CASH GRANTS AWARDED TO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

As part of its Earth Day celebrations, the City is pleased to announce the winners of the Assistance to Community Groups – Cash Grants – Environmental Component for 2014.

“These grants are handed out each year to recognize local non-profit organizations implementing initiatives that support the City’s strategic goal of Environmental Leadership,” says Brenda Wallace, Director, Environmental and Corporate Initiatives. “Funds are allocated to community groups for protection of the environment, conservation of natural resources, environmental communications and education, and environmental research, and our grant recipients this year are certainly deserving of their awards.”

Projects that will be funded in 2014 include:

• Living Sky Wildlife Rehabilitation, Inc. ($1,000): Outreach and educational programming to increase awareness and appropriate responses to injured or orphaned wildlife in the city.
• SOS Elms Coalition, Inc. ($1,250): Revision and reprinting of the educational booklet, "Saskatoon Tree Tour - A Guide to the Unique and Unusual Trees in Saskatoon.”
• Safe Drinking Water Foundation ($1,400): Hands-on educational kits for schools, focusing on drinking water quality issues and solutions.
• Saskatchewan Environmental Society ($1,425): Earth Day Celebration to inform and educate the public about sustainable initiatives and how they, in turn, can live more sustainable lives.
• Partners FOR the Saskatchewan River Basin ($1,425): Education on the importance of aquatic and riparian ecosystems through the curriculum based "Stan the Sturgeon Fish Habitat Program.”
• Core Neighbourhood Youth Co-operative Ltd. ($1,750): Educating inner-city youth on concepts of environmental responsibility, nutrition, gardening and general healthy living through the Community Seed Harvest Initiative: Part of CNYC's Growing Our Future program.
• FH Canada ($1,750): Collection, recycling and refurbishment of locally donated medical equipment and supplies, as part of the International Medical Equipment Distribution program.

More information on the City of Saskatoon’s environmental initiatives can be found at www.saskatoon.ca, and click on “E” for “Environmental Services”.

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