Tourism,
Culture and Recreation
August 30, 2010
More than $19,000 Invested in Trinity-Bay de Verde Recreation Programs
Municipalities and recreation organizations in the
Trinity-Bay de Verde area have received $19,085 through the province's
Community Recreation Development Grant (CRDG) program, which is designed
to assist with the cost of delivering recreation and active-living
programs to residents in small communities throughout the province.
"The 2010 Community Recreation Development Program is
providing more than $576,000 to over 180 smaller communities throughout
Newfoundland and Labrador to enable people of all ages to participate in
recreational and physical activity," said the Honourable Terry French,
Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation. "By offering our support to
local recreation and sport committees that encourage residents to get
physically active, we are one step closer to fulfilling the objectives
of the Provincial Government's recreation and sport strategy,
Active,
Healthy, Newfoundland and Labrador
."
Investments in Trinity-Bay de Verde area are as
follows:
- Town of Hant's Harbour — $5,170;
-
Heart's Delight-Islington Volunteer Recreation
Commission — $3,575;
- New Perlican Recreation Commission — $2,750;
- Hopeall Sports and Recreation — $1,705
- Town of Heart's Content — $1,595;
-
Association for Youth and Leisure Time
Activities (Lower Island Cove) — $1,320;
- Town of Bay de Verde — $1,100;
- Grates Cove Recreation — $1,100; and,
- Red Head Cove Recreation Association — $770
"This funding represents a very important investment
in the health and recreational needs of the people of the area," said
the Honourable Charlene Johnson, MHA for Trinty-Bay de Verde. "It is
important that residents in all parts of our province, particularly our
rural regions, have access to programs that will enhance their lives and
contribute to their overall well being."
Community Recreation Development Grants are available
to communities with populations of 6,000 or less. Applications are
considered based on their alignment with the priorities outlined in the
province's recreation and sport strategy. These priorities
include providing increased access to programming for all residents;
making the best use of community facilities; building community
capacities, and promoting the inclusion of traditionally
under-represented groups, especially women and girls, seniors,
Aboriginal people, and those with disabilities.
For more information on the CRDG Program, and criteria
for application, visit:
//www.tcr.gov.nl.ca/tcr/sports/community_recreation_development_grants.html.
Budget 2010:
The Right Investments — For Our
Children and Our Future
provides approximately $7 million —
including over $1.2 million in new funding — to improve existing
recreation and sport programming and to introduce new initiatives. Since
the launch of Active, Healthy Newfoundland and Labrador (2007),
more than $70 million in Provincial Government funding has been
committed to recreational and sport infrastructure, programming, and
athlete development.
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Media contacts:
Debbie Marnell
Communications Specialist
Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation
709-729-0585, 699-9048
debbiemarnell@gov.nl.ca |
Denise Woodman
Executive Assistant to the
Hon. Charlene Johnson,
MHA Trinity-Bay de Verde
709-729-4111
denisewoodman@gov.nl.ca |
2010 08 30 10:25 a.m.
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