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Big Bear Child & Youth Advocacy Centre Strengthens Support for Children Through $10,000 Grant

The funding Big Bear Child & Youth Advocacy Centre received has strengthened their advocate program, enabling advocates to provide crucial support to children and youth.
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Community Pantry: Sustaining Food Security Through Grant Funding

Through the Social and Community Development Grant, the Community Pantry has successfully become a permanent fixture at the Mount Paul Community Food Centre.
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Emergency Services Day Draws Over 1,000 Attendees

Emergency Services Day welcomed over 1,000 guests and kept McArthur Island bustling.
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Nurture by Nature: Enhancing Wellness for Anti-Violence Workers Through Community Support

Nurture by Nature, is a program designed for local anti-violence workers at individual, organizational, and community levels. 
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Consent Café: Empowering Youth and Communities Through Education and Support

A $10,176 Social and Community Development Grant allowed The Consent Café to meet community needs sustainably and responsively and achieve multiple goals in 2024.
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A Season of Renewal: Historic St. Andrew’s on the Square Prepares to Welcome Community Once Again

As our community marks the one-year anniversary of the closure of St. Andrew’s on the Square, we can look forward to good things ahead for a building that embodies the meaning of resilience and grace in the face of challenging moments, highlighting what it means to be historic.
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Centre for Seniors Information

Thanks to the funding the Centre for Seniors Information was able to expand the Secret Santa project connected with over 700 vulnerable seniors living in our community.
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Empowering Community Climate Action through Grassroots Initiatives

Transition Kamloops is a 100% volunteer-driven, registered not-for-profit society focused on increasing local resilience and self-sufficiency in food, water, energy, culture and wellness.
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Kamloops Beach Cleanup: A Community Win

Residents from each corner of our city showed up in full force for the beach cleanup, with 165 residents getting involved and making a real difference together.
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Grant Funding Helps Sustain PIT Stop Program Amid Challenges

Funding from the Social and Community Development Grants helped in paying for a part-time PIT Stop Coordinator, who organizes volunteers and ensures the program runs smoothly.