Keewaytinook Okimakanak receives $75,000 for youth / elder wilderness adventure programs
From the Trillium Foundation press release ...
Community Groups in Northwestern Ontario Receive More Than $650,000 in Grants from The Ontario Trillium Foundation
Thunder Bay, April 7, 2008 – Community organizations in Northwestern Ontario will benefit from grants recently ratified by the Board of Directors of the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF). Ontario Minister of Culture Aileen Carroll noted that many of the 16 grants totalling $652,600 will help organizations enhance community spaces. Funding will improve accessibility and comfort, increase energy efficiency or be used for innovative technology.
“Our government is committed to fostering healthy and vibrant communities, right across Ontario,” said Minister Carroll. “These Ontario Trillium Foundation grants will help build a stronger province by fuelling local economies and improving the quality of life of Ontarians.”
The Ontario Trillium Foundation is one of the few funders of capital improvements for Ontario’s not-for-profit sector. OTF, through the Northwestern Ontario Grant Review Team and its Acting Chair Brian Collins, has listened to community groups when they have told us how much they value our capital grants, and we continue to recognize the importance of these grants.
Lake of the Woods Soccer Association will receive $82,000 over one year to expand a small soccer field to a regulation-size pitch in order to accommodate the growing demand for soccer in the Kenora area by participants of all ages. The Corporation of the Township of Atikokan will be awarded $25,000 over one year for equipment in the municipality’s museum and to improve exhibition space, storage, access and efficiency. The upgrades will raise the museum’s profile, attracting more visitors and community involvement.
The Ontario Trillium Foundation is an agency of the Government of Ontario. Ontario's 2008 spring budget boosted the Foundation's annual funding to $110 million from $105 million, which will be further increased to $120 million by 2009-2010.
The Community grants listed below were ratified on March 6, 2008.
Keewaytinook Okimakanak (Northern Chiefs) Tribal Council
$75,000 over one year to increase opportunities for outdoor leadership training for youth in six northwestern First Nation communities. Culturally appropriate, land-based programs and activities will be led by youth and guided by community elders.