The Kenora District Services Board is assisting over 1,000 children this year to ensure they have access to organized sports, recreation, community activities, and food security.
The Board is spending $201,290 to support 13 community projects and agencies.
KDSB Chair Barry Baltessen says, “The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact families and children across our district and creates barriers to active participation. The Board remains committed to ensuring that children and youth in our communities, particularly low-income children and youth, have equal and equitable opportunities to access these enriching programs.”
Programs benefiting include:
-KDSB Ontario Works Families : District-Wide: $52,800
-NWHU Nutrition On Weekends (NOW): District-Wide: $52,540
-Making Connections for Children and Youth in Dryden: $10,000
-Township of Ear Falls: $3,000
-Ignace Mary Berglund Community Health Clinic: $5,750
-Ignace School: $5,000
-Ecole Immaculee-Conception in Ignace: $1,000
-Ignace Nursery School & EarlyON Centre: $2,700
-Firefly Minto Parent Child Resource Centre in Kenora: $10,000
-Rotary Club Kenora: $22,500
-PASS Program Kenora: $6,000
-Triple P.L.A.Y Kenora: $16,000
-Kids Are Recreationally Equal (KARE) Plus Program in Red Lake: $14,000
