2009 Projects / Grants
Horticulture Centre of the Pacific (dba as Glendale Gardens) - $2,500.
To assist with funding for a major garden lighting project ($50,000+) to allow extended hours of operation and increase revenue. (visit their website)
Saanich Community Services - Lime Light Youth Art Experience - $2,000.
Held March 6 and 7, 2009.
To showcase and celebrate youth and art in partnership with local youth services, businesses, schools and young artists' organizations. To highlight and showcase local youth talent through an Urban Art Village, Exhibition, Workshops, and Demonstrations throughout the weekend. (visit their website)
Saanich 43nd Annual Strawberry Festival - $1,500
Held Sunday, July 5, 2009, Beaver Lake Park, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Strawberries and Cream at 2:00 pm - just 50 cents!
Ballet Victoria's Outreach Programme - $1500
To assist with their endeavour to bring classical dance to school children and seniors. The purpose of the Outreach Programme is to demonstrate the cultural relevance of classical dance in the community. (visit their website)
Music in the Park Community Concerts - $1,500
Three neighbourhood associations (Gordon Head, Gorge
Tillicum and Quadra Cedar Hill) present Music in the Park in July
and August. This popular, free family event has been very successful
in the past.
For more information, contact Julie.wallace@saanich.ca. Print Poster.
Jessica Liggett is a 7 year old local girl who was diagnosed with a brain tumour. It is a very rare kind, called PNET and she is only the 3rd reported case ever. She had brain surgery on August 26 where they were able to successfully remove 94% of the tumour, but it was cancerous and she is undergoing chemo treatment. Her mother is with her everyday at the Children's Hospital in Vancouver, and as they will be there for the next 7 months she has had to close her at-home daycare. Her step-father continues to live in Victoria, working full time to pay the bills and travels to Vancouver on the weekends. Her father lives in Vancouver and he is spending most of his time at the hospital. Jessica has a 20 month old sister and her mother is having another child in late February, 2009.
If you would like to help relieve some of the travel costs and financial burden associated with her treatment please call 250-380-0881.
Tax receipts issued by the Saanich Legacy Foundation will be
offered for donations; cheques must be made payable to:
Saanich
Legacy Foundation - Jessica Fund.
RiverSong: Celebrating Life Along the Colquitz
Riversong: Sing the Salmon Home is part of the larger project
“RiverSong: Celebrating Life Along the Colquitz” led by professional
artists Paula Jardine and Carolyn Knight. It is a community arts
project that supports community stewardship and links us to the
natural environment and to each other
River Stones Public Celebration - a mosaic migration of pebbles along the pathway created by Colquite Middle School students. A public celebration of the stones students made during their workshops will take place at the 3rd Annual RiverSong event, Sunday September 27th, marking BC Rivers Day.
For more information contact Diane Thorpe, Community Arts Specialist at diane.thorpe@saanich.ca or see their website.
