The Kenora District Services Board is making a significant investment to ensure kids across the region remain active and healthy.
The Board is spending $130,145 to give kids from low-income families access to organized sports, community activities and food.
The funding will assist more than 1,000 children this year, which equates to roughly 20% of children meeting eligibility for assistance.
Ten programs will benefit and officials says the Child Poverty Reduction Reinvestment Funding is more crucial than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic.
-Northwestern Health Unit Nutrition on Weekends Program (Ear Falls, Machin, Sioux Narrows/Nestor Falls, Sioux Lookout, Dryden, Red Lake): $40,645
-Nutrition on Weekends Rotary Club of Kenora: $21,500
-Making Connections for Children and Youth: $3,000
-Ignace Nursery School Parent Cooperative: $2,100
-Mary Berglund Community Health Centre Hub: $3,150
-Kenora Triple Play: $18,000
-Ignace Public School Loonie Lunch: $7,000
-Beaver Brae PASS Program: $4,000
-Minto Parent and Child Resource Centre: $6,000
-Red Lake KARE Kids Are Recreationally Equal: $7,000
-Ear Falls Child and Family Supports Enhancement Program: $2,950
-Sioux Lookout P.R.O. Kids: $14,800
KDSB Chief Administrative Officer Henry Wall says “The COVID-19 Pandemic has had a tremendous impact on families and children across our District, especially low-income and working poor families. In these challenging times, we must make sure that we do all we can to ensure children and youth in our communities have equal opportunity to access theses vital programs, and that we support community partners in making certain that children do not go hungry.”
