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Four Cranbrook groups share $77,000 in grants
Four social service organizations in Cranbrook have received a combined $77,000 in community gaming grants from the B.C. government.
The Cranbrook Boys and Girls Club is getting $29,000; Lions Club of Cranbrook $20,000; Royal Canadian Legion Branch 24 Ladies’ Auxiliary $10,000; and Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 3032 is receiving $18,000.
“For years these organizations have been important contributors to the good life we enjoy in Cranbrook,” Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett said. “I am pleased that our government continues to give them a helping hand with these grants so they can continue their good work.”
These grants are awarded under the Human and Social Services category of the community gaming grant program, which allows non-profit organizations to apply for provincial gaming revenues from the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development. Gaming grants are also awarded in the categories of Public Safety, Sports and Arts and Culture, Parent Advisory Councils and District Parent Advisory Councils, and Environment.
Every year, the provincial government approves $135 million in gaming grants that benefit more than 5,000 local non-profit organizations that serve communities throughout British Columbia.
Organizations interested in applying for community gaming grants can find information and applications at gaming.gov.bc.ca/grants/.
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