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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

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