Lloydminster charities getting over $86K in grant funding

Several Lloydminster charities are getting grant dollars from the latest City of Lloydminster Council approvals courtesy of the Saskatchewan Lotteries Community Grants for a total of $86,454.00.

The list reads:

1. $4,825.50 to the Lloydminster and District Centennial
   Commemorative Association Inc. for Saving and Sharing
   the Midwest’s Televised History (Phase 11)
2. $5,570.00 to the Libbie Young Centre for the Summer
   Recreation Program
3. $6,152.50 to the Focus Society for Support Services for
   Invest in Our Youth
4. $5,000.00 to Catholic Social Services – Gateway for
   Newcomers for Summergration
5. $10,000.00 to Special Olympics Lloydminster for Special
   Olympics Lloydminster
6. $500.00 to the Lloydminster & Area Brain Injury Society
   for Brain Fit
7. $10,000.00 to the Lloydminster Interval Home Society for
   LCYC Sport and Recreation Program
8. $10,000.00 to Inclusion Lloydminster for the Recreation
   Liaison
9. $9,000.00 to Lloydminster Roman Catholic Separate
   School Division #89 for Youth Sports & Free Family
   Physical Activity events
10. $5,000.00 to the Lloydminster Area Drug Strategy for
    RCMP Youth Camp
11. $4,500.00 to the Heart of Treaty 6 for the 2024
    Interschool Powwow
12. $5,000.00 to Border Rage Lacrosse for Senior Lacrosse
13. $5,000.00 to the Lloydminster Public Library for The
    Library Loves Lego
14. $5,906.00 to Big Brothers Big Sisters for Kids Klub
    Summer

Council authorized the Community Services Advisory Committee to reallocate any unused or returned grant funds.

Applications opened on Nov. 15, 2023, and closed on Jan. 8, 2024. Twenty-two applications totaling $157,528.50 were received. The committee met on Jan. 22, 2024, and made recommendations for fourteen 14 allocations.