MOOSE JAW — Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan (LGS) has provided $2.1 million in charitable gaming grants to more than 1,100 groups and organizations across the province, with 45 Moose Jaw-area groups receiving over $50,000.
Groups in about 230 Saskatchewan communities received a charitable gaming grant recently, with more than $425,000 going to groups in Regina and nearly $561,000 to groups in Saskatoon.
Other regions across the province also received funding, including:
- Yorkton, Melville and area, more than $93,000
- Swift Current and area, more than $27,000
- Weyburn, Estevan and area, more than $62,000
- Prince Albert and area, more than $122,000
- Meadow Lake and area, more than $55,000
- Humboldt, Melfort and area, more than $60,000
The groups in the Moose Jaw area that received funding included:
Assiniboia
- Dance Club: $1,762.50
- Kinette Club: $1,146.25
- Minor Hockey Association: $114.70
- Total: $3,023.45
Caronport
- U15 Caronport Cougars: $500
- Total: $500
Central Butte
- Recreation Association: $3,302.38
- Iver Main Place Inc.: $1,436.88
- Total: $4,739.26
Gravelbourg
- No. 20 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps Squadron Freedom Fighter Inc., Squadron Sponsoring Committee: $320
- Total: $320
Moose Jaw
- 1856 Moose Jaw Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corp: $511.97
- 1st Girl Guides: $322.50
- Cheer Infinity Fundraising Inc.: $1,222.50
- Church of Our Lady Parish: $509.63
- Fraternal Order of Eagles No. 3395 Ladies Auxiliary: $779.18
- Heartland Hospice: $175.19
- Moose Jaw and District Senior Citizen Association Inc.: $222.50
- Atomic U11B Hurricanes: $556.30
- Elks No. 7: $570.65
- Fraternal Order of Eagles Club No. 3395: $625
- Kinette Club: $309.62
- Kinsmen Wrestling Club: $5,159.27
- Koseikan Judo Parents Group: $462.50
- Minor Hockey Association: $483.25
- Skating Club: $603.09
- U13 A Warriors Black: $145
- U16AA Warriors: $681.25
- U18 Curling Team: $932.50
- U7 Rockets: $162.50
- Unit 252 of the Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada, Inc.: $1,564.44
- Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 59: $2,622.96
- Running Wild Rescue: $154.63
- Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation: $2,210.98
- Square One Community Inc.: $132.50
- U11 C Mavericks Hockey: $385.36
- U16 Thunder Creek Volleyball Team: $119.86
- U7 Timbit Ice Hawks: $374.25
- Total: $21,999.38
Mossbank
- Furrows and Faith Retirement Co-operative Ltd.: $157.50
- Mossbank and District Recreation Board: $14,852.28
- Total: $15,009.78
Pense
- Pense Grand Coulee U13 Bulldogs : $622.50
- Minor Hockey Initiation: $150
- Playschool: $424.26
- Total: $1,196.76
Rouleau
- Rouleau and District Seniors Association Inc.: $318.75
- Total: $318.75
Shaunavon
- Rock Creek Golf and Country Club Inc.: $2,239.12
- Curling Club: $150
- Minor Hockey Association: $1,254.73
- Total: $3,643.85
Willow Bunch
- Palliser Regional Library Willow Bunch Branch: $790
- Golf Club Inc.: $712.50
- Total: $1,502.50
These quarterly grants are paid to groups and organizations in good standing that conduct licensed charitable gaming activities such as bingos, raffles, breakopen ticket sales, Texas hold 'em poker tournaments and Monte Carlo events. The grants are equal to 25 per cent of the net revenue raised by each charitable event, up to a maximum of $100,000 per group or organization annually.
The amount of each grant paid by LGS to each charity is calculated by the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) based on financial reports and other information submitted by the group or organization.
Groups can apply through SLGA's charitable gaming licensing process at www.slga.com/permits-and-licences/charitable-gaming.
