True Sport Foundation is committed to ensuring that sport makes a positive contribution to Canadian society, to our athletes and to the physical and moral development of Canada’s youth.
2007 TSCF Phase Two Recipients
The True Sport Foundation announced the second group of 2007 grant recipients of the True Sport Community Fund. The Fund awarded twenty (20) communities with $5,000 grants. An additional five (5) communities received grants of $25,000 each.
More than 350 applications were received before the October 31st deadline.
$25,000 Recipients
The True Sport Community Fund awarded $25,000 grants to the following communities:
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Island Cricket Club Co-operative Ltd. (Charlottetown, PE) |
This group recognizes that the first-generation immigrants on PEI have a strong desire to play cricket and to share the sport with the rest of the community. Several community partners have created a plan to engage new Canadian youth and to address their common barriers to participation in community sport. Funding will support these initiatives and help upgrade the facility that has been donated by a local municipality. |
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Lakeshore Sport Alliance |
This organization is a collective of regional sport groups with a common goal of ensuring that sport opportunities are enhanced for all stakeholders. The organization intends to offer six new sporting opportunities to the community with some modifications to reflect the region’s rural demographics. Funding will help realize the new sport opportunities while also addressing transportation, equipment and development issues. |
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Rose and Max Rady Jewish Community Centre |
_web.jpg "Rose and Max Rady Jewish Community Centre") Since 2002, over 600 new Canadian families have arrived in Winnipeg. This program focuses on soccer as it is a sport that is recognized and played around the world and is intended to engage newcomers as well as long-term Winnipeggers to join recreation and sport programs. The TSCF will help to upgrade a pitch, purchase equipment and train coaches. |
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Winnipeg School Division Inner-City Soccer League (Winnipeg, MB) |
 The Inner City District of Winnipeg includes schools servicing families that experience many socio-economic variables, particularly Aboriginal, Landed Immigrant and Refugee families. These families often cannot afford for their children to participate in organized sport. The TSCF will support the expansion of the Inner City Soccer League that will provide a soccer opportunity for over 7,000 children in 21 Inter City schools. |
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Saskatoon Riversdale Kiwanis Baseball (Saskatoon, SK) |
Approximately 50% of this baseball league’s registrants are First Nations youth, many of whom are from troubled families from the inner city. The goal is to continue to recruit children who are often missed by other mainstream programs as well as to continue to recruit and train First Nation parents as coaches. The group estimates that it can increase participation by 250 youth with the help of the TSCF. |
$5,000 Recipients
The True Sport Community Fund awarded $5,000 grants to the following communities:
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Gagetown School (Gagetown, NB) |
This school offers programming to engage its students in healthy lifestyles and is focused on developing intramural and school sports teams. The school is unable to pursue its basketball program as its gym does not meet the necessary standards for school or community level play. Funds will be used to install retractable basketball nets. |
| KidSport NB (Fredericton, NB) | KidSport’s assists children of families facing financial obstacles to participate in community sport programs. The TSCF will be used to build regional committees throughout the province including the recruitment and training of volunteers to ensure that the program can be properly administered and supported across the province. |
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Goulds Kickers Soccer Association (Goulds, NL) |
This soccer association encourages participation regardless of socio-economic status through its community supported programs and its free cleat and shin guard exchange program. Due to poor field conditions and limited field access, the association will be forced to turn away players this season. Funding will be used to develop a new field. |
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Boys and Girls Club of St. John’s (St. John’s, NL) |
This Boys & Girls Club services two of the lowest income areas of St. John’s. Most of its members do not have access to sport programming outside of school or the club. To help these youth access sport opportunities, the club will use the funds to purchase floor hockey equipment so that a floor hockey program can be offered. |
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Nain Minor Hockey |
 This isolated Inuit community has a high rate of unemployment and poverty. The community recognizes the positive benefits of sport but most families cannot afford to access sport. Local children and youth have started an informal equipment sharing/swapping program. The TSCF will be used to purchase hockey equipment to create a formalized equipment exchange program. |
| The Mi’Kmaq Confederacy of PEI (Charlottetown, PE) | The MCPEI services Aboriginal communities including the Island’s two reserves as well as off-reserve populations. With the goal of providing the skills and confidence to join community sport programs, funding will support multi-sport programming for off-reserve youth who tend to experience more barriers to accessing sport. |
| Altona Minor Baseball (Altona, MB) |
