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Quesnel Community
Foundation
We give here because we live here
Chelsey Bishop Photo
2020 Report to the Community
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE - 2019 - 2020 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
On behalf of the Quesnel Community Foundation Board of Directors, I am
pleased to provide our community update for 2020.
• As per the audited financial statements, our fundraising for 2019
including in-kind and sponsors was $190,100 and the Endowment Fund
as of December 31, 2019 was $3.159 million dollars.
• In 2020 we awarded $68,500 to 14 community groups in the form Bruce Laurie
of grants and $13,800 in bursaries and scholarships to local students. In Broughton Rice
addition, Island Mountain Arts and Friends of the Museum received $3,900 from Agency Vice President Treasurer
(Grants) (Investments)
Funds.
Thank-you Quesnel!
This is truly a team effort and I would like to thank our hard-working Board of Directors
for their support as volunteers to our Foundation.
The foundation welcomed Ed Coleman, Bob Salmons, Brenda Gardiner, and
Graeme Armstrong to our board of directors. Special thanks to Gayle Campbell
and Deb Burton for their service and contribution to the Foundation. Thank Brenda Graeme
you to Brian Black and Jim Gorsline for their service and contribution as Gardiner Armstrong
Foundation Directors, and their continuing service on the Investment Committee. Director Director
(Gala & Grants) (Communications
Thank you everyone for their time and dedication. & Investments)
We have been assisted for the past several years by an extremely generous anonymous
donor and we so appreciate the support and confidence in our great organization. Once
again, this year our donor will provide matching funds to the Foundation for donations
received between October 1 to December 12th up to a maximum of $50,000. Please
take up the challenge!
Our community and foundation like so many others have faced challenges due to
COVID 19. We hope you can still support us in any way to match our fund goals. Ed Adrian
Coleman Monych
Thank-you Quesnel for your continued commitment and support to this wonderful Director Director
community we all call home. Cheers. (Gala, Grants & (Scholarships,
Bursaries &
President Mary Sjostrom HR) Grants)
What we do:
The Quesnel Community Foundation operates to meet the needs of our
Community through the growth and management of permanent endowment
funds. We administer our funds under the premise that donations received will
be used to generate investment income that funds our grants and scholarships.
The capital generated by donations is never spent. As our endowment grows, Doug Bob
the more grants we give. Service Salmons
Secretary Director
Go to our website to learn more about us (Scholarships & (Investments)
www.quesnelfoundation.ca. Bursaries)
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REPORT TO COMMUNITY
Our 2021 Grant Cycle is now open. Please go to our website www.quesnelfoundation.ca
under TAB ‘Receive’ to download an application form for your proposal.
Submission deadline is Friday, January 29, 2021.
This year the Foundation distributed $68,500 in local grants.
Congratulations to all the recipients!
Quesnel and District 4-H Quesnel Techniques Gymnastics Quesnel & district Hospice Air Cadets - Squadron 768 Baker Creek Enhancement
Quesnel and District 4-H Quesnel Techniques Gymnastics Quesnel and District Hospice Palliative Care Association $#% Baker Creek Enhancement
$5000 $10,000 Palliative Care $2500 Association !"
