For Immediate Release 2010HSD0071-000950 Aug. 14, 2010 N E W S R E L E A S E Ministry of Housing and Social Development GRANTS SUPPORT YOUTH AND DISABLED SPORTS ON LOWER MAINLAND VICTORIA More than 225 local organizations in 27 communities in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia will benefit from $5.9 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 2010. In total, the Province has budgeted $120 million for gaming grants in 2010-2011, $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 2010-11. 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: www.hsd.gov.bc.ca/gaming/reports/docs/grants-cgg-sport-2010-11.pdf For more information about community gaming grants, please visit: http://www.hsd.gov.bc.ca/gaming/ -30- A backgrounder follows. Media Contact: Cindy Rose Public Affairs Bureau Ministry of Housing and Social Development 250 387-6490 For more information on government services or to subscribe to the Province s news feeds using RSS, visit the Province s website at www.gov.bc.ca.
- 2 - For Immediate Release 2010HSD0071-000950 Aug. 14, 2010 B A C K G R O U N D E R Ministry of Housing and Social Development 2010-11 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, 2010. Abbotsford Total: $108,700 Abbotsford Female Hockey Association, $17,900 Abbotsford Minor Hockey Association, $25,200 Abbotsford Rugby Football Club Society, $10,200 British Columbia Speed Skating Association, $47,800 British Columbia Yukon Rope Skipping Association, $7,600 Aldergrove Total: $64,700 Aldergrove Minor Baseball Association, $11,900 Aldergrove Soccer Society, $27,700 Fraser Valley Fusion - District #8, $5,000 Grove Pony Club, $1,300 Horse Council of British Columbia, $18,800 Bowen Island Total: $7,300 Bowen Island Gymnastics Club, $7,300 Brackendale Total: $10,500 West Coast Nordic Club, $10,500 Burnaby Total: $516,900 B.W.T.C. (Batons West Twirling Club), $4,400 Basketball B.C., $33,600 British Columbia Lacrosse Association, $101,500 Burnaby Barracuda Summer Aquatics Club, $27,600 Burnaby Caprice Synchronized Swim Club Society, $9,800 Burnaby Haida Speed Skating Association, $4,900 Burnaby Metro Selects Soccer Club, $4,300 Burnaby Minor Baseball Association, $21,000 Burnaby Minor Hockey Association, $84,000 Burnaby Moresports, $1,200 Burnaby Mountain Mantas Summer Swim Club, $36,000 Burnaby New Westminster Ringette Association, $16,600 Burnaby Water Polo Club, $16,400 Cliff Avenue United Football Club, $83,200 Hollyburn Jackrabbit Ski Club, $28,300 Skate Canada BC/Yukon Section, $44,100
- 3 - Chilliwack Total: $106,600 Cheam Figure Skating Club, $18,400 Chilliwack Curling Club, $4,200 Chilliwack Minor Hockey Association, $84,000 Coquitlam Total: $241,600 Coquitlam/ Burnaby Minor Lacrosse Club, $27,700 Coquitlam Ducks Volleyball Club, $11,000 Coquitlam Lions Water Polo Association, $8,100 Coquitlam Little League, $28,800 Coquitlam Minor Hockey Association, $84,000 Port Moody Aquarians Swimming & Diving Club, $30,500 Special Olympics British Columbia - Coquitlam, $14,900 Tri City Youth Basketball Association, $33,600 United Rugby Club, $3,000 Delta Total: $331,700 Boundary Bay Bluebacks Swim Club, $17,800 Delta Deas Rowing Club, $2,500 Delta Lacrosse Association, $28,000 Delta Skating Club, $16,800 Ladner Girls Soccer Club, $22,300 Ladner Minor Baseball Association, $25,700 Ladner Minor Softball Association, $20,200 Ladner Stingray Swim Club, $27,100 North Delta Junior Australian Football League, $7,100 North Delta Minor Lacrosse Association, $13,600 Pacific Storm Water Polo Club, $31,000 South Delta Basketball Association, $18,500 South Delta Rams Football Club, $18,100 Special Olympics British Columbia Society - Surrey, $23,400 Sungod Skating Club, $42,000 Tsawwassen Amateur Baseball Association, $17,600 Dewdney Total: $15,100 Mission Marlins Swim Club, $15,100 Fort Langley Total: $10,000 Fort Langley Canoe Club, $10,000 Gibsons Total: $42,200 Sunshine Coast Girls Softball Association, $5,500 Sunshine Coast Skating Club, $36,700
