A number of organizations in Kenora and the surrounding area are starting the week with a financial boost, thanks to the Kenora and Lake of the Woods Community Foundation.
This year, 38 organizations received a total of $505,644 in funding — a record amount in the foundation’s 20-year history, according to executive director Lynn McAughey.
Andrew B. Paterson was on hand to present several of the grants supported by the Paterson Family Grants.
Paterson Family Grants – $191,170
- Salvation Army – $10,000
- Women’s Shelter Saakaate House – $18,000
- Shooniyaa Wa-Biitong – $48,170
- Keewatin Patricia District School Board – $5,000
- Kenora Catholic District School Board – $5,000
- WHNAC for Hospice – $30,000
- District Home for the Aged – $25,000
- Try Tych Productions – $10,000
- Jubilee Church of God – $15,000
- WHNAC for Nutrition – $25,000
Moffat Family Fund and Dream Fund Grants – $126,575
- Canadian Mental Health Association, Kenora Branch – $6,000
- Firefly Minto EarlyON Centre – $20,000
- Keewatin Patricia District School Board – $11,000
- Kenora District New Horizons Centre – $17,000
- Kenora Public Library – $5,500
- Lake of the Woods District Hospital – $5,000
- Ma’mo’weh Wii’soo’ka’tiwin Foundation – $15,000
- The Muse – Lake of the Woods Museum – $8,200
- Scientists in School – $4,000
- Township of Sioux Narrows–Nestor Falls – $14,345
- Triple Play – $20,530
Agency and Donor Designated Grants – $172,780
- District of Kenora Home for the Aged – $12,190
- Dragon Tamers – $3,220
- FIREFLY – $7,770
- KACL – $21,790
- Kenora District New Horizons Seniors Centre – $120
- Kenora Fellowship Centre – $1,130
- Kenora Handi Transit – $3,370
- Kenora Public Library – $9,230
- Kenora–Rainy River Child and Family Services – $14,760
- Kenora Special Olympics – $2,080
- Lake of the Woods District Hospital Foundation – $1,820
- Minto Parent Child Resource Centre – $3,030
- Pellatt United Firefighters – $5,300
- The Muse – Lake of the Woods Museum – $73,290
- Triple P.L.A.Y. – $9,320
- Waaswaagizhig Nanaandawe’iyewigamig – $40
- Women’s Shelter Saakaate House – $4,320
The grants were presented during a ceremony held Friday night at the Clarion Lakeside Inn.
