The Port Moody Foundation announced the recipients of $6,000 worth of grants this week.
A grant of $1,000 went to Access Youth Outreach Services Society (formerly PoCoMo Youth Services Society) to support its mobile drop-in centre and outreach program for marginalized youth.
The Port Moody Arts Centre Society received $1,500.00 to buy 60 folding chairs for the new community gathering space in the Arts Centre's Centennial Appleyard House, which is scheduled to open later this year.
The third recipient was Coquitlam's Dogwood Pavilion Senior Society, which gets $800 to support the instruction of 30 to 35 young people from the Tri-Cities in dragon boating and other paddling. The program goal is to encourage vulnerable youth to live a physically and mentally healthy, drug-free lifestyle and to focus on achieving a balance between sport and academic studies.
A grant of $1,800.00 was awarded to Port Moody Heritage Society to assist in developing a multi-media display of the Ioco townsite that will be used at various functions to increase the awareness and preservation of the townsite, Port Moody's first Heritage Conservation Area.
And the Zajac Ranch Society received $900 to support its program to assist families of Port Moody children with medical needs to attend the Zajac Ranch Camp at Stave Lake.
The Port Moody Foundation is a non-profit community foundation focused on supporting social, cultural, ecological and recreational activities that benefit the citizens of Port Moody.
For more information on supporting the foundation, contact Robert Simons at 604-469-4699 or [email protected].