- 4 - Langley Total: $163,800 B.C. Secondary Schools Football Association, $25,200 Fraser Valley Ringette Association, $21,600 Langley Fastball Association, $20,700 Langley Girls Ice Hockey Association, $16,800 Langley Minor Lacrosse Association, $34,600 North Langley Diamond Sports, $38,600 Whistler Blackcomb Freestyle Ski Club, $6,300 Maple Ridge Total: $273,100 BC School Sports, $39,500 Canoe Racing BC, $37,800 East Maple Ridge Pony Club, $1,000 Golden Ears Athletics Society, $5,400 Golden Ears Pony Club, $800 Golden Ears United Soccer Club, $50,400 Meadow Ridge Female Minor Hockey Association, $17,600 Ridge Canoe & Kayak Club, $16,800 Ridge Meadows Minor Baseball Association, $36,100 Ridge Meadows Minor Softball Association, $54,800 Special Olympics British Columbia Society - Ridge Meadows, $12,900 Mission Total: $15,900 Mission City Boxing Club, $2,600 Mission Minor Softball Association, $11,300 Mission Racers Speed Skating Club, $2,000 New Westminster Total: $100,600 Douglas College Centre For Sport, Recreation & Wellness, $50,400 New West Spartans Track and Field Club, $2,000 New Westminster Minor Softball Association, $9,600 Royal City Hyacks Football Club, $11,500 New Westminster/The Coquitlam Minor Football Association, $27,100 Newton Total: $3,100 Surrey Female Hockey Association, $3,100 North Vancouver Total: $339,500 Cypress Ski Club, $17,600 Deep Cove Rowing Club, $12,600 Flicka Gymnastics Club, $33,600 Highlands Little League Baseball Association, $16,800 Lynn Valley Little League Association, $21,000 Mount Seymour Little League Association, $25,300 North Shore Female Ice Hockey Association, $16,800 North Shore Minor Lacrosse Association, $22,400 North Vancouver Central Baseball Association, $14,500 North Vancouver Football Club, $71,000
- 5 - North West Vancouver Ringette Association, $12,800 Special Olympics British Columbia Society - North Shore, $8,400 Vancouver Freestyle Ski Club, $7,900 Vancouver Skating Club, $50,400 Vancouver Water Ski Club, $8,400 Port Coquitlam Total: $169,200 Port Coquitlam Figure Skating Club, $22,300 Port Coquitlam Marlins Summer Swim Club, $17,800 Port Coquitlam Minor Baseball Association, $21,800 Port Coquitlam Minor Lacrosse Association, $33,600 Port Coquitlam Minor Softball Association, $17,600 Port Coquitlam/Ridge Meadows Ringette Association, $22,300 Tri Cities Female Ice Hockey Association, $33,800 Port Moody Total: $80,500 Adanacs Field Lacrosse Association, $12,600 B.C. Community Football Association, $10,100 Inlet Skating Club, $42,000 Pacificsports Aquasonics Regional Synchronized Swim Club, $13,000 Port Coquitlam Speed Skating Club, $2,800 Richmond Total: $828,500 Baton Twirling Association of British Columbia, $10,500 BC Amateur Synchronized Swimming Association, $50,400 British Columbia Amateur Athletics Association, $42,400 British Columbia Water Polo Association, $42,800 Canadian Amateur Diving Association, British Columbia Section, $46,200 Curl BC, $58,800 Disabled Skiers Association of BC, $25,200 Gymnastics BC, $126,000 Kajaks Track & Field Club, $5,100 Karate B.C., $43,600 Richmond Boys Fastball Association, $12,600 Richmond Girl's Ice Hockey Association, $21,000 Richmond Gymnastics Association, $29,500 Richmond Lacrosse Association, $20,800 Richmond Minor Football League, $15,700 Richmond Winter Club, $11,400 Richmond Youth Soccer Association, $83,300 Seafair Minor Hockey Association, $81,400 Steveston Hockey Club, $15,100 The Richmond Minor Hockey Association, $84,000 Vancouver Ki-Aikido Society, $2,700