$4500
$4500
$5000 $10,000 $2500
Fencing for animals For new Equipment Training$2500
for Volunteers Totherepair
To repair Juvenilethe Juvenile
Chinook Salmon Tank
Fencing for animals For new Equipment Air Flight Simulator Chinook Salmon Tank
Training for Volunteers
Cariboo Ski Touring Club Quesnel Quilters Club Quesnel Seniors Centre North Cariboo Aboriginal Island Mountain Arts
Cariboo Ski $9500
Touring Club Quesnel Quilters Club Island Mountain Arts
$2000 Quesnel Seniors Centre Society
Society Family Program
Society $5000
$9500 $2000 to donate in $5000artist Residence
Indoor Theater
Indoor Theater Equipment
Equipment For Fabric for quilts $1900
$1900 $2000
! To improve
For Fabric for quilts to donate in community brillator
To improve artist Residence
community Defi Kidsin the
Kitchen
Quesnel Pickle Ball Club Fit Pets Dog Sports Association North Cariboo Seniors Council Gold Rush Cycling Club
Quesnel Pickle
$7000Ball Club Fit Pets Dog Sports
$6000 Association North Cariboo Seniors Council
$3000 Gold Rush Cycling Club
$7600
$6000 $3000 $7600
New shed$7000for storage For competition equipment OffiOffice
ce Equipment
Equipment Wonderland
Wonderland and Dragon & Dragon
Mountain trail
For
New shed for storage improvements
& trailer
Mountain trail improvements
Group Project name Granted
Quesnel Quilters Club Fabric $ 2,000,00
Quesnel Technics Gymnastics Equipment $10,000.00
Quesnel 4H Fencing for the animals $ 5,000.00
Cariboo Ski Touring Club Indoor theatre equipment and chairs $ 9,500.00
Quesnel & District Palliative Care Training for volunteers $ 2,500.00
Association
Quesnel Seniors’ Centre Society Defibrillator $ 1,900.00
Quesnel Pickle Ball Club Storage Shed $ 7,000.00
North Cariboo Seniors’ Council Office equipment $ 3,000.00
Air Cadets - Squadron 768 Aviation flight simulator $ 2,500.00
North Cariboo Aboriginal Family Pro- Kids in the Kitchen Program $ 2,000.00
gram Society
Fit Pets Dog Sports Association Competition quality agility equipment used equipment trailer $ 6,000.00
Gold Rush Cycling Club Wonderland and Dragon Mountain trail improvements $ 7,600.00
Baker Creek Enhancement To repair the Juvenile Chinook salmon Tank $ 4,500.00
Island Mountain Arts Renovations to artist’s residence $ 5,000.00
* The Holger Bauer Forest Safety Award was not awarded in 2020, due to lack of qualifying applications
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REPORT TO COMMUNITY
NEWEST NAMED FUND
When donations over time come from one donor cumulatively exceeds $5000, donors qualify for a
named fund.
Ray and Beth Peebles
Arriving in Quesnel in 1948, both Beth and Ray Peebles immediately be-
came involved in the community. For more than 50 years as active mem-
bers of St Andrews United Church they taught Sunday School and served
on numerous community committees including the G.R. Baker Memorial
Hospital Board and the Quesnel branch of the Cancer Society.
Ray had never seen a hockey game until moving to Quesnel. In the late for-
ties and early fifties the hockey games were played on an outdoor rink on
Front Street with fans standing on the snow banks, he was hooked and was
soon involved with the Quesnel Kangaroo Hockey Club, the Quesnel Mi-
nor Hockey Association, the Cariboo Hockey League, the BC Junior Hockey
League and the BC Amateur Hockey Association (BCAHA). As president of
the BCAHA he was also involved with the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA). Ray was award-
ed both a Life Membership of the BCAHA, an honour given to amateur hockey administrators who are
deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to the development and growth of amateur hockey
and the Diamond Stick award for outstanding service to amateur hockey in excess of 10 years.
Beth was the first person to volunteer at Baker Lodge and was responsible for the volunteer program
which included Ray driving the bus.
Ray and Beth discovered a lack of available activities and supports for teenagers and children with special
needs so they created various programs like the MiFiDi and CGIT group for girls, Young Life Boys organiza-
tion, and an organization that supports special needs children.
Ray and Beth Peebles currently have a Named Fund and are working towards creating a bursary and schol-
arship because of Beth and Ray’s passion for the children and youth of Quesnel.
NEWEST DESIGNATED FUND
In early 2019, at the request of colleagues, family and
friends of Dr. Neil and Eva Barber a Fund was estab-
lished with the Quesnel Community Foundation. The
aim of this community group was to establish, within
five years, a Bursary with the Foundation, which re-
quires a minimum contribution of $30,000.
