $15,500 Vernon Speedskating Club, $1,200 Westbank Total: $25,200 Mount Boucherie Skating Club, $25,200 Williams Lake Total: $17,500 Special Olympics BC Society - Williams Lake, $6,600 Williams Lake Bighorns Lacrosse, $5,300 Williams Lake Wrestling Club, $5,600 Winfield Total: $9,100 Lake Country Youth Soccer Association, $6,700 Winfield Curling Club, $2, Media Contact: Cindy Rose Public Affairs Bureau For more information on government services or to subscribe to the Province s news feeds using RSS, visit the Province s website at

2010/11 Community Gaming Grant Recipients Grant Category: Sports for Youth and People with a Disability

2010/11 Community Gaming Grant Recipients Grant Category: Sports for Youth and People with a Disability Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch 100 Mile House 100 Mile House & District Figure Skating Club $ 10,000.00 100 Mile House 100 Mile Minor Hockey Association 42,000.00 100 Mile House British Columbia