‘Tis the season of giving and the Kootenay Savings Community Foundation has the spirit! In keeping with the credit union’s tradition of community investment and involvement, the Kootenay Savings Community Foundation is proud to announce $65,000 in new grants, as well as a total donation of $50,000 to be shared amongst eight local community foundations and funds.

This funding – which brings the total amount distributed by the Foundation since 2000 to almost $3.8 million – will help provide assistance to educational, health, social, cultural, economic and environmental projects of benefit to the Kootenays.

In all, 21 diverse and dedicated groups will benefit from this latest round of grants and donations: Beaver Valley Blooming Society; City of Trail Downtown Opportunities & Action Committee; Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy; 
Community Foundation of Castlegar & District; Community Fund of North Kootenay Lake Society; Columbia Valley Arts Council; 
Columbia Valley Community Foundation; 
Columbia Valley Rockies Booster Society
; Doukhobor Heritage Retreat Society; 
Hills Nordic Ski Club; 
Kimberley & District Community Foundation; LeRoi Community Foundation; 
Nakusp & Area Community Foundation; Nelson & District Women’s Centre; Rossland Public Library Association; Salmo Community Resource Society; Slocan Valley Community Legacy Society; Special Olympics Greater Trail
; Trail FAIR Society; 
Village Arts Society; 
Webster Elementary School PAC.

Kootenay Savings Community Foundation

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