BROCK DOLES OUT $11K TO YOUTH FROM GOLF TOURNAMENT PROCEEDS

TOWNSHIP ALSO OPENING UP SPRING INTAKE FOR MORE FUNDING REQUESTS

Brock will dole out more than $11,000 to support community youth using proceeds from its annual charity golf tournament.

Councillors recently voted to approve the disbursement of funds, agreeing to hand out $11,162 to eight groups that applied for financial support by the Nov. 30 deadline. A ninth application was received by the township but was not approved for funding.

Eight of the nine applications received were recommended for funding after a Jan. 12 meeting among township officials, with two applicants being approved for only partial funding and all others were approved for full funding.

A total of $30,474 from golf tournament proceeds was available for distribution.

Receiving funds were the Beaverton Skating Club ($1,000 for health and wellness workshops), 659 Brock Royal Canadian Air Cadets ($2,500 for a whitewater rafting trip), Cannington Horticultural Society ($525 for a youth challenge) and the Nourish and Develop Foundation ($660 for PA day and unplanned school closure camps).

Also receiving funds were Precious Minds Support Services ($527 for 2023 Lego Friendship Group), the Sunderland Ringette Association ($2,450 for power skating workshops and goalie clinics), Sunderland

Lions Community Theatre ($1,000 for production rights for youth theatre) and Thorah Central Public School ($2,500 for two portable ball pits).

The funds are intended provide 50 per cent of the total cost of the proposed project and will be paid out after the project costs are incurred.

The annual charity golf tournament has supported youth programs in the community since 1999. Under the township's criteria, applications must be for youth-oriented projects only, be completed by a local non-profit organization or group within Brock serving its residents and promote health, wellness and physical activity.

There is also a $2,500 cap per application and projects should be completed within 18

months.

The township was unable to complete the application process in 2020 due to COVID-19 and in 2021 as well due to timing constraints of a later tournament and staff changes. That has created a surplus of available funds even after the eight grant applications were approved.

As a result, there is just over $22,000 remaining, prompting the township to open up a second spring intake for applications with a deadline of 4 p.m. on April 30.

The 2023 edition of the charity golf tournament will take place June 22.