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City Council approves over $450,000 in community grants to ten non-profits

Ten local no-profit organziations will share in $450,000 in city grant money.

The funding is from the Community Capital Grant program and will be used by the groups to make improvements to their facilities and equipment.

Lori Harasem is the Rec and Culture Development Manager for the City of Lethbridge. She says it’s exciting to see how much some of these community groups are growing. “This grant program continues to be very successful in supporting not-for-profits to complete capital projects that create more opportunities and increase accessibility for their members and the community. It also allows them to access other sources of funding from all levels of government, foundations and donations.”

The funding is sourced through the operating budget and money that’s been returned to the grant program from completed and cancelled projects from previous years.

Mayor Chris Spearman notes when the City partners with not-for-profits who provide supports in our community, they’re investing in a positive future for Lethbridge. “Providing financial support for these not-for-profit groups is a way to ensure there are inclusive services and programs available for our residents.”

Approved 2019 Grant Projects

* $200,000 – Lethbridge Oldtimers Sports Association
* $122,684 – Interfaith Food Bank Society
* $60,300 – Lethbridge Kyodokan Judo Club
* $25,000 – Big Brothers Big Sisters
* $23,595 – 5th on 5th Youth Services
* $21,314 – Ability Resource Association
* $20,881 – Lethbridge Economic Development Initiative Society
* $6,000 – Canadian Bhutanese Society
* $2,544 – Lethbridge Curling Club
* $1,400 – Dragonboat Association of Southern Alberta

Patrick Siedlecki
Patrick Siedlecki
Pat has been a mainstay in the CJOC News department from the time the station launched in 2007. He's been in the position of News Director since then and has been anchoring daily news casts as well as reporting and working behind the scenes. Community is important to him and keeping CJOC listeners and readers informed about what's happening across southern Alberta and beyond. Pat has been in radio broadcasting for the past 24 years, starting in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island in 1997 and then moving up island to Nanaimo for another few years before heading to Lethbridge in 2007. Pat grew up in the small Saskatchewan farming town of Foam Lake. After high school, he went to Western Academy Broadcasting College (WABC) in Saskatoon prior to moving to the island. Pat also spent several years broadcasting hockey in the BCHL as well as seven years as the radio voice of the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the WHL. Pat has been working at Cornerstone Funeral Home in Lethbridge as a Certified Life Celebrant and Funeral Assistant since 2016. News and sports have always been Pat's passion from the time he was a teenager and he's always been grateful to have had the opportunity to make that part of what's been a fun and long radio career!
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