This organization struggles with how to include the growing number of new Canadian families in its baseball program. An indoor program is seen as an opportunity to develop basic skills so players will be more comfortable joining teams in the summer. The funds will be used to purchase indoor equipment and to upgrade the existing outdoor facilities. |
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Family Fun Hockey |
This program is an alternative to the standard community-run hockey programs as it offers “organized” hockey without the complications and costs related to the minor hockey system. The program minimizes fees, offers a payment plan, an equipment lending program and a unique playing format. Funds will supplement the equipment inventory and purchase goalie equipment. |
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Soccer Notre-Dame |
This local soccer program began in 2001 as the only alternative to baseball without having to travel outside the community. The organization is now forming a soccer league with neighboring communities. Funding will be used to train volunteers, purchase equipment and uniforms, and ensure the field conforms to the necessary standards. |
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STARS Sports Interlake |
 This organization provides sport programming to five Interlake communities but is limited as there are not enough coaches. The Funds will help to subsidize registration costs for disadvantaged youth, provide coaching development opportunities, offer a basketball camp to a neighboring Aboriginal community and establish a coach mentoring program for older players. |
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Swan Lake First Nation |
This community has limited facilities available for children and youth to practice sport or recreation activities. Families have to travel to a neighboring village to play organized hockey. The TSCF will support the Band Council and local school’s initiative to upgrade the outdoor rink so that local hockey can be accessible as well as inline hockey and basketball in the summer. |
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Town of Winnipeg Beach |
This small, resort community relies on seasonal work and many residents rely on the food bank. The local arena has closed leaving few families with the ability to access recreation programs due to the high cost of neighboring programs and the necessary travel. The TSCF will upgrade the outdoor ice surface so a free recreational pond hockey program can be offered. |
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Valour Community Centre |
This newly amalgamated community centre serves 34,000 residents who are largely from low income or refugee families. With the goal of keeping children off the streets and getting them active, the community centre intends to start a soccer program. The TSCF will equip all children, provide transportation if required, and ensure all children get the chance to participate. |
| Winnipeg Optimal Health Early Years Sports Club (Winnipeg, MB) |
This organization offers the only summer day camp in the area specifically for children with autism. The camp incorporates a unique sports program by integrating families, coaches, and volunteers with the goal of eventually integrating the highly functional children into community programs. Funds will support travel for families in need and train coaches and volunteers. |
| Battlefords Boys & Girls Club (Battlefords, SK) |
 This Boys & Girls Club operates on a drop-in basis with no fees attached to its programming and serves over 650 youth from varying socio-economic backgrounds. Most of the youth do not participate in organized sport or recreation activities outside the club. The funds will be used to purchase new floor hockey equipment for a new weekly floor hockey programs. |
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File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council Sport and Recreation |
This organization promotes sport and recreation programming to eleven First Nations in Southern Saskatchewan. The organization intends to build capacity among parents through training and support and to encourage athletes to build the skills and confidence to participate on community teams. The TSCF will purchase hockey equipment and support coaching development. |
| Oxbow Curling Club/Oxbow Community Rink (Oxbow, SK) |
This small, rural town offers several sports to local families. The local hockey program has become exclusive due to its costs, travel and time commitments leaving many children and youth without a winter sport option. Curling has been identified as an alternative sport. The TSCF will support the upstart of a youth curling program. |
| Regina Baseball Umpires Association (Regina, SK) | The cost of umpire development clinics is often a deterrent to officials who are eligible to upgrade their qualifications. This is adversely affecting the region’s baseball programming as there are not enough umpires to meet the needs of the baseball programs. The TSCF will subsidize training for youth umpire development as part of a pilot project to increase the number of trained umpires. |
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Charles Yohin School |
 This school is part of a remote, Aboriginal village that does not have indoor sports facilities or a community hall where the youth can partake in physical activities during the winter. In partnership with the municipality, other sponsors and the TSCF, the community will build an outdoor rink. |
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Inuvik Youth Centre |
The Inuvik Youth Centre is expanding its Sport and Fitness program to include boys and girls hockey teams. These teams would service youth who do not otherwise participate in community sport programs due to financial and social barriers. Funding will be used in support of the teams’ start up costs. |