We would like to report that this group has success-
fully reached their goal and that the Dr. Neil and Eva
Barber Healthcare Education Bursary is now a real-
ity!
Donations came from colleagues, friends and family
of the Barber’s and we are so pleased to be entrusted
with this legacy which will benefit students from
Quesnel pursuing studies in the medical field (nursing, physio- therapy, laboratory, x-ray, medical, etc.)
Dr. Barber is fondly remembered by family, patients and the health care community as a gentle, intelligent
and devoted husband, father, grandfather and doctor who treated everyone with gentle kindness, com-
passion and grace.
Special thanks to all who donated!
Funds established for the purpose of annual distributions are called ‘Designated Funds’.
Please refer to our ‘Options for Giving’ pamphlet located on our website
http://www.quesnelfoundation.ca/give/generous_donors/
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SCHOLARSHIP & BURSARY AWARDS
To establish a Restricted Fund Scholarship or Bursary a minimum contribution of $30,000
over five years is required. Please see our website www.quesnelfoundation.ca or email
quesnelcommunityfoundation@gmail.com for more information.
Emmi Vahaaho Casey Fisher Hayden Hill Larissa Munch Aden Sage Mycock
Lorne & Donella David Gibb Gorsline Family Gorsline Family Kupferschmid QWA Ted Kennedy
Martindale Memorial Art Award Bursary Bursary Marilyn Heywood Memorial Award
Bursary
Memorial Fund
Joseph Frisby Nick Faloon Cassidy Nikirk Amber Proudfoot Cassidy Nikirk
QWA Ted Kennedy Megan Vaupel Ashleigh Smith Ashleigh Smith Dr. Neil and Eva
Memorial Award Memorial Award Memorial Bursary Memorial Bursary Barber & Friends
Healthcare Eduction
Bursary
Winning the Brenda Campbell
#! $%& $!' () '!*' + ,' Memorial Award means so much
to me. Winning this award meant
I could fund my health care
dream of becoming a Radiologist!
This award will help me pay for
my tuition and books when I
start the radiology program. With
everything being online, being
able to stay at home and continue
studies is one of the wonderful Branda Eggert
outcomes in this unpleasant time. Brenda Campbell
Again, thank you so much to the Memorial Bursary
Quesnel Community Foundation
for this award.
The reason we chose the Quesnel Community Foundation as the means to honour our parents was that we
wanted to do something that benefits the community of Quesnel. A bursary through QCF is the best way to
do that! It leaves an ongoing legacy and will perpetuate our parent’s commitment to assisting young people.
Dave Peebles
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NAMED FUNDS
When donations over any period from one donor, cumulatively exceed $5000, donors qualify for a ‘Named
Fund’. We now have over 40 named funds and we thank those individuals who choose to give to the
Foundation annually!
FAMILY & ORGANIZATION FUNDS
• Alex & Luanne Coffey Family Fund • Glenn & Loretta Barr Family Fund • Michelle Evans Fund
• Beta Sigma Phi Quesnel Fund • Hank & Janice Ketcham Fund • Quesnel Community Foundation
• Brian & Ann Rankin Family Fund • Harry & Mildred Keen Family Fund • Quesnel Youth Soccer Legacy Wall
• Briggs Family Fund • Henry H. and Nancy K. Ketcham Fund
• CHAAPS - Quesnel Branch Foundation • Ray & Muriel Hong Fund
• City of Quesnel Fund • Henry Novak Fund • Rippon Family Fund
• Corbett Family Fund • Island Mountain Arts Fund • Robert (Bob) & Vivian Wurm Fund
• Crd Electoral Area A Fund • John & Gloria Lazzarin Family • Rogger Family Fund
• Crd Electoral Area B Fund Fund • Roy Josephy & Jean Atkinson
• Crd Electoral Area C Fund • John T. Richardson Family Fund Fund
• Crd Electoral Area I Fund • Keis Family Fund • Townsend Family Fund
• Dave & Isabel Lehane Family Fund • Kelly & Teresa King Fund • Walsh Family Fund
• Donald & Jean George Fund • Lebeck Family Fund • Warden Family Fund
• Ferris Family Fund • Mark Josephy Fund • West Fraser Mills Fund
• Friends of Quesnel Museum Fund • Matthew & Selena Gook Fund
NAMED MEMORIAL FUNDS (Excluding Scholarship & Bursary Funds listed on page 5)
• Barbara Chatt Memorial Fund • Holger Bauer Memorial Fund
• Carol Pitkin Memorial Fund • Katy Rankin Crofts Memorial Fund
• Chris Tobin Memorial Fund • Pete Ketcham Memorial (West Fraser employees)
• Dan Alexander Memorial Fund • Ray and Beth Peebles Memorial Fund
• Francine Gaetz Memorial Fund
DONATIONS IN MEMORY 2019/2020
We kindly thank all of you who have made donations in memory of the following much loved individuals
over the past two years. This is a powerful and touching way to honor the passing of someone who is dear
to your heart.
