Reps with some local non-profit organizations have received funding.
Officials with the nine community health boards in the province’s eastern zone have announced nearly $147,000 for projects that support local health priorities.
Locally, some of the Antigonish Co. projects include the Antigonish Co. Adult Learning Association’s Songs in Streets and Kindness Boxes at École Acadienne de Pomquet.
Guysborough Co. projects include the Canso Garden Club’s Winged Blossom Project and the food pantry at the Mulgrave and Area Medical Centre.
Inverness Co. organizations in line for funding include L’Arche Cape Breton and Cheticamp’s community transit group.
Organizations funded by the Strait Richmond Community Health Board include the Fresh Start Peer Support Society and the Seniors Take Action Coalition.
A full list of local projects is below.
Wellness Fund recipients for communities within Strait Richmond, Antigonish town and county and Guysborough county:
Funded by Antigonish Town & County CHB
Moving and Growing Together – Antigonish Affordable Housing Society
Songs in Streets – Antigonish County Adult Learning Association
Sparking Interest – Early Childhood Development Intervention Services
Kindness Boxes – École Acadienne de Pomquet
Funded by Strait Richmond CHB
Project Period Kits – Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre & Sexual Assault Services
Expansion of Peer Support Services – Fresh Start Peer Support Society
Webs of Social Connectedness – Seniors Take Action Coalition
Funded by Guysborough County CHB
ArtWorks Everywhere – ArtWorks East
Awesome Activities – Autism Nova Scotia
Winged Blossom Project – Canso Garden Club
Family Literacy/Children Books – Early Years Networking Committee
Food Pantry – Mulgrave and Area Medical Centre
Funded by Antigonish and Guysborough CHBs
Make and Take – COVID-19 Style – Kids First Association – Antigonish/Guysborough/Pictou
Funded by Central Inverness CHB
Ulnooweg Development – L’Arche Cape Breton
Funded by North Inverness CHB
La Cooperative de Transport de Cheticamp – Le Club Kinsmen de Cheticamp
