Port Coquitlam Community Foundation collaborated with Coquitlam Foundation and Port Moody Foundation to activate a Tri-Cities Community Response Fund with funding help from Vancouver Foundation, Community Foundations of Canada and money raised by donors at our Stay at Home Gala.

Together the Tri-Cities Community Foundations have deployed nearly $650,000 in funds to charities in the Tri-Cities.

Total granted out in Port Coquitlam: $204,520
Total number of grants in Port Coquitlam: 40

COVID19 TRI-CITIES COMMUNITY RESPONSE GRANT RECIPIENTS

  • Coquitlam Search and Rescue Society – COVID19 Safety Equipment
  • Coquitlam Search and Rescue Society – Search and Rescue COVID Safety Training Practices
  • Food Bank On Wheels – Home delivery of perishable & non-perishable food hampers
  • Hope for Freedom Society – Funding residential treatment of drugs and alcohol addition for homeless or individuals living in poverty
  • House of Omeed – Biweekly food baskets to refugee and newcomer families
  • Rotary Club of Port Coquitlam Centennial – Funding for Starfish Pack Program providing weekly back pack of food to children from homes struggling with food security
  • Soroptimist International of the Tri-Cities – Monthly food support for Warm Place for Women clients
  • School District No.43 Coquitlam – MoreSports Port Coquitlam – Opportunties for youth who otherwise would not have access to play sports
  • School District No.43 Coquitlam – Food support for vulnerable students in Port Coquitlam
  • The Wilson Seniors Advisory Association – Farmer’s Market Coupon Subsidy Program for seniors and single parents
  • The People’s Pantry Food Recovery Society – Tri-Cities food recover and redistribution to help families free up financial resources for other concrete needs
  • Tri-City Transitions Society – Keep Calm and Turn off the Coffee Maker – virtual socializing support for vulnerable parents and caregives with children ages zero to six

EMERGENCY COMMUNITY RESPONSE FUND – ROUND ONE

  • Backpack Buddies – Weekly meal pack delivery to over 50 vulnerable children in Port Coquitlam reaching the children who need us most through our school and community partners
  • Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland – Study Buddy program provides no-cost tutoring and mentoring to at-risk youth aged 7-17 from low income families
  • Crossroads Hospice Society – Core operational funding for Inlet Centre Hospice
  • Crossroads Hospice Society – Additional cleaning and technology equipment for operation of Hospice
  • Crossroads Hospice Society – Virtualized adult bereavement program for grief and loss support
  • Food Bank On Wheels – Home delivery of perishable & non-perishable food hampers
  • Kinsight Community Society – Digital Adaptation of Services for People with Disabilities
  • New View Society – New View service delivery shifts due to COVID19
  • Paws for Hope Animal Foundation – Aid for vulnerable pet guardians in Port Coquitlam
  • Port Coquitlam Professional Firefighters Charitable Society – School Food Voucher Program
  • Rotary Club of Port Coquitlam Centennial – Funding for Starfish Pack Program providing weekly back pack of food to children from homes struggling with food security
  • SHARE Family and Community Services Society – SHARE Food Bank improvement project
  • Starlight Children’s Foundation Canada – Play Packs From Home for chronnically and terminally ill children that are immunocompromised
  • S.U.C.C.E.S.S. – Technology Program to Support Community Inclusion – loaning technology to vulnerable populations specifically low-income seniors, immigrants and refugees so they access online information and services and enhance their social inclusion
  • The Wilson Centre Seniors Advisory Association – Farmer’s Market Coupon Subsidy Program for seniors and single parents that provides access to healthy, locally grown food
  • Trinity United Church – Safe reopening procedures for their facility that provides space for SHARE’s food bank, Alcoholics Anonymous, St. Catherine’s soup kitchen and BC Housing’s extreme weather shelter
  • YWCA Metro Vancouver – Essential services and resources provided to YWCA Single Mothers’ Support Group Tri-Cities

EMERGENCY COMMUNITY RESPONSE FUND – ROUND TWO

  • Access Youth Outreach Services Society – Virtual After School Programs; a continuation of COVID-positive programming
  • Backpack Buddies – Weekly meal pack delivery to over 50 vulnerable children in Port Coquitlam reaching the children who need us most through our school and community partners
  • Coquitlam Search and Rescue – Rapid Response E-Bike to allow volunteers search and rescue quicker
  • Crossroads Hospice Society – Virtual Infrastructure funding support
  • Hope for Freedom Society – Funding residential treatment of drugs and alcohol addition for homeless or individuals living in poverty
  • Kinsight Community Society – Virtual & In-Person Services- a re-designed hybrid model for persons with developmental disability, maximizing support while caring for their health, social well-being and vulnerabilities
  • New View Society – Operational support for technology, staff wages and air sterilization
  • Rotary Club of Port Coquitlam Centennial – Funding for Starfish Pack Program providing weekly back pack of food to children from homes struggling with food security
  • Talitha Koum Society – COVID19-response supportive counselling for clients and staff, many of whom are living with effect of trauma in their histories
  • The Board of Education – School District 43 – City Connect – Poco provides out-trips for vulnerable students from Port Coqitlam middle school to places in the community, building awareness and connections to the community
  • The YMCA of Greater Vancouver – Funding to provide YMCA Child Care, rent and fee relief to the teen parents who use the program and who have been significantly impacted by COVID19.