Applications are now being accepted for the 2012 Sports Grants offered by Kimberley & District’s Winter Games Legacy Fund.
Go to the Grants page for the downloadable application form. Deadline for submission of applications is Friday, February 3, 2012.
Kimberley Community Grant Application 2011 (PDF)
Kimberley Community Grant Application 2011 (MS Word)
The Kimberley & District Community Foundation has accumulated $8,000 (which includes KDCF Community funds and Kootenay Savings Community Fund) and it is to be dispersed to non-profit, registered charitable organizations (you must have a charitable number) located in the former School District #3. Continue reading
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The directors of Kimberley & District Community Foundation have decided to participate in the community dollars program.
For more info on the program visit Community Dollars.ca
Kimberley & District Community Foundation treasurer Kent Goodwin announced that total grants given by KDCF now exceed $100,000.
Since February 2002 the Community Foundation has given out $103,512.20 in grants.
Here is a brief summary of the totals for the various funds:
KDCF held its AGM and three new directors were elected: Michelle Giancola, Ken Rintoul and Steve Brine.
Visit our Directors‘ page for a listing of all current Directors and Officers.
KDCF directors Ken Rintoul and Steve Brine present a cheque to minor soccer league (Sarah, Lucy, Molly, Coach Mike Fox)
Local amateur sport organizations continue to reap the benefits from the two occasions when Kimberley hosted the BC Winter Games. The City has entrusted Kimberley & District Community Foundation to manage the Legacy Funds from those games, and this year’s grants totaled $4,122.
Theresa Cundiff, Community Foundation Director in charge of Grants, said, “We again had some excellent grant applications, and five local sport groups will receive money.”
Here are the highlights:
North Star Racers
North Star Skating Club. The funds are for coaching development. They have approximately 57 skaters and this grant will help train local girls by paying their entry fee into courses held in Vancouver and Edmonton.
Kimberley Minor soccer. As the Purcell Park is nearing completion, there is a need for proper equipment for this new facility. This grant will help purchase new goals for youth soccer and adult soccer clubs.
Kimberley Minor Hockey
Kimberley Minor Hockey Association funds for volunteer training and education. Volunteers have to take this course called “Respect In Sport.”
North Star Ski Racers and All Mountain program. This grant will purchase five or six more reconditioned radios for communication.
Minor Soccor
Kimberley Minor Baseball/Softball Association. Kimberley Minor Ball would like to extend the girls’ softball opportunities to include Bantam Girls (13 to 15 age group) and they require equipment (bats, back catcher gear, helmets, softballs, bases etc.).
The cheques were presented by Community Foundation directors Ken Rintoul and Steve Brine at Kimberley’s Alpine Ski Resort on Saturday, March 5, 2011. Here are some more of the happy recipients:
Kimberley & District Community Foundation directors Steve Brine and Ken Rintoul (L and R) present a cheque to the Kimberley Minor Hockey Association (Colleen Andersen)
Kimberley & District Community Foundation directors Ken Rintoul and Steve Brine (L and R) present a cheque to the North Star Racers represented by Bronwyn, Nolan, India, Sarah, Eva, Paige, Rowan, Paul, Georgia, Zoe, Gina, Becca, Becky, Aiden, Carson
Kimberley & District Community Foundation directors Ken Rintoul and Steve Brine (L and R) present a cheque to the Kimberley Minor Baseball/Softball Association (Tyra Joe)
Kimberley & District Community Foundation directors Ken Rintoul and Steve Brine (L and R) present a cheque to the North Star Skating Club (Jacinta, Zoe, Bianca) (L-R)
Applications are now being accepted for the 2011 Sports Grants offered by Kimberley & District’s Winter Games Legacy Fund. A total of $4,121 is available for grants.
Go to the Grants page for the downloadable application form. Deadline for submission of applications is 4:00 pm on Wednesday, February 2, 2011.
Cheque for $2,987 from KDCF to Pines (photo Carolyn Grant, Daily Bulletin)
In December 2010 the Kimberley & District Community Foundation were pleased to present a cheque to the Pines Memorial and Development Society in the amount of $2,987. This is the annual proceeds from the Bill Motek Memorial Fund at KDCF, and will be used to purchase two reclining lift chairs for Pines residents.
Presenting the cheque on behalf of KDCF is director Dale Zinovich (second from left), and receiving it on behalf of the Pines is Sever Ronestvedt, Kitty Bengtson and Bev Banks.
The results are in for our recent campaign with the Kimberley Nordic Club and the City of Kimberley.
The Kimberley Nordic Club thanks those members that generously donated to the “Building Fund”. Nineteen generous members donated a total of $4,280 of which $428 went to the Kimberley & District Community Foundation’s Community Endowment Fund and $3,852 went to the Nordic Club Building Fund. The money will be a big help this year as the Club has many unexpected expenses.
The Kimberley & District Community Foundation accepted designated donations up to December 15, 2010 for this special project. Ten percent of the donation went to the KDCF Community fund, an endowment that will benefit the community over many years. Ninety percent was presented to the City of Kimberley on behalf of the Kimberley Nordic Club. The City of Kimberley and the Nordic Club have cooperated in the building of a new warming hut.
The image used for the top of our website is taken in Kimberley Nature Park by Kent Goodwin.
These are Larch needles in the Kimberley Nature Park (photo by Kent Goodwin) that we used in Fall.
In summer we had our very own Kimberley nature Park tiger lilies (photo Kent Goodwin).
