The Regional District of Nanaimo was in a giving mood last week.
At the Committee of the Whole, grants for District 69 (Parksville Qualicum Beach) organizations and schools were approved for the board’s endorsements. The following grants-in-aid totalling $12,952 were approved;
• Bowser Seniors Housing Society, $1,500, which will go towards the cost of advertising for the society’s development application.
• Inclusion Parksville Society, $3,000, to be used to purchase concrete pads, picnic tables and a barbeque for its flagship Canada Day Community Celebration.
• Oceanside Building Learning Together Society, $1,020, for the purchase of books for the Books for Babes program.
• Oceanside Hospice Society, $4,832, for the purchase of equipment and advertising for volunteers for its equipment loan program.
• Oceanside Volunteer Association, $200, for advertising and posters for the Wellness and Volunteer Fair.
• Royal Canadian Legion Qualicum Beach Branch #76, $1,600, toward the purchase of a food cooler.
• Royal Canadian Legion Bowser &Area Branch #211, $800, for supplies and promotion for the Canada Day 150th Birthday Celebration.
The District 69 Youth Recreation grants totalling $10,695 are:
• Ballenas Secondary School, Tribune Bay trip - $2,500;
• Ballenas Whalers Football Support Society, helmets - $2,000;
• Bard to Broadway, youth theatre workshop facility rental - $460;
• Bard to Broadway, performing arts education series facility rental - $1,200;
• Bow Horne Bay Community Club, Halloween party - $1,200;
• District 69 Family Resource Association, summer youth program - $900;
• Oceanside Community Arts Council, summer camp supplies and signage - $1,435; and
• Ravensong Aquatic Club, pool rental - $1,000.
The District 69 Community Recreation Grants totalling $14,625 are:
• Arrowsmith Community Recreation Association, Food Skills for Families - $1,000;
• Arrowsmith Community Recreation Association, Coombs Candy Walk - $1,000;
• Bowser Elementary School PAC, playground project - $1,000;
• Corcan Meadowood Residents Association, Canada Day - $1,000;
• Corcan Meadowood Residents Association, Halloween event - $1,000;
• District 69 Family Resource Association, 2-week day camp - $600;
• Errington Cooperative Preschool, art supplies - $1,000;
• Errington Elementary School PAC, grade 3 swim program - $1,000;
• Kidfest Society, equipment rental, event and site expenses - $1,300;
• Oceanside Community Arts Council, seniors art program - $1,000;
• Parksville Indoor Slo-pitch League, equipment - $1,100;
• Parksville Oceanside Pickleball Society (formerly Parksville Qualicum Pickleball Club), equipment - $1,000;
• Qualicum Community Education and Wellness, music program - $1,250;
• Qualicum Woods Residents’ Association, neighborhood picnic - $375; and
• Van-Isle Walking Soccer, equipment - $1,000.