Cold Lake, AB – Council approved grants to help 23 local groups that submitted applications to the City of Cold Lake’s Community Recreation, Art, Culture and Heritage Investment Grant Program.

Over $95,000 in grant monies was dispersed to the 23 Cold Lake groups and associations in the spring intake of applications. The groups represented a cross section of the community that works to ensure the City offers a strong, healthy and diverse quality of life for all who live here.

From sports tournaments and cultural festivals, to recreational and educational activities, the applicants not only provide great opportunities for Cold Lake residents to participate in and enjoy, but their activities bring economic activity to the City and the surrounding region.

“Since COVID ended, Cold Lake has become a hub for events and festivals in this region,” said Mayor Craig Copeland. “Whether it’s venues, accommodations, dining or even volunteers, we have the infrastructure and amenities to handle these events. From provincial tournaments to events like Feast at the Beach, the groups who’ve applied for the grants are the ones that are making things happen, they are bringing people to our community. The City is happy to be in a position to help.”

The Community Recreation, Art, Culture and Heritage Investment Grants are offered four times a year – spring, summer, fall and winter. While the spring and summer intakes see most of the applications, the Spring 2023 intake was the highest the Grant Committee had seen and that speaks well to the activity that is happening in the City of Cold Lake.

The summer intake deadline is August 3; to learn more about the grant and the process required, plus other available grants, please visit www.coldlake.com/grants

The spring grants were awarded to:

• 4 Wing Personnel Support Programs (PSP) – $2,625 towards 2023 Volksmarch and Oktoberfest celebrations
• Rusty’s Warriors - $1,000 for travel expenses
• Canadian Fallen Heroes Foundation – $2,500 towards creation of memoriam biographies for Alberta’s fallen airmen and women.
• Cold Lake District Sportsman’s Fish and Game Association – $2,500 towards the purchase of a new 3D target
• Cold Lake Fighter Jets – $4,500 for equipment and team travel cost
• Cold Lake Filipino Basketball League – $8,624.96 towards venue rental, equipment, scoreboard, trophies and 2023 tournament support
• Cold Lake Minor Ball Association – $2,500 towards fully equipped kit bags, equipment and First Aid kits
• Cold Lake Minor Soccer Association – in-kind support for the amount of $3,651.13 for 2023 Alberta Soccer Provincials Championship
• Cold Lake Chamber of Commerce Association – $20,000 in support of Feast at the Beach festival
• Cold Lake Sailing Association – $2,500 in support of equipment and teaching materials
• Community Futures Lakeland – $3,500 for sponsorship of Lemonade Day 2023, youth entrepreneurial program
• Filipino Association of Bonnyville and Cold Lake Alberta – $2,500 in support of hosting intercity volleyball and basketball tournaments
• Cold Lake First Nations (Gerald Lott and Tiffany Janvier) – $5,220 in support of Community Healing Round Dance
• Hearts for Healthcare – $3,000 for sponsorship of H4H Mega Bounce Run
• MS Ain’t Purdy/MS Society of Canada – $1,000 for starting line sponsorship of 2023 MS Ain’t Purdy Skijoring event
• Lakeland Lacrosse Association – $5,000 towards facility costs for Ice Melter Tournament
• Mitchell Gillis – $350 in assist in attending the 2023 Physical & Health Education (PHE) National Conference in P.E.I.
• Rebels Rugby Girls Program (Cold Lake High School) – $2,042 towards support of hosting the NE Zone Rugby Championships
• Ride for Dad (Lakeland Chapter) – $3,000 for sponsorship of the 2023 Ride for Dad event
• Take-Em Outfitters – $10,000 towards multiple episodes of Fowl Life production of annual Waterfowl Hunt in Cold Lake and area
• Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) – in-kind support for $1,561.61 for 2023 APEGA Science Olympics
• Todd Adams – $2,500 in support of hosting the 2023 Water Ski & Wake Alberta Surf Competition at Kinosoo Beach
• Wild North Eclectic Society – $5,000 in support of hosting 2023 Summer Rush Festival

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