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Grants Awarded With Matching From Build 150
Director Rod Veitch of the Rivers and Area Community Foundation presents Rivers Legion Ladies Auxiliary member Marguerite Lapka-Woytowich with a cheque for $1,000 and a matching Build 150 grant of $1,000 towards a new commercial refrigerator for the auxiliary kitchen....
First Community Foundation to Announce Build 150 Matching grants
On November 15th, 2019 the Rivers and Area Community Foundation held their 10th anniversary granting event in conjunction with the Manitoba Build 150 Matching grants. We are the first Community Foundation in Manitoba to announce the Manitoba Build 150 Grants. They...
Wahtopanah Shore Clean Up
Ross Lindberg, Mavis White, Jim Madder and Chic Lindberg present Ed MacKay a cheque for $1,000 from the Bill and Helen Sibbald Legacy Fund with a matching Build 150 grant of $1,000 towards their project of cleaning up the environment at the beach at Lake Wahtopanah at...
1st Grant Presented from the Bill and Helen Sibbald Legacy Fund
The first grant from the Bill and Helen Sibbald Legacy Fund was presented on November 17th, 2018. The grant was presented to the Rivers Agricultural Society for repairing their large tents. Left to right: Chic Lindberg, Ross Lindberg, Charley Sprenger and Donna...
Inaugural Youth in Philanthropy Grants Presentation
The inaugural “ Youth in Philanthropy Grants” were given out at Rivers Collegiate, by the students of newly formed Youth in Philanthropy Committee. This was a project started between the Thomas Sill Foundation and the Rivers and Area Community Foundation to engage...
MLA Greg Nesbitt Announces aid for new Daycare
MLA Greg Nesbitt announced that the Province of Manitoba and the Federal Government would be providing $900,000.00 towards the construction of the urgently needed Riverdale Community Daycare. This will mean the construction of the 32 space daycare, 8 infants and 24...
First Ever RACF Grant/Fundraising Gala
Pictured in the main photo (left) is Kim McConnell, our guest speaker. On the right is Susan Citulsky accepting a grant for the Rivers Train Station Restoration Committee from RACF Director, Ian Dyer. Rivers and Area Community Foundation (RACF) held its first-ever...
Comets Team up with Foundation with Winning Results
The past few seasons have been very busy for the Rivers Comets. Four years ago the team didn’t exist and had no diamond to play on. Finding players was the easy part, building a field would prove more challenging. While there was a footprint at the fairgrounds of the...
Students’ green efforts garner national honour
RIVERS — Daniel Kiazyk laughs as he recalls the shock on the face of local councillors when two of his students stood in front of Riverdale council and asked for an excavator. The councillors were impressed, Kiazyk said, of the well-articulated pitch from two of his...
Prairie Crocus Library Renovates with RACF Assistance
For the past couple of years Prairie Crocus Library has been focused on basic interior improvements. Although a couple of major projects are needed within the building including painting and new flooring, we have come up with smaller projects that have been attainable...
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