New Community Kitchen Cooks up Innovative Programs
With Trust support, Nelson Community Food Centre has increased their capacity to provide access to healthy food in a welcoming, inclusive and safe environment for people facing adversity.
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Robson Valley Community Services recently launched Valemount Youth Wilderness Initiative, a program that focuses on youth building resiliency and positive self-image, while fostering community and collaboration with local Indigenous groups.
With the support of the Trust’s Career Internship Program, Jason Jones hired Elizabeth Lyle to strengthen and grow his landscape architecture business in Golden, BC.
Kat Cadegan Jewellery is going through a growth spurt.
Since opening its doors in 2018, Healthy Kimberley’s Food Recovery Depot has recovered over 315,000 pounds of food, 85% of which has been used to create over 25,000 frozen meals distributed to Kimberley residents in need.
To mitigate the wildfire risk situation, in spring 2022 Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡi ’it hired Wildfire Response Coordinator Brett Uphill. The latest step has been to purchase the gear and equipment the firefighters require, from jackets and helmets to a portable wildfire tank and hoses.
Sparwood adds much-needed affordable housing.
With Trust support, Nelson Community Food Centre has increased their capacity to provide access to healthy food in a welcoming, inclusive and safe environment for people facing adversity.
Columbia Basin Trust is supporting Selkirk College and College of the Rockies to undertake projects that enhance student experience.
The Ktunaxa Nation Council partnered with the Government of British Columbia, Columbia Basin Trust, Central Kootenay Invasive Species Society and Yaqan Nuʔkiy (Lower Kootenay Band) to successfully manage the bullfrog population through a three-year project.