• Dr. Neil Barber • Colleen Winthrope • Marg Robertson • Steve Huska
• Ashleigh Smith • Gloria Lazzarin • Megan Vaupel • Vera Peever
• Bob Buyer • Gordon Campbell • Nicky Boates • Vincent Frank Yager
• Brenda Campbell • Katy Crofts • Paulette Ernst • Carol Pitkin
• Brian Cullinane • Ken Chesley • Ray Peebles
• Chris Tobin • Lyle Cook • Rick Johnston
Partners ($25,000 - $99,999) Benefactors (>$100,000)
• Brian Rankin • Henry H. and Nancy K. • Jim and Barb Gorsline
• Lorne and Donella Ketcham Foundation • City of Quesnel
Martindale • CRD Electoral Area A • Cariboo Regional District
• Quesnel Woodlot • CRD Electoral Area B • Glenn & Loretta Barr
Association • CRD Electoral Area C • Northern Development Initiative Trust
• Vancouver Foundation • CRD Electoral Area I • West Fraser Mills Ltd
• Vivian Wurm • 2000 Winter Games
• Cathy Walsh Legacy Fund
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DONORS OCTOBER 1 – SEPTEMBER 30 2020
Supporters ($1000-$4999)
• Aroma Foods • Marilyn Hall • Correlieu Secondary • Fred Rogger
• Alice Selzler • Maureen Trotter School • Betty-Anne Russell
• Andrea Spitz • P. L. Schmit Law • Steve, Debbie, Mark • S & F Construction Ltd.
• Anne Levac Corporation Dodge • Slocan Forest Products
• Brian Black • Peter McLoughlin • Gold Rush Trail Sled Dog • Cathy Walsh
• Brian Balkwill • Quesnel Downtown Association • Olive Walsh
• Candice McKitrick Association • Archie Hlady • Don Winthrope
• Carl Rogger • Shirley Keen • Bob Keen • Sue Alexander
• Charles Von Hahn • Simon Turner • Connie Keen • Porter Engineering
• Doug & Sally Service • Sun Life Financial • Pete Ketcham Memorial • AC&D Insurance
• Fioretta McDonald • West Central Pipe (West Fraser Employees) • The Forge Centre Inc
• Gary Lilienweiss • Tony Bensted • Maureen King • Quesnel Bakery Ltd
• Holston Foods Inc. • Mary Sjostrom • KJM Sales Ltd • Bob Norman
(McDonalds) • Bruce Alexander • Masonic Lodge #69 • Richbar Nursery Golf &
• Eva Jean Veer • Preceptor Beta Iota -Quesnel Garden
• Jim Rustad • Canadian Forest • Ty Hepner • Cheryl Swann
• John Massier Products Ltd. • Thomas R. Moffat • Audrey Prestage
• Keis Trucking Ltd • Canis Lupus Logging • Paradigm Logging Ltd. • Clara Antoniazzi
• Dunrovin staff • Cariboo Therapeutic • Ron Paull • Sally Johnston
• Larry Gardner Massage Clinic • Provincial Employee • Barkerville Gold
• Laureate Beta Omicron • Glen Chatfield Community Fund • Barbara Williamson
• Laureate Delta Gamma • Rick Clauson • Quesnel Crime Stoppers • Excel Drapery
• Lensmaster Optical • Quesnel Minor Hockey Installation Ltd.
