Groups and organizations that conduct charitable gaming fundraisers in Saskatchewan have received approximately $3 million through the province’s charitable gaming grant program during the past six months.
“Charitable gaming grants help support new and upgraded community infrastructure projects, support senior’s programming and provide dollars to the minor sports that our youth and children enjoy,” Minister Responsible for SLGA Gene Makowsky said.
The number of grants issued for January to March far outstrips those given from April to June, reflecting the impact of the restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
For the period of April to June, Radville’s Holy Family Parish received $283, and the Radville Laurier Recreation Development Fund is getting $2,774.
The Weyburn Legion Army Cadets corps received $500.15; the Holy Family RCSSD received $520; the Tatagwa Kidz Kare day care received $116.80, and the Weyburn Golf Club received $1,011.88.
The Family Place in Weyburn received $3,734.38; the Weyburn and District Junior Hockey Association received $7,511.66; the Weyburn Artistic Swimming Club got $740.63; and the Weyburn Cobra Wrestling Club received $723.78.
Other Weyburn organizations included the Weyburn Gymnastics Club, $708.16; the Weyburn Humane Society, $438.41; the Weyburn Knight Dodge Bantam A Wings, $808.63; the Weyburn Senior Beavers Baseball Club, $300; and Weyburn Wheatland Seniors Centre, $243.96.
For the period from January to March, the following groups received gaming grants.
Focal Point of Forget received $1,385.65; the Gladmar Recreation Board received $677.11; the Khedive Heritage Recreation Club received $103.67; and in Lake Alma, the Gladmar School Community Council received $255.13, and the Lake Alma Public Library branch received $194.88.
Midale Central School received $663.64, and in Pangman, the Deep South Personal Care Corp. received $2,338.05; the Khedive Heritage Recreation Club and Deep South Personal Care Corp. received $317.15; and the Pangman Public Library branch received $64.88.
In Radville, the Holy Family parish received $81.25; the Radville Laurier Recreation Development Fund received $627.50; and the Radville Minor Hockey Association received $994,50. The Tecumseh branch of the Royal Canadian Legion in Stoughton received $4,038,81.The Yellow Grass Fire Department received $206.87.
Organizations in Weyburn received a total of $23,118.12, with the following disbursements.
The Weyburn branch of CMHA received $363.50; the Rotary Clubs of Weyburn and Estevan received $7,821.05; the Weyburn branch of the Royal Canadian Legion received $1,881.93; the Southeast Midget AA Female Gold Wings received $312.50; the St. Nicholas Romanian Orthodox Church Ladies Auxiliary, $306.40; the St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Women’s League received $879; and the Weyburn and District Junior Hockey Association received $291.33.
The Weyburn Artistic Swimming Club received $455; the Weyburn Atom 1 Panther Drilling Wings received $337.50; the Weyburn Bantam AA Wings received $1,076.94; the Weyburn Cobra Wrestling Club received $97.50; the Weyburn Curling Club received $26.78; the Weyburn Group Homes Society received $567; the Weyburn Gymnastics Club received $4,613.38; and the Weyburn Humane Society received $600.
The Weyburn Hurricanes Waterpolo Club received $612.51; the Weyburn Kin Club received $25; the Weyburn Knights of Columbus received $205.10; the Weyburn Midget AA JHC Wings received $987; the Weyburn Oilwomen Association received $175; the Weyburn Peewee Legion Wings received $389.95; the Weyburn Senior Beavers Baseball Club received $700; and the Weyburn Wheatland Seniors Centre received $393.75.
The charitable gaming grant program supports groups and organizations that conduct charitable gaming including licensed bingos, raffles, break-open tickets, Texas Hold’em poker and Monte Carlo events.
Groups and organizations receive a grant equal to 25 per cent of the net revenues raised from these activities. Groups that conduct licensed charitable gaming activities and events do not have to apply for the charitable gaming grant.
Charitable gaming reports submitted by the groups are used by SLGA to calculate grants and paid out on a bi-weekly basis each quarter.
