The Yorkton and District Community Foundation held its first ever annual general meeting, virtually, on March 25th.
Overall, 38 people attended the virtual event.
During the AGM, an election was held for the Board of Directors of the Community Foundation.
Joining the Board for this year are Sharon Tropin, Ray Bailey, Andrew Rae, Candance Tendler, Victor Surjik, Trevor Plews, Lisa Washington, Rob McDill, Dick DeRyk and Jaime Helgason.
Tropin says a presentation of the financials and activity from this past year was made during the AGM.
A link to the presentation will be up on the Yorkton and District Community Foundation’s Facebook Page as well as their website in the next few days.
Other highlights included:
● The endowment fund grew in 2020 to just over $100,000.
● The Community Foundation supplied a total of 9,600 individual masks to 879 seniors in 24 communities in the district.
● Twelve local programs were supported in the past year with $105,000 granted from the federally funded Emergency Community Support Fund to assist persons experiencing heightened vulnerability during the pandemic.
● At the AGM, the Community Foundation announced a further $5,400 in grants generated by its endowment fund revenue and remaining local emergency fund donations.
○ The Salvation Army’s Lighthouse Food Bank and the Melville and District Food Bank received $1,500 each;
○ $2,400 was granted for expansion of services offered by the mental health counselling clinic operated by the Society for the Involvement of Good Neighbours (SIGN).