$170,000 goes to good causes
Requests for United Way funding across the NWT increases almost 50 per cent, reaching $285,000
James O'Connor
Northern News Services
Monday, March 20, 2017
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
More requests for United Way funding were made from outside Yellowknife this year, says the organization.
Applications to the grant program from across the NWT increased by almost 50 per cent, with total requests for funding reaching $285,000, a news release stated March 13.
UNITED WAY FUNDING RECIPIENTS
- Food Rescue Yellowknife
- Aklavik Indian Band
- Community Garden Society of Inuvik
- Ecology North
- Food First Foundation
- Fort Smith Ecumenical Group Soup Kitchen/Food Bank
- Girl Guides of Canada Yellowknife
- Hay River Committee for Persons with Disabilities
- Ingamo Hall Friendship Centre
- Inuvik Emergency Warming Centre Society
- Inuvik Food Bank
- Inuvik Homeless Shelter Advisory Board
- Inuvik Youth Centre Society
- K'alemi Dene School Cubs
- Keeper's Program Deh Gah Schools
- Northern Youth Leadership
- Pehdzeh Ki First Nations
- Hay River Soup Kitchen
- Yellowknife Association for Community Living
- Yellowknife Women's Society
- YWCA of the NWT
|
That reflects the work the United Way has been doing to increase awareness of the organization outside major centres, the agency stated.
A total of $170,000 in grants is being given out this year.
Agencies from Aklavik, Inuvik, Fort Providence, Fort Smith, Hay River, Ndilo, Yellowknife and Wrigley were approved for funding.
"We were excited to be able to provide grants to non-profits in communities that we haven't been able to invest in yet," Tracy St-Denis, chair of the United Way NWT, stated in the news release.
"Donors from every region of the Northwest Territories donate to the United Way through their workplace charitable campaigns, so it will be meaningful for them to see money going to every corner of the NWT."
The United Way's Community Investment Fund relies mostly on the donations made by through workplace campaigns.
One group that received funding this year will help get youth out on the land.
Northern Youth Leadership received $7,500, said project director Ali McConnell.
Her organization is dedicated to delivering programming that develops young leaders in the territory.
In the summer, participating youth will have the opportunity to attend outdoor activities - which the funding has made possible.
"In June, we are going to take a group of girls aged 11 to 13 into the Mackenzie Mountains for some hiking, and then we are going to do a boys paddling trip at the end of July," she said.
- with files from Robin Grant
