Council has awarded $20,000 to non-profit groups in Hope this year.
The total amount requested for 2012 grant-in-aid support was $42,400, but the district’s policy ceiling for funding is $20,000. The eight recipients are:
• Hope Crime Prevention Society - $2,500
• Hope Care Transit - $4,300
• Operation Hope Society - $4,000
• Fraser Canyon Hospice Society - $2,500
• Mount Hope Senior Citizen’s Housing Society (Park Manor) - $2,000
• Hope and District Arts Council - $2,000
• Hope Mountain Centre for Outdoor Learning - $2,000
• New Page Human Services Society - $700