In response to the Truth and Reconciliation Call to Action #92, Banff Centre will work with a consulting firm on a series of engagements and actions culminating in the creation of a Community Engagement Plan and Reconciliation and Inclusion Roadmap (RIR). The goal of the RIR is to reflect Banff Centre’s understanding, engagement, and commitment to Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. This grant will fund consultant fees, elder honoraria and expenses, and production of the RIR.
The Bow River Basin Council is requesting funds to complete the online State of the Watershed Report for the Bow Basin. The report is for the community to gain understanding of how natural and human footprint features and processes influence conditions. The report links between watershed health and land and water uses, risks, actions, and current conditions in the Bow watershed. Data and visual GIS tools have been developed with the final stage requiring analysis and final report development.
Calgary Apraxia is providing 6 weeks of summer camp to children diagnosed with Childhood Apraxia of speech. This camp is the only one of its kind in western Canada and is specifically tailored for children with this debilitating speech delay. The grant allows us to keep costs low for the participants families and ensure any child with CAS has a spot no matter their socioeconomic backgrounds. We continue to find an support as many children in the Calgary region as we can find to bring them joy.
The Mobility for All project seeks funding for a specialized accessible van. This van will serve as a vital asset for transporting children living with physical disabilities, as well as adapted bikes, sleds, and medical equipment to and from all the recreational programs offered by CP Kids & Families. This initiative is designed to ensure that all participants, regardless of physical abilities, can fully engage in the transformative experiences offered by CP Kids & Families’ recreation programs.
In July 2024 CIFF will pilot the first phase of its equipment procurement by making an investment in 2 DCI-compliant projectors. With the closure of Cineplex Eau Claire this Spring, Calgary will lose its last downtown multiplex, and CIFF will lose its long-time operational hub. These projectors will become a CIFF-managed community resource, enhancing cinematic screening capacity in the downtown and surrounding districts, where the equipment required to show cinematic content does not yet exist.
Kinship caregivers are a growing trend in the Calgary area, yet there exists a vulnerable supportive gap in services for kinship families. The Calgary Region Foster and Kinship Association wants to create meaningful, supportive connections for this unique and diverse population.
Our goal is to create a new program, offering mentor supported bi-monthly coffee and connection gatherings and events for kinship caregivers to reduce caregiver isolation and improve access to resources.
Seniors for Kids Society promotes intergenerational relationships within a safe, inclusive environment. Seniors will experience personal wellbeing by become mentors for youth by giving of their time, talents and stories in a nonjudgmental way, providing unconditional attention with a desire to encourage young people to reach their full potential encouraging mental health for both. This grant will sustain and strengthen existing programs by supporting materials, operating and labor costs.
SSVP St. Anthony’s Conference annually makes & delivers 547+food hampers with fresh produce, milk, cheese, butter, eggs, frozen meat, pantry items, etc to assist 968+ adults and 714+ children unable to adequately feed themselves, due to low income caused by their circumstances many of which are permanent and will not change (ie: elderly and/or disabled). The grant will go towards purchasing food and other basic necessities (ie personal hygiene products) for the hamper program.
Spirit North (SN) delivers sport and land-based activities to Indigenous children and youth. Our most requested program is our biking program. However, for the majority of these communities, they do not have access to bikes, helmets and other supplies needed to offer this program. We are requesting support to enable us to purchase a travelling fleet of bikes, trailer and supplies so we can offer this program to 400 grade four to six students participating in SN programs in Southern Alberta.
This initiative is about planting and learning from Sweetgrass. Activities weave together knowledge systems to develop critical knowledge on how incorporating Sweetgrass into landscapes can strengthen biodiversity and relationships between people and places across southern Alberta. Building on recent findings that confirm Sweetgrass is a natural climate change solution, this project engages Piikani youth in growing and monitoring this culturally significant plant in traditional Blackfoot ways.