GRANT RECIPIENTS
A list of successful applicants, representing a diverse range of community issues
2025 GRANTS
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Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy, Slocan Valley - Workshops on estate planning and will writing
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New Denver Hospice Society - Teen Connect facilitated discussions regarding grief, loss, life challenges, introspection, and reflection
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Slocan Lake Green Burial Society - Fencing, storage shed completion, upgrade pathways
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The Junction Church - Bathroom upgrades
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Treehugger Retreats and Events Society - HARMONY Festival and Winter Carnival
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Hope Air - Support for Slocan Valley patients in financial need for medical travel
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Brent Kennedy Elementary School Parent Advisory Council - Playground replacement
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Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network (CBEEN) - Wild Voices for Kids
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Slocan Valley Community Band - Purchase of conga drums
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North Slocan Trails Society - Planning for active transportation link between New Denver and Silverton
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Petra Hekkenberg - Art project, installation, and book addressing the sentiment around evacuations of people, animals, and things
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WE Graham Community Services Society - Expand food bank garden production
2024 GRANTS
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Nelson & District Hospice Society - West Kootenay Boundary Caregiver Support
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Slocan Valley Threads Guild - Interior Floor Replacement
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Fireweed Hub Society - Fireweed Hub Outdoor Furniture Purchase
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The Junction Church - Building Safety upgrades/refurbishing
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Chanterelles - Slocan Valley Youth Choir - Chanterelles (Slocan Valley Youth Choir) combined with Danzi (Slocan Lake Dance Collective)
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Valley View Golf Club - 9 hole Disc Golf Course
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B.C. Wildfire Federation - Crooked Horn Farm Wetland Restoration
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Valhalla Fine Arts - Shakespeare by the Shore 2024
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North Slocan Trails Society - Environmental impact assessment of proposed trails on Ranch Ridge above Rosebery.
2023 GRANTS
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Kohan Garden Infrastructure Project - Slocan Lake Garden Society
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Kubota Doors - Slocan Valley Rail Trail Society & the Village of Slocan
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Sandon Trails Historic Signage Project - Sandon Historical Society
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Chanterelles Valley Youth Choir - Slocan Valley Youth Choir & the Slocan Lake Arts Council
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Slocan Valley Better at Home - W.E. Graham Community Service Society
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Wild Voice for Kids Slocan - Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network
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Promotion and Onsite Development Slocan Lake Green Burial Ground - Slocan Lake Green Burial Society
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Community Events - Healthy Community Society of the N. Slocan Valley & Zion United Church
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Slocan Environmental Archives Project - Smum iem & the Rural Alternatives Research and Training Society
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Spark in the Dark Lantern Festival - Spark in the Dark Lantern Festival Society & the BC Rural Health Network
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Adventure Lab: Hands on Summer Activities for Youth - West Kootenay Education Resource Society
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Bosun Hall Kitchen Flatware Replacement - Lucerne Association for Community Education
2022 GRANTS
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New Denver & Area Housing Society - New Denver Housing Project, sponsored by Turner Zion United Church

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Krestova Doukhobor Community Society - Krestova Community Ice Rink
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New Denver & Area Community Hamper Society - A New Beginning
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Living Lakes Society - Expanding Water Monitoring
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Mt. Sentinel Secondary School/District #8 - Mt. Sentinel Wellness Hub
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The Hidden Garden Gallery - Hidden Garden Gallery Summer Program, sponsored by Slocan Lake Arts Council
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After School Sports and Arts Initiative - Winlaw School Community Garden, sponsored by Rural Alternatives Research & Training Society (RARTS)
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Wildsight - Bannock in Bloom
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Brent Kennedy Elementary School/District #8 - Brent Kennedy Elementary Outdoor Learning Space
2021 GRANTS
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The Valhalla Foundation for Ecology – Slocan Lake Wetland Restoration project
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School District #8 Kootenay Lake on behalf of WE Graham Community School – Organic Pollinators Garden
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The Rural Alternatives Research and Training Society (RARTS) on behalf of the Slocan Park Hall Society – Outdoor Ice Rink project
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Hills Recreation Society on behalf of the Valhalla Hills Nordic Ski Club – Grooming Tracks project