Builders ($5000 – $24,999)
• Alex and Luanne Coffey • Mark Josephy • Canadian Arts & • Vancouver Fine Arts
• CHAAPS • West Fraser Employees Heritage Grant Renaissance Fund
• Community • Peter and Laurie • Dr. Irvine Corbett • Peter B. Walsh
Foundations of Canada/ Rippon • Michelle Evans • Phil and Joan Warden
Gov of Canada • Peter Josephy • Friends of Q&D • Kelly and Teresa King
• Dave and Isabel Lehane • Ray and Edie Ferris Museum • C.L. Smith
• Donald and Betty • Ray and Murial Hong • Gold Pan Home • Henry Novak
Prestage • Robert and Lora Lebeck Emergency Response • David and Theresa
• Fraserview Pharmacy • Ross Campbell • Matthew Gook Metzger
• Garth and Shauna • Roy Josephy and Jean • Island Mountain Arts • Robert and Loretta
Vaupel Atkinson donors Grady
• Gary Townsend • Tom and Cathy Briggs • Hank and Janice • David Peebles
• Gloria Lazzarin • Tru-Way Enterprises Ltd Ketchum • Joanne Lee
• Integris Credit Union • Victor Chatt • Novak Family
• John and Jeanette • West Fraser Mills Ltd Foundation
RIchardson • WestPark Dental • Sunrise 2000 Rotary
• Ken and Debbie • Willis Harper Hardware Club
Richardson • Troll Resort Ltd.
Thank-you to our
Platinum Report Sponsor
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DONORS OCTOBER 1, 2019 - SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
• ACW St. John’s the • Darbara & Parmjit • James & Vesta Crewe • West Fraser Employees
Divine Sandhu • Jay & Janice Lazzarin • Peter McLoughlin
• Aimee Molen • Dave & Nancy Preston • Jennifer Cheeseman • Peter Van Leusden
• Al Karlander • David & Theresa Metzger • Jim & Barb Gorsline • Provincial Employee
• Al Marg Crofts • David Peebles • Jim & Cindy Reed Community Service
• Alan Saipe • Delyth Marshall • Joanne Lee Fund
• Alex Luanne Coffey • Don Winthrope • Joe & Bev Cardle • Quesnel Bakery Ltd
• Alfred & Helen Krause • Donald & Betty Prestage • Joe & Carol Weremy • Ray & Edie Ferris
• Alice Selzler • Donna Gilbert • John and Jeanette • Raymond & Anne Levac
• Allison Gamey • Doug & Sally Service Richardson • Retired Health Care
• Anders & Ingrid Eriksson • Doug & Linda Woods • Jorden Mackenzie & Providers of Quesnel
• Ann Yager • Ed Coleman & Laurie Megan Collins • Richard & Eileen Cindric
• Anne Lucille Lloyd Rice • Julie Turley • Robert & Lora Lebeck
• Barbara Williamson • Eleanor Fishbane • Kathaleen MacNeil • Robert & Loretta Grady
• Barkerville Gold • Elizabeth (Betty) Beaven • Tony and Kathy Jaffary • Ron & Elaine Watteyne
• Bernice-Bonny Carr • Elizabeth Cyr • Kelly & Teresa King • Ron & Gayle Campbell
• Bob Norman • Ellen Facey • Ken & Debbie • Ron Mattison
• Brad & Pat Tonn • Eva Jean Veer Richardson • Ross Campbell
• Brenda Peebles • Excel Drapery • Laureate Delta Gamma • Sam & Ricki Ann Fedoruk
• Brian & Karen Balkwill Installation Ltd. • Lensmaster Optical • Savden Lee Tillyer
• Brian Black • Gary & Lorna Townsend • Lorne & Donella • Shirley Dye
• Brian Rankin • Glenn & Loretta Barr Martindale • Shirley Keen
• Butch & Mary Sjostrom • Greg & Maria Dawson • Marilyn Hall • Simon & Linda Turner
• Carol Richter • Gus Studer • Marjorie Sales • Suzanne Barclay
• Cathy Walsh • Hank & Janice Ketcham • Maureen Trotter • Terry Kawahara
• Charlene Thomas • Harlene Hunt • Michael & Milvia • Tom & Cathy Briggs
• Cindy Sherstan • Helen Nome Hayman • Tom & Joyce Deacon
• Colleen Brines • Herb & Laurey-Anne • Moira Clayton • Vancouver Foundation
• College of New Roodenburg • Muriel E. Johnston • Vivian Wurm
Caledonia • McDonalds • Novak Family • Willis Harper Hardware
• Cyril Tobin • Integris Credit Union Foundation
