Funded Projects
These are the community projects that the Foundation has been proud to support since it first began providing grants in 2002.
Grant Recipients 2002 – 2009
(Total Grants Awarded to Date: $122,072)
2009 - Total awarded this year: $15,000
Alex Fraser Park Society
Electrical system upgrade for the Park
$5,000
Baker Creek Enhancement Society
Alternative Energy Fair
$1,000
Quesnel Aquatics Club
Swim with the Olympians Camp
$1,500
Quesnel S.P.C.A.
Cat facility siding
$2,500
Quesnel Technics Gymnastics
Circus Arts Equipment
$4,000
Quesnel Women’s Resource Centre
Missing Women’s Monument
$1,000
2008 - total awarded this year: $25,000
Auxiliary to the GR Baker Memorial Hospital
Project: Sign for the front of the hospital
Award: $980
Cariboo Ski Touring Club
Project: Hallis Lake Equipment Shed Improvement Project
Award: $2240
Cottonwood Community Association
Project: Wheelchair Ramp and Storage Room
Award: $1500
Quesnel Aquatic Club
Project: Pup’s Pilot Swim Project
Award: $800
Quesnel Community Living Association
Project: Community Access Van
Award: $4000
Quesnel & District Palliative Care Association
Project: Angel Ceiling Lift
Award: $8000
Quesnel Residential Care Society
Project: Personal Care Equipment
Award: $1980
Special Olympics British Columbia – Quesnel
Project: Uniform Purchase – new basketball team
Award: $1500
Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program
Project: Light and Sound equipment purchase
Award: $4000
2007 - total awarded this year: $20,750
Alex Fraser Park Society
project: Phase II - Agri-Plex Extension
Award: $3,000
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Quesnel
project: New Office Signage
Award: $900
BC Genealogical Survey/Friends of the Museum
project: Website set-up & initial maintenance
Award: $2,000
Island Mountain Arts
project: Website upgrade & programming
Award: $2,500
Quesnel Figure Skating Club
project: Upgrading Office Equipment – Computer
Award: $2,500
Quesnel SPCA
project: Siding addition at the shelter
Award: $3,760
Quesnel Technics Gymnastics Club
project: Equipment purchase
Award: $2,850
Quesnel Youth Soccer Association
project: Purchase of precast concrete picnic table and bicycle rack
Award: $2,000
Quesnel Contact Line & West Quesnel Business Association
Project: Purchase Aggregate picnic table
Award: $2,000
2006 - total awarded this year: $18,200
Baker Creek Enhancement Society
Project: Nature Education Centre website
Award: $1,000
Friends of the Quesnel & District Museum & Archives Society
Project: C. S. Wing photographs
Award: $2,500
Quesnel Community Living Association
Project: Racing Road community home upgrade
Award: $3,000
Quesnel Pipes and Drums
Project: piping and drumming workshop
Award: $1,500
Quesnel Residential Care Society
Project: adaptive clothing/ adaptive leg cycle purchase
Award: $1,200
Quesnel SPCA
Project: cat cages
Award: $2,000
Quesnel Technics Gymnastics Club
Project: website development and maintenance
Award: $1,500
Scouts Canada, 16th Voyageur Scouts
Project: canoe purchase
Award: $2,500
Yellow Ribbon Theatre
Project: Yellow Ribbon Theatre Suicide Prevention Program
Award: $3,000
2005 - total awarded this year: $13,600
Alzheimer Society of British Columbia
Project: Family Caregiver Education Series
Award: $1,500
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Quesnel
Project: Resource Library for volunteers and children
Award: $1,000
Quesnel Youth Soccer Association
Project: website updating and training to improve communication within the organization, with players, coaches, and families
Award: $1,500
Island Mountain Arts Society
Project: digital camera and computer to improve communication
Award: $2,500
Baker Creek Enhancement Society
Project: bird viewing platform
Award: $2,000
Q & D Child Development Centre
Project: infant massage resource package
Award: $700
Quesnel Theatre Action Group
Project: public outreach/membership program to explain to the region the Group's goals and the next steps in the process in developing a community theatre
Award: $1,500
Quesnel Search and Rescue Society
Project: duplex repeater unit
Award: $2,000
Quesnel Men's Fastball
Project: upgrading of the Barlow Creek ball diamonds
Award: $900
2004 - total awarded this year: $11,822
The BC Schizophrenia Society, Quesnel Branch
Project: Quality of Life Program. This program will provide bus and Arts and Recreation Centre passes for clients dealing with mental illness.
Award: 2,485
Friends of Barkerville - Cariboo Goldfields Historical Society
Project: Stanley Cemetery Renewal Project.
Award: $1,172
Quesnel and District Child Development Centre
Project: Doula Access Program. This project will provide at-risk pregnant women with access to paid doula care.
Award: $2,400
The Quesnel Search and Rescue Society
Project: Mobile Command Centre. The Society will place a mobile command and communications centre on their truck.
Award: $2,500
The Quesnel Technics Gymnastics Club
Project: Wall Mirrors for Training Project. This project will enable the club to purchase panels of portable mirrors.
Award: $667.68
Quesnel Youth Soccer Association
Project: a mini field goal and net for the new community soccer facility.
Award: $2,598
2003 - total awarded this year: $10,000
Baker Creek Enhancement Society
Project: build trails in West Fraser Timber Park and the 10 Mile Lake upland areas, and to enhance trails with benches and interactive signage.
Award: $1500
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Quesnel
Project: to increase the community capacity of their In-School Mentorship Program.
Award: $1,000
Quesnel and District Heritage Association
Project: to build a cistern at the Antique Machinery Park so that they can have clean, usable water for general use in the buildings.
Award: $1,000
Kersley Community Association
Project: to assist in producing a history of Kersley for the Kersley Reunion 2003.
Award: $500
Friends of Barkerville
Project: to build a cemetery fence and paint and repair the flagpole in the cemetery.
Award: $1,000
Cariboo Highland Games
Project: to purchase a portable Accusta dance floor.
Amount awarded: $2,000
The North Cariboo Comprehensive Youth Centre
Project: to pay for canoe circuit fees and food for their Bowron Lake youth program.
Award: $1500
British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Project: to build four new line runs and exercising and socializing areas for dogs in their care.
Award: $1,500
2002 - total awarded this year: $6,700
Nazko Valley Community Centre
Project: Alternate Energy Feasibility Study
Award: $1,000 (This project was not completed, and the funds were returned.)
St. Andrew's United Church
Project: Hall public washroom renovations for increased accessibility
Award: $1,000
BC Old Time Fiddlers Branch #3
Project: B.C. Fiddle Treat sign, and microphone and monitor
Award: $600
Enavant Program (Blackwater Paddlers)
Project: Youth Paddling Instruction Program
Award: $1,125
Friends of Barkerville
Project: Signage for Barkerville-Wells Cemetery
Award: $1,000
Parkland Community Association
Project: Organizational Development
Award: $1,125
Quesnel Youth Soccer Association
Project: Youth Referee Mentorship Program
Award: $850
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