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Hills Recreation Society on behalf of the North Slocan Trails Society – Sandon K&S Trail XC Grooming Equipment Update
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The Village of Slocan on behalf of the SV Heritage Trails Society – Rail Trail Equipment Replacement Fund
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Zion United Church on behalf of the Healthy Communities Society – Community Events 2021-2022 project
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Outdoor Ice Rink Project
Rail Trail Equipment Replacement
Rail Trail Equipment Replacement
2020 GRANTS
- Village of Slocan/Slocan Valley Heritage Trail Society – Rail Trail Equipment Replacement Fund
- New Denver Hospice Society – Grief Journaling Program
- RARTS/Slocan Valley Community Arts Council – 2nd Arts and Culture Faire
- Hills Recreation Society and New Denver and Area Youth Network – Fostering Youth Wellness
- WE Graham Community Service Society – Community Mental Health Support Project
- Kalein Hospice Centre Society – Expansion of the NavCan program to the Slocan Valley
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Kutenai Art Therapy Institute – Expansion of online services
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SqX Danza – Creating online accessibility to programs
2019 GRANTS
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Slocan Valley Seniors Housing – 20th Anniversary
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Slocan Lake Arts Council – Valhalla Community Choir
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Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy – Financial Literacy
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W.E. Graham Community Services Society –Youth Technology Program, Food Bank garden upgrades
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Rural Alternatives Research & Training – Peter Pan
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Nelson Women’s Centre – Sinixt Curriculum Project
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Slocan Lake Garden Society – Kohan Garden Pond
2018 GRANTS
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Slocan Lake Gallery Society/Hidden Garden Gallery – Creating a New Gallery
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W.E Graham Community Service Society – Inter-Generational Cooking
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New Denver Hospice Society – Office Renovation/Remodel for Bereavement Centre Addition
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Corporation of the Village of Slocan/Slocan Valley Heritage Trail Society – Rail Trail Safety Equipment Purchase
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Rural Alternatives Research and Training Society – Vallican Whole Art Gallery Project
2017 GRANTS
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W. E. Graham Community Services Society – Computer lab upgrade
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Rural Alternatives Research and Training Society – Basement Renovation
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Hills Recreation Society/ Slocan Lake Stewardship Society – Wild Days Program
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Zion United Church /Healthy Communities Societies – Healthy family activities
2016 GRANTS
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Hills Recreation Society and Slocan Lake Stewardship Society – Wild Days Program
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Passmore Volunteer Fire Department – Swift Water Rescue Equipment
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Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy – Telling Our Life Stories Program
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RARTS and Bee Awareness Society – Educational bee hives and display
Thank you to all the groups that applies in 2016. Successful applicants received their cheques at the AGM on May 30, 2016.
2015 GRANTS - Fifteen in Fifteen!
The Slocan Valley Community Legacy Society (SVCLS) is thrilled to announce that grants totalling $15,000 have been awarded to 9 recipients in the Slocan Valley for 2015! This is up from $5000 in 2013 and $8000 in 2014. The successful applicants, representing a very diverse range of community issues, are:
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W.E. Graham Community Services Society – Networks for New Parents
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Slocan Valley Seniors Housing Society – Housing Project Start Up Coordinator
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Hills Recreation Society/Healthy Community Society of the North Slocan Valley – Slocan Elders Book of Food and Wisdom
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Rural Alternatives Research & Training Society [RARTS] – Vallican Whole Sign Project
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RARTS/West Kootenay Permaculture Co-op – Building Profitable Farms, Permaculture-Based Education
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W.E. Graham Community Services Society/Slocan Valley Cultural Alliance – Unity Festival
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RARTS/Dumont Creek Burial Society – Cemetery Mapping
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Rosebery Parklands Development Society – Trailhead Maps
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Valhalla Fine Arts Society – Youth in Concert Series
We are grateful once again for a generous contribution from the Kootenay Savings Community Foundation which allows us to continue to support community in such a positive way.
Happy 2015 Grant recipients with checks in hand.
2014 GRANTS
- New Denver Hospice for the “Save the Memorial Gardens” project
- Columbia Basin Alliance Literacy – Adult computer and literacy program
- Village of New Denver/Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre – Community celebration of the 20th anniversary of the centre
- Rural Alternatives Research and Training Society/West Kootenay Permaculture Co-op – Development of kootenayfood.com
2013 GRANTS
In 2013 the Fund supported four different initiatives: The Unity Music Festival, the Silverton Gallery, a Financial Literacy Day (hosted by CBAL and the Slocan Valley Early Childhood Community Advisory Council), and Concerts in Care, a program that provides music for seniors.