The Quesnel Community Foundation had yet another record-breaking year for the amount of grant funding given to local non-profits.
The Foundation held its annual banquet and awards night on Wednesday, April 29. It also gave out its community grants to organizations from Quesnel.
Graeme Armstrong, the Foundation’s President, said they awarded $240,000 to 30 community organizations. $40,000 more than last year’s record-breaking year, as well as setting a new record for the amount of grants organizations received, nine more than last year.
“It’s the most exciting night of the year for us, honestly,” says Armstrong. “All the work that goes into the Foundation all year long, it’s the most exciting part when we can distribute those grants every year.”
The grant money the Foundation awards is what has been earned from the Foundation’s endowment fund, which is never touched.
The endowment fund started with $50,000 as a legacy from when Quesnel hosted the 2000 BC Winter Games.
Today, the endowment fund is up to around $6.5 million.
The full list of the Quesnel Community Foundation’s recipients:
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- Baker Creek Community Club — Hall Repairs — $4,300.00
- Baker Creek Enhancement Society — Nature Centre Educational Mural — $4,500.00
- Barkerville Heritage Trust — Theatre Royal 2026 — $7,000.00
- Bouchie Lake Community Association — Picnic Tables — $6,589.00
- Cariboo Ski Touring Club — Eco-Aim Rifles — $5,700.00
- Cariboo Stock Dogs — Boosting Community Involvement Through Visibility — $3,650.00
- Church of St. John The Divine — Comprehensive Alarm System Upgrade and Expansion — $5,000.00
- Dunrovin Park Lodge- Northern Health — Wheelchair Transport Bike for Dunrovin Residents — $12,000.00
- ECHEN Healing Society — Project ECHO (Echen Community Hall Outreach)- Audio/Visual Upgrade — $3,000.00
- Friends of Bouchie-Milburn Society — Six Mile Corner Project- Phase 2 — $8,200.00
- Gavin Lake Forest Education Society — Grade 6 Fall Outdoor Program — $8,000.00
- Gold Rush Cycling Club — Dragon Mountain Mountain Bike Trail Development — $14,500.00
- North Cariboo Agricultural Marketing Association- FARMED — FARMED 20th Anniversary Celebration — $2,000.00
- Northern Health Authority- GRB — GRB Maternity Services- Giraffe Warmer (1 of 3) — $44,717.48
- Northern Health Authority- GRB — Equipment (Ultrasound) for PICC line insertions in Quesnel — $30,000.00
- Northstar Fellowship Baptist Church — Commercial Freezer for Community Meal — $4,300.00
- Quesnel & District Hospice & Palliative Care — Hospice Dining Room Arm Chairs and Laptop for Grief Support — $5,000.00
- Quesnel & District Minor Hockey Association — Goaltender Equipment Purchase and Upgrade — $9,000.00
- Quesnel & District Seniors’ Society — Replacement of Projector/Screen — $4,700.00
- Quesnel Curling Club — Curling Stone Maintenance — $7,000.00
- Quesnel Festival of the Performing Arts — Speech Arts, Choir and Vocalists — $6,500.00
- Quesnel Motocross Association — QMXA- Youth Mini Track — $6,000.00
- Quesnel Pipes and Drums — Supporting the Quesnel Pipes and Drums — $5,000.00
- Quesnel Search & Rescue Society — Helmet PPE Evergreen Program — $2,000.00
- Quesnel Technics Gymnastics Club — Recreational Gymnastics Equip. Expansion and Upgrade — $5,000.00
- Quesnel Women’s Resource Centre — Quesnel Women’s Resource Centre Façade Upgrade — $7,500.00
- South Quesnel Business Improvement Assoc. — South Quesnel Banners —$1,400.00
- Special Olympics BC Society- Quesnel — Major Project Request — $9,000.00
- Wells Destination School Society — Wells Learning Centre — $4,840.00
- Wells Historical Society — Update Safety Equipment — $360.00
- YMCA BC- Foundry — Summer’s Last Slide — $3,000.00
