{"id":26741,"date":"2015-12-07T17:31:49","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T23:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=26741"},"modified":"2016-01-17T21:25:13","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T03:25:13","slug":"community-foundation-reaches-over-2-million-in-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2015\/12\/07\/community-foundation-reaches-over-2-million-in-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Foundation Reaches over $2 Million in Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Submitted by:
\nVivian Rooks<\/p>\n

<\/br>On Thursday, December 3, 2015 the Community Foundation of Swan Valley held their annual meeting and granting night at the Westwood Inn at 7:00 P.M.
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\n<\/br>Click any picture for a larger version.<\/em><\/p>\n

Mark Provencher, of BMP Chartered Accounts, was present and summarized the financial position of the foundation. In his summation he explained that our foundation has now reached over 2 million in endowment funds. <\/p>\n

Certificates were presented to individuals who invested $1000 or more into the Heritage Club over the last year.<\/p>\n

One of the most exciting parts of the evening was the presentation of cheques from the foundation to recipients of grants for projects for their organization. <\/p>\n

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The following organizations received contributions to projects for their community organization in the Swan Valley: <\/p>\n

Swan River Junior Curling Club \u2013 Install Cameras and T.V.s
\nSwan River Communities in Bloom \u2013 3 Planters
\nHarley House Committee- Replace Windows
\nSwan Valley Communities that Care \u2013 Youth Activities
\nNorthwest Regional Library \u2013 Learning Walls
\nHeyes Child Care Centre \u2013 Equipment for Day Care
\nMinitonas School Parent Advisory Council \u2013 Playground Equipment
\nSunflower Early Learnng Centre \u2013 Intercom System
\nKenville Community Club \u2013 Booth Upgrades
\nSwan River Agricultural Society \u2013 Ground Improvements
\nEcole Swan River South School PAC \u2013 Hot Dog Cooker & Grill Cart
\nCanadian Cancer Society \u2013 MB Division \u2013 Swan Valley Radon Awareness Project
\nYouth Voice \u2013 SVRSS \u2013 Breakfast Program \u2013 Fridge and Microwave
\nElbert Chartrand Friendship Centre SUCCEED Connections Program \u2013 Range
\nSwan River Day Care Centre \u2013 Play Area Rugs
\nSwan River & District Community Resource Council \u2013 Dura Tile Base for Gym Equipment in park
\nBenito School PAC \u2013 Playground equipment
\nCanadian Parents for French (S.R. Chapter) \u2013 Reading Program & French Cultural Performance
\nSwan Valley Gymnastics \u2013 Gymnastics Equipment
\nTread the Thunder Bike Club \u2013 Brush Trimmer and Blade
\nThunderhill Ski Club \u2013 Helmets<\/p>\n

As well, designated grants were given to:<\/p>\n

Swan Valley Air Cadets from the Lloyd Spicer Fund
\nSwan Valley Animal Protection League from the Jim & Marie Hogg Fund
\nSwan Valley Fine Arts Festival Committee for a child to go to music camp from the Lloyd & Betty Bertram Fund
\nSwan Valley Historical Museum from their own fund as well as the Tony & Vincent Gulash Fund
\nSwan River Figure Skating Club from the Carissa Kowal Fund
\nThe Chemo Dept at the Swan River Hospital from the Jean Donaldson Fund
\nYouth in Philanthropy from their Youth in Philanthropy fund.<\/p>\n

A sincere thank you to all donors who recognize the promise in the future of our community by donating to our Community Foundation of Swan Valley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Submitted by: Vivian Rooks On Thursday, December 3, 2015 the Community Foundation of Swan Valley held their annual meeting and granting night at the Westwood Inn at 7:00 P.M. Click any picture for a larger version. Mark Provencher, of BMP Chartered Accounts, was present and summarized the financial position of the foundation. In his summation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13,33],"class_list":["post-26741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-coverage","tag-sr-curling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26741\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}