Local names were on the list of more than 800 Saskatchewan groups and organizations receiving $1.36 million in charitable gaming grants from Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan (LGS), commencing in the first quarter of the 2023-24 fiscal year. Further breakdowns show the grants are set aside for more than 260 Saskatchewan communities.
See what west-central Saskatchewan communities were included in the latest round of grants below:
| Beechy | Beechy Royal Canadian Legion #324 | $153.50 |
| Biggar | Biggar Minor Hockey Association | $2,775.48 |
| Biggar Recreation Valley Inc. | $1,406.88 | |
| Biggar School of Dance | $473.75 | |
| Delisle | Delisle Bruins U15 | $412.50 |
| Old Bone Trail Multiple 4-H Club | $822.31 | |
| Denzil | Denzil and District Recreation Board | $2,027.27 |
| Denzil Branch Library | $61.50 | |
| Dinsmore | Dinsmore Minor Ball | $597.88 |
| Elrose | Elrose Lions Club | $5,780.43 |
| Eston | Eston Royal Canadian Legion #155 | $8,580.82 |
| Kerrobert | Kerrobert and District Agricultural Society | $298.13 |
| Kerrobert Minor Ball | $390.00 | |
| West Central Wheatkings U18AA | $1,179.00 | |
| Kindersley | Kindersley Junior Klippers Booster Club Inc | $10,750.38 |
| Kindersley Junior Klippers Booster Club Inc. | $6,652.55 | |
| Kindersley Minor Sports Association Inc. | $3,380.40 | |
| Kindersley Playschool Inc. | $873.75 | |
| Royal Canadian Legion Branch 57 | $12.25 | |
| Royal Canadian Legion Branch 57 | $286.25 | |
| Kindersley Royal Purple | $220.00 | |
| Skate Brock | $127.50 | |
| Kyle | Kyle & District Recreation Board | $558.75 |
| Kyle & District Recreation Board | $9,912.11 | |
| Kyle Anglican Womens Group | $179.55 | |
| Kyle Fish & Game League | $336.72 | |
| Leader | Leader & District Minor Hockey | $507.39 |
| Leader & District Minor Hockey | $105.00 | |
| Leader and District Arts Council | $31.88 | |
| Leader and District Arts Council | $97.25 | |
| Leader Curling Club Inc. | $625.00 | |
| Leader Curling Club Inc. | $2,124.45 | |
| Leader Skating Club | $452.00 | |
| U15 Junior Curling Team | $4,320.88 | |
| Luseland | Luseland & District Discovery Daycare | $527.50 |
| Luseland Knights of Columbus #6684 | $123.64 | |
| Macklin | Macklin Daycare Inc. | $1,305.15 |
| St. Joseph's Integrated Health Centre | $162.00 | |
| Major | Major Recreation Board | $810.00 |
| Marengo | Marengo Community Rink Commitee | $29.75 |
| Outlook | Outlook Amateur Sports | $856.26 |
| Outlook Kinsmen Club | $4,721.00 | |
| Royal Canadian Legion Outlook #262 | $205.00 | |
| Perdue | Perdue Minor Hockey | $1,255.65 |
| Rosetown | Rosetown & District Arts Council | $22.63 |
| Rosetown Curling Club | $211.25 | |
| Rosetown Kinsmen Club | $1,062.50 | |
| Tessier | Harris-Tessier Central School - School Community Council | $625.00 |
| Unity | Knights of Columbus Unity #5707 | $481.29 |
| St. Peter's Catholic Women's League | $206.25 | |
| Unity Community Daycare | $1,205.00 | |
| Unity Minor Hockey Association | $1,213.38 | |
| Wilkie | Bethany Assisted Living Homes | $224.39 |
| Wilkie & District Community Foundation | $648.75 |
"These grants assist the vital work being done in every corner of our province by charitable groups and organizations and their many wonderful volunteers," Minister Responsible for LGS Laura Ross said. "Charitable gaming grants support everything from youth and amateur sport to community arts and culture to local service clubs, seniors' centres, hospital foundations, school and library programs, volunteer fire departments, animal rescue and wildlife preservation efforts, and so much more."
For more information on where this money comes from, read more about charitable gaming grants here.
Thu, Apr 25, 9:30 AM
