The Quesnel Community Foundation’s 50 thousand dollar challenge got underway today. (October 15)
President Graeme Armstrong says an anonymous donor has once again agreed to match all donations up to that amount.
“We have been very successful with this. Last year we far exceeded that goal. It’s always a great time at the end of the year to raise funds.”
The challenge will go until December 15.
Armstrong reminds people that all of the money raised will stay in the region.
“This spring we handed out over 200 thousand dollars in grants that were all to local non-profits, you know from sports and arts and recreation to seniors care, a wide variety of things. Environmental stewardship. There was also a little over 30 thousand dollars in scholarships and bursaries.”
The Quesnel Community Foundation’s endowment fund, that started out at 50 thousand dollars as a legacy of the 2000 BC Winter Games, is now up beyond the 6.3 million dollar mark.
It is the money raised in income and interest from the endowment fund that goes out into the community in the form of grants, scholarships and bursaries.
Armstrong says the easiest way to donate is to go to their website.
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