- 6 - Sechelt Total: $133,500 Sechelt Minor Softball Association, $12,400 Special Olympics British Columbia Society - Sunshine Coast (Gibsons), $8,100 Sunshine Coast Central Baseball League, $7,600 Sunshine Coast Lacrosse Association, $1,300 Sunshine Coast Minor Hockey Association, $40,900 Sunshine Coast Youth Soccer Association, $63,200 Squamish Total: $64,500 Squamish Pirates Swim Club Society, $14,100 Swim BC, $50,400 Surrey Total: $866,200 Action BMX Association, $10,100 BC Amateur Baseball Association, $176,400 Boundary Bay Pony Club, $1,300 British Columbia Amateur Softball Association, $58,800 Cloverdale Minor Baseball Association, $33,600 Cloverdale Minor Softball Association, $22,400 Cloverdale Skating Club, $25,900 Cloverdale Tritons Summer Swim Club, $16,800 Crescent Beach Swimming Club, $42,000 Fleetwood Fastpitch Association, $24,400 Focus Volleyball Association, $12,600 Fraser Valley Diving Society, $33,600 Gima-Ha Shotokan-Ryu Karatedo Association, $4,200 Newton Figure Skating Club, $16,000 Peace Arch Soccer Club, $50,400 South Fraser Field Lacrosse Association, $4,200 Surrey Breakers Athletic Association, $31,100 Surrey Orcas Water Polo Club, $7,100 Surrey Sharks Field Hockey Club, $11,200 Surrey White Rock Ringette Association, $18,400 Surrey Youth Soccer Association, $65,200 The Whalley Little League Association, $17,600 Whalley Soccer Club, $60,500 White Rock Amateur Swimming Association, $28,600 White Rock Divers, $33,500 White Rock South Surrey Skating Club, $35,000 White Rock-South Surrey Minor Football Club, $25,300 Vancouver Total: $1,358,300 Achilles International Track and Field Society, $29,400 B.C. Ringette Association, $50,800 Badminton BC, $25,200 BC Alpine Ski Association, $100,800 BC Disability Sports, $42,000
- 7 - BC Racquetball Association, $6,700 BC Squash Racquets Association, $16,800 British Columbia Netball Association, $24,400 British Columbia Rugby Union, $29,400 British Columbia Sailing Association, $35,500 British Columbia Special Olympics - Vancouver, $25,200 British Columbia Summer Swim Association, $25,200 British Columbia Table Tennis Association, $9,600 Burnaby Canoe and Kayak Club, $2,200 Disabled Sailing Association of B.C., $28,600 Dunbar Soccer Association, $84,000 Escape Velocity Cycling Club, $5,500 Exceleration Multisport & Triathalon Society, $12,600 Field Hockey BC, $65,500 Gordon Sturtridge League Football Association, $30,500 Kerrisdale Little League Association, $26,000 Kitsilano War Memorial Community Association, $11,700 Little Mountain Baseball League, $12,600 Marpole Curling Club, $6,000 More Sports, $37,800 Night Hoops Basketball Society, $21,000 Pacific Rhythmic Gymnastics Association, $8,100 Percy Norman Swim Club, $58,000 Renfrew Trojan Football Association, $18,000 Riley Park Figure Skating Club, $12,600 Semiahmoo Minor Lacrosse Association, $15,100 South Vancouver Little League, $11,000 Tennis - British Columbia, $71,400 Trout Lake Little League, $9,300 Vancouver Aquatic Centre Divers Society, $74,300 Vancouver Community Baseball, $15,100 Vancouver Curling Club Association, $10,200 Vancouver Girls Soccer Association, $12,600 Vancouver Minor Baseball Association, $8,900 Vancouver Olympic Club, $6,400 Vancouver Police Soccer Service Club, $12,600 Vancouver Ringette Association, $8,200 Vancouver Rowing Club, $3,700 Vancouver Thunder Volleyball Club, $7,900 Vancouver Thunderbird Minor Hockey Association, $84,000 Vancouver Thunderbirds Track and Field Club, $15,600 Vancouver Vikings Swim Club, $23,300 Vancouver Vikings Water Polo, $12,300 WC Race Series, $6,700 West Coast Cricket Organization, $6,700 West Point Grey Soccer Association, $63,100 West Side Minor Football League, $18,200
- 8 - West Vancouver Total: $74,300 Eagle Harbour Yacht Club, $14,700 North Shore Dolphins Dive Club, $21,700 Nor-Westers Track and Field Club, $2,600 West Vancouver Minor Hockey Association, $33,600 West Vancouver Track and Field Club, $1,700 Whistler Total: $26,300 Whistler Mountain Ski Club, $17,100 Whistler Nordics Ski Club, $9,200 White Rock Total: $1,900 White Rock, Richmond Rockets Speed Skating Club, $1,900-30- Media Contact: Cindy Rose Public Affairs Bureau Ministry of Housing and Social Development 250 387-6490 For more information on government services or to subscribe to the Province s news feeds using RSS, visit the Province s website at www.gov.bc.ca.