• Dale Lindblom • James & Candice • Orest & Gloria Kolenchuk
McKitrick
2020 Gala Report
Our Annual Gala usually brings in approximately $14,000 to support our annual operating costs.
Unfortunately our Gala has been postponed due to COVID 19. In the meantime, our creative team is
looking for options to connect with our funding support base that supports the Gala.
We look forward to when we can celebrate our twenty years as the Quesnel Community Foundation
together.
See you next year!
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REPORT TO COMMUNITY
Vancouver Foundation “In our Hearts Campaign”
Special Thanks to Vancouver Foundation “In our Hearts Campaign”, we were able to give
out $30000, in special one-time only COVID 19 grants.
The “In Our Hearts” Community Response Fund from the Vancouver Community Founda-
tion awarded by the Quesnel Community Foundation grant recipients are:
Quesnel Crafters Society COVID sanitation supplies, and creating safe opportunities for craft-
ers, customers, and guests.
Quesnel Technics Gymnastics COVID sanitation supplies and equipment so they can continue to
Club support aspiring gymnasts
Quesnel Team Roping Club Sanitation supplies and loss of income
Quesnel Lions Club Support their food for senior’s program and health care requests
Quesnel and District Seniors’ Support loss of income due to COVID 19 and to provide sanitation
Centre Society supplies safety equipment for volunteers and guests
Dunrovin Park Lodge Purchase supplies for their dementia activities kit
Kersley Community Foundation Support their ongoing programs and events in the wake of COVID 19
Legion Support loss of income and to provide safety equipment for
volunteers and guests
Quesnel Curling Centre Support loss of income and to provide safety equipment for
volunteers
Quesnel Billy Barker Days Society Help put safety measures in place and to pay for insurance losses
due to COVID19
Special Thanks to Community Foundations of Canada in Partnership with Government of Canada
Over the course of 12 weeks the Quesnel Community Foundation awarded $40000, in grants to seven
charities across the Quesnel region to address emerging needs of these organizations as they pivot to
work in a new environment around COVID-19.
The grants announced are part of the Emergency Community Support Fund (ECSF), funded by the Gov-
ernment of Canada in partnership with Community Foundations of Canada.
Grants went to:
Quesnel Woman’s Resource Centre Personal protective equipment & cleaning
supplies
North Cariboo Senior’s Council Lawn maintenance for seniors
Quesnel SPCA Ongoing care and COVID supplies for animals
North Cariboo Aboriginal Family Program Society Food hampers for clients
Hope Air Outreach & accommodation for Quesnel residents
Roots of Empathy COVID 19 curriculum for students in Quesnel
Quesnel Child and Youth Support Society Outdoor connections and parenting supports
Special
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REPORT TO COMMUNITY
LGBTQ+ Community Support is creating safer spaces and building
community in Quesnel, BC
Summitted by Community Foundations of Canada -
Vendela Edmonds
This story is a part of our RBC Future Launch
Community Challenge (RBC FLCC) series,
showcasing how youth are giving back and
inspiring change by leading projects to address
their communities’ needs. The RBC FLCC is a
collaboration between Community Foundations
of Canada and community foundations from coast
to coast to coast. The #RBCFLChallenge youth-
led projects are supported by RBC Foundation’s
contribution of $2.2 million.
