Representatives of 33 local non-profit organizations gathered together last week for the Spirit of Kimberley networking and grant awards evening co-hosted by the Kimberley and District Community Foundation (KDCF) and College of the Rockies-Kimberley Campus, as supported by Columbia Basin Trust.

This unique evening provided an important opportunity to foster and strengthen connections within Kimberley’s non-profit community, laying valuable groundwork for new collaborations.  Conversations focused on identifying common needs, challenges and opportunities, aspirations, and ideas for innovative joint projects.  Those who attended were unanimous in their appetite to build on the ideas and energy generated by this event.

Five local organizations also received grants from the Kimberley and District Community Foundation as part of its annual fall granting cycle:

Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy for Early Childhood Development Programs delivered locally by Strong Start and Treehouse;

MADD Canada Kimberley Chapter Ride 911 program;

Spark Youth Society for a concrete picnic table in the Platzl;

Cherry Creek Falls Park Fund to buy a 188 hectare mineral tenure and create a regional park;

Success by Six for an early childhood educators learning event.

Alpine Lotus Ecotherapy was the winner of The Kimberley Happiness Project’s $250 door prize.

“The Community Foundation is really excited by the overwhelmingly positive response to this Spirit of Kimberley event and we will be looking closely at how we can keep the momentum going and growing,” says Foundation president Terry Oscarson.  “Kimberley has a remarkable legacy when it comes to community volunteering and that’s something we would all like to see carried forward into the future.”

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