On October 8, Canada Post’s Community Foundation awarded grants to the Whitehorse Curling Club and Selkirk Elementary, totalling $4,657 and $3,000 respectively. The funds will support youth sports and school programs by providing new safety gear and equipment. Jeff Cyre, junior curling director for the Whitehorse Curling Club, and Karen Plessis, representing Canada Post, attended the cheque presentations at the Chilkoot Way location.

The Whitehorse Curling Club is using its grant to purchase helmets for its junior curling programs. At the event, junior curling director Jeff Cyre explained, “Our initiative is to make the program safe, inclusive, and full of growth opportunities. We saw this as a chance to secure funding for helmets, curling sticks, and other safety gear to ensure the safety of our participants.”

Cyre added that the initiative aims to teach students how to skate and help more advanced skaters improve their skills. The grant from Canada Post will help make these plans a reality.

Selkirk Elementary will use its grant to replace old hockey nets and buy as many used pairs of skates as possible from a local store. This information was shared by a Canada Post spokesperson during the October 8 cheque presentation.

At the event, Canada Post emphasized that its Community Foundation funds aim to positively impact the lives of Canadian children and “help build a stronger Canada.” Karen Plessis, a spokesperson for the foundation, explained that the recipient pool for funding is broad. She also noted that Shoppers Drug Mart locations, including the Ogilvie location, played a role in collecting donations. Hospice Yukon received a $3,000 cheque to expand its youth-focused programming.

The Canada Post Community Foundation provides annual grants to support children and youth across Canada. Since 2012, the Foundation has awarded $14.8 million to more than 1,300 projects nationwide.

Source: Yukon News