The Quesnel Community Foundation held its annual awards night on Wednesday (April 24) in the Billy Barker Casino showroom.
President Bob Salmons says it was a very successful night.
“We were pleased to be able to fund 24 different organizations within the Quesnel area and it went very well. Everybody was very appreciative and we handed out just over 108 thousand dollars in grants.”
Salmons says the grants ranged in price from $1,750 up to $11,000.
The 11,000 went to the Quesnel Technics Gymnastics Club for competition level uneven bars.
The Cariboo Kart Racers received 10 thousand for a pit wall replacement and the Gold Rush Cycling Club got 9 thousand dollars that will pay for a trail groomer project among other things.
A full list of recipients can be found below.
Salmons says they take a percentage of the endowment fund each year to provide grants to community groups.
“It works out to something like 3 1/2 percent on the first million and then 5 percent on anything over that. Our endowment currently stands at about 4.8 million dollars, which is incredible when you remember where we start with a 50 thousand dollar grant from the 2000 BC Winter Games that were held in Quesnel.”
The Foundation’s Gala, a dinner and auction, will take place this Saturday night at the Seniors’ Centre.
This is one of the big fundraisers for the Foundation every year and this year it is sold out.
2024 Grant Recipients
1. 768 Jet Ranger Squadron  $3,400 (tablets for cadets)
2. Barkerville Heritage Trust  $4,000 (Theatre Royal)
3. Bouchie Lake Community Assoc. $5,500 (storage container)
4. Cariboo Kart Racers $10,000 (pit wall replacement)
5. Cariboo Stock Dogs $6,500
6. Gavin Lake Forest Education Society $5,700 (Grade 6 school program)
7. Gold Rush Cycling Club $9,000 (trail groomer project)
8. Green Hope Society $5,300 (Hope market)
9. King Dog Sport Club $1,600 (equipment)
10. North Cariboo Srs Council $2,000 (upgrade office equipment)
11. Pet Coalition Society of BCÂ $4,000 (missing animal response equipment)
12. Quesnel & District Hospice Palliative Care $2,600 (training)
13. Quesnel & District Seniors’ Society $3,700 (fridge replacement)
14. Quesnel Aquatic Club $2,000 (banners and flags)
15. Quesnel & District 4-H Council $4,150 (equipment)
16. Quesnel Canoe Club $4,000
17. Quesnel Downtown Association $5,000 (tech upgrade)
18. Quesnel Festival of the Performing Arts $1,800
19. Quesnel Prospectors Car Club $3,000 (portable radios)
20. Quesnel Quilters Guild $3,000 (community comfort quilts)
21. Quesnel Technics Gymnastics Club $11,000 (competition level uneven bars)
22. Quesnel Youth Slo Pitch $3,000 (safety and practice equipment)
23. Special Olympics BC-Quesnel $1,750 (uniforms)
24. Troll Freestyle Club $6,500 (freestyle safety equipment)