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Building Vibrant Communities 2020 - 2021 Grant Recipient List

Alice House Second Stage Housing Association of Dartmouth, Economic Independence Program,  $5,000, Dartmouth-South

Antigonish Women's Resource Centre & Sexual Assault Services Association, It Takes a Community: Collaborative Approaches to Addressing Poverty in Antigonish, $45,000, Antigonish

Bear River First Nation, Growing Healthy Foods, Growing Healthy People, $40,000, Clare- Digby

Bluenose Coastal Action Foundation, GO CREW: Empowering Girls in the Outdoors, $5,000, Lunenburg

Bras D'Or Lakes Day Camp Association, Inclusive Child and Youth Recreational Program (The Whole Family Counts), $20,000, Victoria- The Lakes

Chebucto Community Development Association, Diagnosing Poverty- Prescribing Possibilities, $48,816, Halifax- Atlantic

Colchester Community Workshops, Independent Residential Living, $40,000, Truro- Bible Hill - Millbrook- Salmon River

Colchester East Hants Branch Canadian Mental Health Association, Food with Thought Program, $5,000, Truro-Bible Hill - Millbrook- Salmon River

Colchester Sexual Assault Centre, COVID Response and Growth Strategy, $45,000, Truro-Bible Hill - Millbrook- Salmon River

Coverdale Courtwork Society, Caitlan's Place, $50,000, HRM municipality

Digby & Area Community Gardens Society, Digby Community Gardens Expansion, $16,828.36, Clare- Digby

Dr. Kingston Memorial Community Health Centre, Building Food Security in Richmond County, $40,000, Cape Breton- Richmond

East Hants Community Learning Association, Food as a Foundation, $5,000, Hants – East

Family SOS, The Lunchbox Project, $5,000, Halifax- Atlantic

Freeport Community Development Association (FCDA), Island Community Greenhouse Project $5,000, Clare- Digby

Glace Bay Food Bank Society, Project Vegetable Transplant, $25,000, Sydney- Whitney Pier

HRDA Enterprises Ltd (MetroWorks Employment Association), Common Root Urban Farm, $40,000, Fairview- Clayton Park

HRDA Enterprises Ltd (Metroworks), Mobile Food Market, $100,000, HRM various areas

In My Own Voice (IMOVE) Arts Association, Uniacke Cooperative Action Project (UCAP), $40,000, Halifax – Needham

Inspiring Communities Network, Northside Rising Changemakers Program, $40,000, Sydney- Whitney Pier

LOVE: Leave Out Violence Nova Scotia, Succeed & Proceed, $92,000, Halifax Needham, Sydney- Whitney Pier, East Hants

MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning Society, East Dartmouth Pilot Project, $2,510, Dartmouth East

Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Society (Mainline), Positive Solutions # 3, $46,144, Halifax- Needham

Mill Road Social Enterprises Association, Mill Road Meals Pilot Program, $40,000, Inverness

New Dawn Enterprises, The Cape Breton Island Good Food Bus Pilot Project, $36,000, Sydney- Whitney Pier

Pan Cape Breton Food Hub Co-operative Ltd, Share the Harvest, $5,000, Victoria- The Lakes

Pathways to Employment Society, Case Management- Person Directed Planning, $40,000, Sydney- Whitney Pier

Pictou Landing Band Council, Clothes Made by their Mothers, $40,000, Pictou – East

Potlotek First Nation, Potlotek Food Security Initiative, $40,000, Cape Breton- Richmond

Red Bear Healing Home Society, Red Bear Connects, $23,364, Annapolis Valley

Safety Checks Inspections Ltd, Pre- Employment and Driver Training, $19,825, Sydney- Whitney Pier

Society for the Rehabilitation of Addicted Persons, Alcare Place Music Therapy, $4,941, Halifax – Citadel

South Shore for Centre of Education, Cuisine for Teens in Queens, $8,000, Queen's- Shelburne

Sydney Mines Community Policing Association, Success in School, $5,000, Northside- Westmount

Syria Antigonish Families Embrace, EAL to the Workplace 2021, $40,000, Antigonish

The John Howard Society of Nova Scotia, Voices from Within, $50,000, NS wide

The Municipality of the District of Saint Mary's, St. Mary's Learning to Master Healthy Meals Project, $5,000, Guysborough- Eastern Shore- Tracadie

The North End Community Health Association, Market Greens, $38,400, Halifax – Needham

The YMCA Association of Cumberland, Apartment Start-Up Kits, $5,000, Cumberland North

Valley Community Learning Association, Kentville Community Gardens, $29,050, Kings North

Veith House, Urban Farm Growth Project, $40,000, Halifax – Needham

Westphal, Cole Harbour & Area Fire Fighters Association, Panther Pantry School- Based Food Bank at Prince Andrew High, $5,000, Cole Harbour - Portland Valley