The Sudbury Canadians Soccer Club has been
awarded a $25,000 Bell Community Sport Fund grant. In addition,
the Bell Community Sport Fund will give the Sudbury Wolves a
$5,000 grant.
These grants help bring the total awarded to
$1 million over three phases in 2005 to community sport
projects. A total of $445,000 has been awarded to 73 Ontario
communities.
The $25,000 Bell Community Sport Fund grant
awarded to the Sudbury Canadians Soccer Club will be used to
develop a soccer outreach project to provide increased
accessibility and promote youth participation in sport.
The program will organize soccer clinics at
22 elementary schools during the winter and offer seven summer
soccer programs in low income areas.
The funds will be used to purchase equipment,
hire instructors and produce education materials for the
program.
The $5,000 Bell Community Sport Fund grant
awarded to the Sudbury Wolves will be used to revive the
organizations Ken Burgess Memorial Minor Hockey Bursary Fund,
which covers registration fees and the purchase of hockey
equipment for underprivileged youth.
