Prince Albert and Area Community Foundation hands out grants

Every year the Prince Albert and Area Community Foundation (PAACF) hands out grant money to local organizations.

This year around 35 applications were submitted to PAACF with 18 being chosen to receive the $90,000 in grant money the PAACF had to dispense.

PAACF executive director Marilyn Peterson said the grant money comes from their own pool of money but also from the United Way of Saskatoon and from the Benjamin Moore Community Restoration Program.

Peterson explained that the PAACF meets with each of the funding partners in consultation and then arrives at a decision as to who will receive the funding.

“For the Prince Albert and Area Community Foundation we look at things like need is the big thing of course, it has to do with not only the organizations’ need but the target groups’ need is the big thing,” Peterson said.

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The United Way has similar criteria and they have funded a number of joint programs with PAACF.

Peterson said Benjamin Moore has their own criteria which is based upon creating a better look and restoration of buildings, projects and property.

“[Benjamin Moore] works through the community foundations in a number of different areas throughout Canada, this is the first time Prince Albert has been eligible to receive the Community Restoration Program grant,” Peterson said.

“Each fund works differently and we work with all of them to help meet the needs of the community, which is what we’re here for as a community foundation.”

In the past the PAACF has given grant money to organizations like the YWCA’s Our House which is used towards additional services for people staying at Our House.

“We have seen the [YWCA’s] needs more than double, so we see that our funds have really gone to good use in previous years and that’s a need that’s still growing.”

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Prince Albert is also another organization the PAACF has given grant money too to go towards their mentoring program as they expand into different community schools each year.

Recipients of this year’s grants

Grant money is donated to a number of facilities that deal with:

1. Children and Youth

2. Family and Community

3. Arts and Culture

4. Health and Welfare

5. Education

6. Research

The grants are made possible through investments to the PAACF, the generosity of the Moffat Family Foundation and donors from the United Way and the Benjamin Moore Community Restoration Fund.

Through United Way of Saskatoon:

1. West Flat Child Care Center – Parent Support Group –grant money will help provide support groups for families of children in the center

2. WJ Berezowsky Public School – Snack & Nutrition Program – grant money will help provide nutritious snacks on a daily basis from Sept – June

3. Saskatchewan Association for Community Living – Interec 2013 – grant money will help provide inclusion companions for activities for people with disabilities

4. YWCA – Seeds Project (Smart Families Coop) – grant money will help supply vegetable seeds to supply Good Food Box with vegetables

5. Prince Albert Mobile Crisis Center – Operational funding – grant money will assist with transport costs to provide mobile services

6. Catholic Family Services – Banana Splits, Calming the Storm, Active Parenting – grant money will help present a six-week course to teach parenting skills, anger management and more

PAACF and United Way are jointly funding:

1. S.H.A.R.E – Nutritional Meals and Snacks – grant money will help provide nutritious snacks as a part of a new Recreation Program

2. Family Futures – Milk Coupon Program – grant money will help pay for redemption of milk coupons accepted by a network of stores

3. Canadian Red Cross – Program Funding – grant money will help fund programs in four areas – Disaster Management, Violence and Abuse Prevention, Injury Prevention and Humanitarian issues

4. P.A. Literacy Network – Community Family Literacy – grant money will help support Family Literacy programs that are four to eight weeks long

5. Big Sisters/Big Brothers of P.A. – Mentors in Action – grant money will help extend the personal encouragement program to two community schools

6. YWCA – Our House – grant money will help provide additional services for people staying at Our House

7. CMHA P.A. Branch – NEST Lunch Program – grant money will help provide a nutritious lunch, including a teaching component in the Community Kitchen

Through the Prince Albert and Area Community Foundation:

1. Prince Albert Winter Games – Cross Country Ski Trail Improvement – grant money will help assist in a trail enhancement project in Little Red River Park

2. Mont St. Joseph Foundation – Home Artists @Home Program – grant money will provide support for artists at home to help relieve loneliness and boredom

3. Prince Albert Winter Games 2014 – Volunteer Inventory – grant money will help compose inventory of sponsorship opportunities with assets and benefits for events in our area

4. KidsSport – grant money will help assist children of families facing financial obstacles to participate in sports

Through the Benjamin Moore Community Restoration Program:

1. Mann Art Gallery was given some grant money and paint to help assist in the production of a mural on the south-facing wall of the building

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