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By Lori Larsen

The Battle River Community Foundation awarded an $8,500 grant to the Association of Communities Against Abuse (ACAA).

The grant is from income from the Vivianne Trembley Grue Fund, the Orcheski Family Fund and the Foundation’s Community Funds. The grant will support development of the INCREDIBLE You program, a school-based Child Sexual Abuse Education program.

“The Association of Communities Against Abuse (ACAA) is incredibly grateful for the generous funding provided through the Battle River Community Foundation,” remarked ACAA executive director Stephanie Hadley.

ACAA is the primary sexual assault service provider for East Central Alberta, with 41 per cent of its clients living in and around Camrose.

“This funding will be used to create interactive materials to enhance ACAA’s child sexual abuse education program, ‘The INCREDIBLE You’ which provides engaging information to students from Kindergarten to grade 6, their parents/ guardians and professionals who interact with them,” explained ACAA program manager Jenny Ofrim.

‘The INCREDIBLE You’ offers a fun, safe and engaging program to empower children to know their rights to their own bodies, trust their feelings, understand consent and identify and reach out to their support systems when they need to talk. Providing children and the adults in their lives with the language, skills and confidence to talk about ‘the tough stuff’ is fundamental in creating an environment where children can recognize when their rights have been violated, and to tell someone about it.

“By funding ACAA’s programming, the Battle River Community Foundation has strengthened the capacity of the City and County of Camrose to address child sexual abuse in a fun, interactive and empowering way,” commented Hadley.

The Battle River Community Foundation exists to support organizations such as this in East Central Alberta, which benefit the local communities and have a positive impact on the future.

Grants from the Battle River Community Foundation are primarily made possible through the generosity of individual donors and organizations that have created endowment funds. The principal of these endowment funds are kept intact and the income is made available annually to support local projects and organizations.

Since it was founded in 1995, the Battle River Community Foundation has granted over $7,900,000 to support charitable activities in the Battle River Region.

To learn more about the

Association of Communities Against Abuse, contact Stephanie Hadley, executive director, at 1-866-807-3558.

To learn more about the Battle River Community Foundation, contact Dana Andreassen, executive director, at 780-679-0449.

Battle River Community Foundation director Ben Paulson presents the cheque to Stephanie Hadley, executive director, while Jenny Ofrim, program manager from the Camrose office, looks on.

Central Agencies Realty Home of the Week

Family home in quiet location

By Lori Larsen

Enjoy the quietness and security of a home on a cul-de-sac with this wonderful split level home located in a family-friendly well-established area.

Greet your guests on the front patio area then direct them into your home to a welcoming front living room featuring a large bay window that floods the room with warmth and light.

Enjoy family meals in the dining area with doors leading out onto the back deck where you can take advantage of outdoor living looking over an incredible backyard.

The updated kitchen is stunning in grey tones, crisp white cabinets, trendy backsplash and countertops. You’ll be proud to entertain guests and show this kitchen off.

The upper level of the home has three bedrooms and a four-piece bathroom which is perfect for the children. They can retreat to the upper level and enjoy their own space.

The lower level houses the large

primary bedroom with a walk-in closet and a private four-piece en suite. A large room off the primary bedroom could be used as a home gym, office or a family theatre room where you can curl up in front of the cozy wood-burning fireplace for movie night. A two-piece bathroom and convenient back entry with access to the main level is also contained on this level. Even more space is available on the lowest level with another huge family room where you can locate a family games room. The back yard is like something out of a magazine with gorgeous gardens and a patio area. A double detached garage with back alley access and extra RV parking are great features. With plenty of room for a growing family, this home, located at 3813-64 Street, recently had a drop in price to $349,900. For a private viewing, contact Lyndsey Delwo at:

Central Agencies Realty 4870-51 Street, Camrose 780-672-4495 or 780-678-6117 Cell

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