The Comox Valley Community Foundation is pleased to announce that it recently distributed an additional $21,095 in grants to four organizations to assist with the community’s response to the COVID-19 crisis.
CVCF launched its COVID-19 Emergency Response Grants program at the onset of the pandemic. The grants were intended to offer resources for the community where they were needed most, with a focus on access to food, shelter, supplies and care for our community’s most vulnerable.
“This latest round of funding brings CVCF’s investment in our community’s COVID-19 response to over $350,000,” said Matt Beckett, president of the Comox Valley Community Foundation.
‘This is a number of which we are extremely proud and we are very pleased to have been able to support our local charities and not-for-profit organizations as they transitioned the delivery of their programs and services in response to the pandemic and its impact on our most vulnerable neighbours,” added Beckett.
Recipients of the $21,095 include:
Cumberland Community Schools Society
Food Share program – a continuation of hamper and hot meal delivery program through November 2020
$4,345
Dawn to Dawn: Action of Homelessness Society - Maple Pool Peer Support program through March 2021
$10,000
Northgate Foursquare Church -Back-to-School Backpack program
$3,000
LUSH Valley Food Action Society - Rental of mobile cooler for local food aggregation and distribution through October 2020
$3,750
For further information, or to learn more about how you can make an impact, please visit www.cvcfoundation.org or call 250-338-8444.