More than 50 Burnaby organizations have benefited this year from provincial gaming grants, local MLAs say.
In a joint statement, Katrina Chen (Burnaby-Lougheed), Raj Chouan (Burnaby-Edmonds), Anne Kang (Burnaby-Deer Lake) and Janet Routledge (Burnaby North) said 54 locally-based non-profits have received more than $3 million in funding through the human and social services stream of the Community Gaming Grants program.
"Local organizations are vital to our work in strengthening communities, and building them back to be more resilient than ever," Routledge said in the statement.
"These Community Gaming Grants will support organizations like Burnaby Meals on Wheels Society, so that they can keep delivering affordable, local and nutritious food to people in need."
The province says community gaming grants provide roughly $140 million per year to approximately 5,000 non-profit organizations.
This year, the government is expected to provide $61 million to 1,364 human and social services organizations throughout B.C. including food banks, children and youth programs, mental health supports and other services that help enhance health and wellbeing.
"We know that the pandemic disproportionately affected vulnerable people, and I’m grateful for the tireless efforts of Burnaby-based organizations like Charlford House Society for Women for their ongoing work in providing addictions support and recovery," Chen said.
"This funding will ensure organizations like this one can continue to deliver programs and services to people in need, when they need it."
The full list of Burnaby organizations is as follows (in alphabetical order):
- 759 Falcon Squadron Sponsoring Committee – $10,900
- Adoptive Families Association of British Columbia – $104,700
- ACT - Autism Community Training Society – $154,000
- Brentwood Nursery School Society – $7,000
- British Columbia Epilepsy Society – $110,000
- Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion – $100,000
- Burnaby Children's Centres Society – $20,000
- Burnaby Community Services Society – $54,000
- Burnaby Family Life Institute – $84,000
- Burnaby Fire Fighters Charitable Society – $55,000
- Burnaby French Language Playschool Society – $6,400
- Burnaby Hospice Society – $94,000
- Burnaby Meals on Wheels Society – $62,000
- Burnaby MoreSports – $30,000
- Burnaby Neighbourhood House Society – $100,000
- Burnaby Rainbow Preschool Association – $7,000
- Burnaby Seniors Outreach Services Society – $79,000
- Burnaby Volunteer Centre Society – $74,500
- Canadian Red Cross Society - BC & Yukon $100,000
- Canadian Society for Information Children – $28,700
- Charlford House Society for Women – $73,000
- Children's Heart Network of BC Society – $55,000
- CTS Youth Society – $20,000
- Cystic Fibrosis Canada - British Columbia Association – $50,000
- Dixon Transition Society – $50,500
- Down Syndrome Resource Foundation – $240,000
- Eternity Club – $49,000
- Gizeh Drum & Bugle Corps – $5,000
- Helping Families in Need Society – $50,000
- Hillview Parent Participation Preschool – $7,600
- Hindu Cultural Society and Community Centre of B. C. – $14,500
- Knights of Columbus, Council #8853 - $28,000
- Lions Club of Burnaby Lougheed – $20,000
- My Artist's Corner Society, BC – $7,500
- Neil Squire Society – $135,000
- Northeast Burnaby Community Association – $25,000
- Pacific Assistance Dogs Society – $250,000
- Pacific Post - Partum Support Society – $76,500
- Parent Support Services Society of BC – $150,000
- posAbilities Association of British Columbia – $8,000
- Rotary Club of Burnaby – $30,000
- Rotary Club of Burnaby Metrotown – $10,500
- Royal Canadian Air Cadets - 637 Arrow Squadron – $16,500
- Scouts Canada - 1st Centre Lake – $6,800
- Scouts Canada - 1st Southwest Burnaby – $7,400
- Scouts Canada - 6th Centre Lake – $1,700
- Scouts Canada - 7th Mountain Burnaby – $5,100
- Scouts Canada - 76th Burnaby Scout Group – $5,400
- SFU Childcare Society – $100,000
- St. Matthews Day Care Society – $34,150
- The Kidney Foundation of Canada, BC & Yukon Branch – $250,000
- Westminster Shrine Club #8 – $16,000
- Vancouver Transportation Foundation – $20,000
- VIP Volunteers for Intergenerational Programs – $43,800
