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Community kitchen goes to semi-finals Almost everyone in town has heard of the Aviva Community Fund in some respect or another. Many of our community organizations have put bids forward in the past to earn one of the yearlycoveted grant spots. The fund, which awards winners substantial sums based on project scope, has awarded projects in our surrounding area including the Courtney and Skye Buck Memorial Courtyard at Raft River Elementary in Clearwater and the Kamloops United Church with much needed kitchen equipment. Many other projects have made it to the finals and semi-finals including one on the slate this year at the Centre for Seniors Information (CSI) Community Kitchen Project. “CSI Community Kitchens Project has raised enough support to earn a spot in the Aviva Fund Semi-Finals, and will be entered into the competition as one of the 120 semi-finalists from December 1 to 10, 2014.” Explains Brenda Prevost, executive director of the Centre. “Thank you to everyone who voted to help us get into the Aviva semi-final round out of hundreds of Canada wide ideas. Only one voting round left from December 1st to10th. CSI will be sending out information over the next three weeks about how to sign up and work towards building a strong support base between now and the
CSI Community Kitchen Project needs your vote.
opening day of competition. The semi-final is a group of 120 Canada wide businesses that will provide strong competition. We need to be ready to vote on the first day.” For those not familiar with the CSI Kamloops Community Kitch-
en Project and the Centre itself, it is a wonderful organization and place that helps the seniors in our community not only access much needed information and services but also operates a drop-in and activity centre in the Brock Shopping
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Centre, which is open to all seniors to come, learn, make friends and enjoy their time. “Our centre is working towards developing a commercial kitchen to meet our community’s increasing needs around food services, food preparation and education,” she continues. “Food services play an important role as demonstrated by the increasing requests for our noon lunches, pot luck dinners and pancake breakfasts. Kamloops is increasingly expanding our Community Gardens and Food Share Programs. The development of our Community Kitchen within our Activity Centre is the perfect home to further develop a range of these programs that will meet our communities’ needs.” The new kitchen facilities will function as a hub for social inclusiveness and provide a way for CSI participants to learn about cooking, baking, canning and preserving delicious and nutritious foods. The sharing of skills and experiences, multi-generational learning, food security, reduced isolation and interactive community participation are all direct benefits. The kitchen will be available to anyone and everyone in the community. The possibilities are endless. “The Activity Center was built largely through volunteer labour, community support and fundrais- continued on page 2
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