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COUNTY SUPPORT
In 2018, the County supported the following organizations with capital projects, events, and more. Please note that the final amount paid to each organization may vary from the approved amounts, depending on actual project costs. COUNTY SUPPORT
Capital Projects Assistance Grant Funding Program
Organization Project Amount Approved Craigend Recreational and Agricultural Society Hall Roof Repairs $49,346
Craigend Recreational and Agricultural Society Replace Windows and New Property Clean Up $5,636
Normandeau Community Centre Playground and Refrigeration Unit $42,074
Hylo/Venice Recreation and Agricultural Society Hall Renovations $65,000
Owl River Recreation Association Tables $1,240
Owl River Recreation Association Electrical Deficiencies $3,194
2019 Total: $166,490
Organization Project Amount Approved Community Development Grant Program
Lakeland Out of the Elements Shelter Operational Funding $59,900 Lac La Biche Canadian Native Friendship Centre Operational/Program Funding $58,184 Community Learning for Adult Students Society (PAL) Operational Funding $40,000
Road to Hope Community Support Foundation Operating Funding $5,000
Victim Services Unit: Lac La Biche (VSU) Operational Funding $15,000 2019 Total: $178,084
Recreational/Cultural Operating Grant Program* *Includes insurance costs paid directly by the County.
Organization Project Amount Approved
5HV Club Operational Funding $2,205 Craigend Recreation and Agricultural Society Operational Funding $39,260
Lac La Biche Heritage Society Operational Funding $25,628 Hylo/Venice Recreation and Agricultural Society Operational Funding $71,323 Lac La Biche Agricultural Society** Operational Funding $67,333
Lac La Biche Mission Historical Society Operational Funding $66,886 Owl River Recreation Association Operational Funding $17,987
Rich Lake Recreation and Agricultural Society Operational Funding $29,158
PDCDS-Festival Centre Operational Funding $351,730 PDCDS-Camp 3F Operational Funding $4,084
PDCDS-Plamondon Curling Club Operational Funding $39,193 PDCDS-Plamondon Museum Operational Funding $5,555 PDCDS-Mini Heritage Park Operational Funding $3,121
PDCDS-Plamondon Seniors Rendez Vous Centre Operational Funding $25,360 PDCDS-Phillip Menard Cultural Centre (ACFA) Operational Funding $36,019
2019 Total: $784,843
**The $16,069 under County Paid Insurance is actually the power bill for the Lac La Biche Agricultural Society, which the County pays directly.
Community Cemetery Improvement Program Grants
Organization Project Amount Approved Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church (Craigend Area) Cemetery Improvements $10,909
Grandin Cemetery Cemetery Improvements $15,000 Mission Cemetery Cemetery Improvements $10,000 St. Anne's Parish Cemetery (near Venice) Cemetery Improvements $2,500 2019 Total: $38,409
Event Sponsorship Grant Program
Organization Project/Funded Activity Amount Approved* Lac La Biche Mission Historic Society Canada Day $5,000 LLB Agricultural Society Lakeland Fair $5,000
LLB Agricultural Society Rodeo $8,000 LLB Gymnastics Society Fundraiser 864.74 Lakeland Classic Wheels Club Festival of Speed $25,000 Lac La Biche Firefighters Society Snow Pitch $2,000 Lac La Biche Heritage Society Seniors Week $2,000
Beaver Lake Cree Nation Beaver Lake Pow Wow $1,500 Lac La Biche Kinsmen Rob McCormick Memorial Pond Hockey Tournament $2,796 Lac La Biche Pow Wow and Fish Derby Association Pow Wow Days* $37,000 Lac La Biche Pow Wow and Fish Derby Association RCMP Musical Ride $3,914 Metis Nation of Alberta- Region 1 National Indigenous Peoples Day $3,272
La Federation du Sport Francophone de l'Alberta (FSFA) Alberta Francophone Games $15,000 Lac La Biche Minor Lacrosse Association 4th Annual Wolves Invitational Tournament $2,000 Venice Picnic Association Venice Picnic $1,617 PDCDS Mud Bogs $10,000 Association Canadiene-Francaise de l'Alberta (ACFA) Hockey en Fete $1,000
Lac La Biche Minor Ball Association Midsummer Sports Days $4,000
Lac La Biche Chamber of Commerce Huntmania $2,750
Lac La Biche Lions Club Festival of Trees $4,097
Wolfpack Volleyball Club Team Expenses $1,000 Ecole Beausejour Trip to Quebec $1,000 Lac La Biche Northern Wolves Peewee Hockey Team Native Provincial Hockey Tournament $316
Plamondon Volleyball Club Toronto Volleyball Tournament $2,000
White Caps Swim Club Track Suits $1,000 Amber Skyrpan Amber Skypan $750 Ecole Beausejour School Hockey Program $400
Ecole Plamondon School Three Hills Volleyball Tournament $1,000 2019 Total: $7,466
Community Action Grant
Organization Project Amount Approved Lac La Biche Nordic Ski Club Storage bags and wax kits $500 Light of Christ School Adopt A Grandparent $500 2019 Total: $1,000
Other Major Funding Contributions
Organization Project Amount Approved Lac La Biche County Library Board Operational Funding $567,364
Lakeland interpretive Society Operational Funding $149,725
Lac La Biche Regional Humane Society Funding for New Shelter $10,000
Lac La Biche Clippers Junior B Hockey Club Operating Funding $20,000
Portage College Voyageur Hockey Team Sponsorship $100,000
Lac La Biche Regional Health Foundation Alumni Hockey Game $15,994
2019 Total: $863,083
Insurance
Organization Project Amount Approved Lac La Biche Chamber of Commerce Insurance $629
Normandeau Community Centre Insurance $1,101
Lac La Biche County Library Board Insurance $703
Lakeland Interpretive Society Insurance $7,959
Little Divide Search and Rescue Insurance $3,420
Lac La Biche Pow Wow and Fish Derby Association Insurance $629
2019 Total: $14,442