In Quesnel, British Columbia, youth leader
Kassondra Schwab is using mural painting Youth from Quesnel, BC paint murals on the wall in Our Space,
and rainbow cakes to create vibrant spaces for the location the LGBTQ+ Community Support project calls
LGBTQ2S+ empowerment. home.
With the support of the RBC Future Launch COVID-19. And one week after the grand opening
Community Challenge, Community Foundations of Our Space, all in person programming in the
of Canada, the Quesnel Community Foundation community was put on hold.
and the City of Quesnel, youth leader Schwab is the “It has been challenging connecting with youth
driving force behind the LGBTQ+ [sic] Community online, so we have hosted a couple of [the Youth in
Support project. Transition] support groups with social distancing
parameters and mandatory masks,” Schwab
Welcome to “Our Space” explained.
In January 2020, the LGBTQ+ Community Support The annual Pride Parade also had to move online,
project was in full swing. Schwab and their team and Quesnel community members were invited to
had signed a lease for “Our Space” - a room to join a Facebook live stream where a small number
welcome anyone in the community but also a of Pride Society volunteers joined the Quesnel
dedicated space to host specific programming for mayor, Bob Simpson, in raising the LGBTQ2+ flag in
LGBTQ youth. a local park.
They filled the space with comfortable furniture The way back to Our Space and in-person programs
and wall murals painted by local LGBTQ+ youth. A are uncertain as the recovery path through a
counsellor came in to host the Youth in Transition global pandemic is not linear. Schwab remains
group, there were yoga sessions and art afternoons. hopeful, noting that the response from the Quesnel
It was a safe space where anyone was welcome to community has been “nothing but love and
conversation and snacks. support.”
The grand opening for Our Space was held on “We are hoping to connect LGBTQ2S+ community
the weekend of March 13, 2020. Shortly after, the members with one another and create a support
doors to Our Space had to close as Canadians system. We want every LGBTQ2S+ person to feel
were instructed to stay home to slow the spread of validated and cared for.”
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11THANK YOU
Thank you to our Sustaining Partners for your multi year commitment to support the work we do!
Your support helps us with our operating costs and continues to build our
Endowment Fund that supports our community.
We truly have a generous and giving community!
Sustaining Partners
Omer & Enver
Bruce Broughton Tracey Roberts Glen Boudreau Sandra Lewis Hrbinic
Willis Harper
Community Report Supporters GOLD SPONSOR SILVER SPONSOR
The following generous supporters assist with McDonalds Lensmasters
offsetting costs of this publication. We truly West Central Pipe
appreciate the continued support from the College of New Caledonia
Cariboo Pulp & Paper
business community, who are such valuable
partners to the Foundation.
THE 2020 $50,000 CHALLENGE!
Once again a very generous anonymous donor has offered to match charitable
donations up to $50,000 received between October 15 – December 13, 2020! So
let’s once again rise to the challenge Quesnel and make this a record setting year
for building our Community Foundation! All donations over $25 are eligible for a tax
receipt. Please go to www.quesnelfoundation.ca to donate or tear off the form below
and mail it with your cheque. Questions?
Please email quesnelcommunityfoundation@gmail.com or call our Coordinator at
250.985.1612.
Please find enclosed my donation of $________ . Mail this slip and your cheque to:
Please mail my donation tax receipt to: PO Box 4158, Quesnel, BC V2J 3J2
Donor name(s): ___________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
Telephone: _______________________________________________
Charitable Registration
Signature: _______________________________________________ #88916 1717 RR0001
Unless otherwise stated, donations are assigned in perpetuity to the Quesnel Community Endowment Fund. If you wish your
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