Three-year School's Out funding commitments by United Way of the Lower Mainland are helping Tri-Cities children to be active, social and engaged after school.
School's Out is recognized as the largest grant in the region supporting after-school programs in some of the Lower Mainland's most vulnerable neighbourhoods. Following are the Tri-City groups that will receive United Way funding:
Immigrant Services Society of BC will receive $179,958 for Reaching for Success- Newcomer Children.
Kateslem Youth Society will receive $180,000 for its after-school program.
Place Maillardville Society will receive $180,000 for Place Maillardville School's Out Elementary School Program.
Share Family and Community Services will receive $180,000 for its Schools and Family Together program.
Step-By-Step Child Development Society will receive $93,000 for the Hyde Creek After-school Activity Program.
SUCCESS will receive $180,000 for the CONNECT Program for Multicultural Grade 3 to 5 Students.
Tri-City Transitions Society will receive $155,000 for the For Kids Sake program.
Westcoast Family Resources Society will receive $120,843 for the Strong Kids program.
"We all want children to be their best but children age six to 12 are experiencing increased isolation and disconnection," Michael McKnight, president and CEO United Way of the Lower Mainland, said in a press release. "Without early help, these children are at risk during their teen years."
Through support to dozens of after-school programs in Surrey, the Tri-Cities, Burnaby, the North Shore, Richmond and Langley, thousands of children have access to:
academic tutoring to ensure no child falls behind;
recreation programs to ensure optimum physical health and well being; and
peer and role model development to help children build positive relationships.
