The Bellevue Manor Tenants Association

Photo: Cheryl Burwash (Bell Canada) and Paul Melia (True Sport Foundation) look on as Ottawa Fury's Amy Vermeulen shows local youth a few tricks on the soccer field that will be refurbished thanks to a $25,000 grant to the Bellevue Manor Tenants Association from the Bell Community Sport Fund.

Association des Braves (Montréal, QC) operate hockey and soccer programs in a multi-cultural area for about 1,200 kids (ages 5-18) and manages over 200 volunteers. The grant will be used to purchase new playing and safety equipment, first aid kits and uniforms, provide additional volunteer training and waive participation costs for economically challenged families.

Photo: Nathalie Nahmiash (Bell Canada) and Daniel Bourdeau (True Sport Foundation) are joined by local youth and Montreal Impact’s Adrian Cann and Darko Kolic in a gymnasium that will house a newly expanded sports program supported by a $25,000 grant to Association des Braves from the Bell Community Sport Fund. (Left to right, Adrian Cann, Daniel Bourdeau, Nathalie Nahmiash, Darko Kolic)

South Peace Junior Soccer (Dawson Creek, BC) services nearly 1,000 children and will use the grant to help construct a new soccer facility for their summer league and refurbish the existing fields to improve quality and expand overall program.

Sport Hamilton (Hamilton, ON) provides services for many new Canadians and will use the grant to increase capacity for a fall/winter inner city soccer program, help waive participation fees for economically challenged families and provide leadership training to immigrant adult volunteers.

Photo: Janet Whitehouse (Bell Canada) (left) and Doug MacQuarrie (True Sport Foundation) (right) look on as a child from the Bennetto Recreational Centre practices some soccer skills to use in a newly expanded inner city soccer program thanks to a $25,000 grant to Sport Hamilton from the Bell Community Sport Fund.