2014-15 Ontario Sport and Recreation Communities Fund (OSRCF) Local/Regional Projects
NORTH REGION
A table of successful applicants. Each row is a different project and contains the following
information: municipality, organization, grant amount, project title, and project description.
Municipality
Elliot Lake
Dryden
Timmins
Organization
4elements
Athletics
Ontario/Dryden
Athletics
City of Timmins
Archie Dillon
Sportsplex Pool
Grant
Amount
Project Title
Project Description
$23,607
Get Active with Arts
This project will assist 4Elements on Manitoulin
Island to raise participation amongst children and
older adults to "Get Active With Arts" throughout the
summer, fall, and winter with cycling, hiking and
snowshoeing activities in local trails. The project will
build capacity through the training of staff and help
participants develop fundamental movement skills. It
will also lead to the creation of 9 jobs that will
continue to exist after the project is complete.
$26,000
Delivering Fun In
Athletics & Run Jump
Throw to NWOntario
This project will assist Dryden Athletics in
partnership with Athletics Ontario to offer a "Fun in
Athletics" program to 250 youth 7 to 13 that will
encourage participation in track and field sports.
Bring it On! I'm in!
This project will assist the City of Timmins to offer
new aquatic and safety programs for 3000 older
adults, seniors, and youth utilizing new equipment
and trained instructors. The project will help develop
leaders and volunteers in order to enhance capacity.
$59,211
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Municipality
Elliot Lake
North Bay
Elliot Lake
New Liskeard
Organization
Corporation of
the Township of
Dubreuilville
Discovery Routes
Trails
Organization
Elliot Lake
Retirement Living
French River,
Municipality of
Grant
Amount
Project Title
Project Description
Ma Santé = Mission
Possible à
Dubreuilville
This project will assist the township of Dubreuilville
to carry out a two year project, hire a coordinator
and target the francophone community to increase
their participation in sports and recreational
opportunities. The project will engage 160
participants in total.
North Bay and Area
Cycles
This two year project will establish a local steering
committee to organize local cyclists and provide
governance and structure to the cycling sector. 160
people, including volunteers, staff and community
stakeholders, will be trained in the delivery of a
program designed to introduce and develop basic
cycling skills and fundamental movement skills.
$46,367
Mature Adult Active
Living Program
This project will support a "Mature Adult Active
Living Program" for over 6,000 Elliot Lake residents
aged 55+. Participants will gain access to a variety
of programs that focus on fall-prevention, balance,
stability, cardio-respiratory fitness, and strength
training, as well as assist with transportation,
program costs, and access to qualified instructors.
$37,250
French River
Community
Engagement and
Recreation Program
This project will assist the Municipality of French
River to raise participation, build capacity and teach
Fundamental Movement skills for youth aged 13-24
so they can become active in all seasons activities.
The project will provide 200 opportunities for
participation.
$102,168
$39,800
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Municipality
Sudbury
New Liskeard
Fort Frances
Elliot Lake
Thunder Bay
Organization
Greater Sudbury,
City of
Iroquois Falls
Preschool Centre
Prescolaire
Kenora, City of
Manitouwadge,
Township of
Marathon Figure
Skating Club
Grant
Amount
Project Title
Project Description
"FEEL FREE TO
HAVE A BALL!"
This project will assist the City of Greater Sudbury
offer three eight-week "Feel free to have a
ball" sessions teaching physical literacy to over 900
children ages 6-9 years through conventional and
emerging sports. The project will also incorporate
Active Start and FUNdamental activities.
$62,249
SHAKE IT UP with
Active Programs
This project will assist Iroquois Falls Preschool
Centre hire a coordinator to develop a variety of
accessible recreational and fitness programs. These
programs will increase participation and provide new
opportunities to community members over two
years, while engaging 290 participants.
$7,761
Barrier reduction for
achieving Lifeguard
and Swim Instructor
Certification
This project will assist the City of Kenora in offering
pre-requisite life guard training to 128 youth to
ensure a feeder group to maintain aquatic safety
and programs for the community.
Recreational Drop In
The project will assist the township of
Manitouwadge create new recreation drop-in
programs targeting 400 youth/children. The activities
offered will build capacity, increase participation,
and teach physical literacy to participants.
Summer Beaver
Active For Life
This project assist the Marathon Figure Skating Club
offer a "Fitness for Life" program for children and
youth ages 3-16 to develop fundamental movement
skills and physical literacy through activities both on
and off the ice. This initiative is expected to benefit
30 skaters and 18 volunteer leaders.
$74,526
$4,250
$19,830
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Municipality
Thunder Bay
North Bay
North Bay
Timmins
Organization
Municipality of
Greenstone
Nipissing District
Housing
Corporation
North Bay Canoe
Club
Northern Lights
Therapeutic
Riding
Association
Grant
Amount
Project Title
Project Description
"Our Space" Youth
Drop In Centres
This project will hire a Youth Drop-In Coordinator to
design and implement four sport and recreation
programs at four different community sites that
make up the Municipality of Greenstone.
Fundamental movement skills will be a component
of all activities being delivered and all activities will
be offered at no cost to over 190 participants.
Motivational Wellness
Kits
This one year project will implement seven
Motivational Wellness Kits and manuals targeting
low-income families, individuals, and seniors to
encourage physical activity through games and
exercise. The project will engage roughly 150
participants.
$58,568
Development of Adult
Introductory Paddling
Program
This one year project will assist the North Bay
Canoe Club to hire instructors and purchase safety
equipment to increase participation in paddle sports
among older adults in the North Bay area. The
project will reach 320 participants and will help them
to develop fundamental movement skills.
$73,613
Fundamental
Movement skills, long
term athlete
development
This project will assist the Northern Lights
Therapeutic Riding Association enhance capacity by
training 180 coaches and volunteers in Equestrian
Sport for people living with disabilities.
$27,840
$5,220
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Municipality
Thunder Bay
Timmins
North Bay
Sudbury
Elliot Lake
Organization
Pic River First
Nation Health
Centre
Porcupine Minor
Hockey
Association
Municipality of
Powassan
Rainbow Routes
Association
Serpent River
First Nation
Grant
Amount
Project Title
$76,422
Nish-n-Tuck
$24,429
Porcupine Minor
Hockey Association
Skills Development
Program
Project Description
This project will assist Ojibways of Pic River First
Nation to hire a recreation coordinator and train
instructors to implement a year round activity
program for 150 of the reserve's youth population. A
master course conductor of fitness tasked with
mobilizing the community along with two additional
instructors who will assist with programs will be
hired.
This project will assist the Porcupine Minor Hockey
Association develop a comprehensive skills
development program that will educate 50 coaches
from across the region and provide new innovative
learning techniques for over 400 children/youth ages
10-14 playing hockey.
$54,759
Get Active Powassan
(G.A.P.) Program
This project will assist the Municipality of Powassan
hire a coordinator and youth programmers to
increase participation over two years of 400 children
and youth and 400 seniors in a variety of noncompetitive sport and recreational activities.
$73,425
Trails for Life
(Trails4Life)
The project will assist Rainbow Routes offer a
"Trails4Life" program for 400 older adults, focusing
on urban poling, cycling and snow shoeing activities
on trails in the Sudbury area.
$73,680
MinobimodziwinLifestyle Centre:
Community Sport &
Recreation
Programing
This project will assist Serpent River First Nation
introduce new activities and sports by improving
access to the Fitness Centre and training ten
staff/volunteers to offer programs that help develop
fundamental movement skills (FMS) and target
children, youth and seniors.
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Municipality
Atikokan
Timmins
Fort Frances
Timmins
Organization
Thunder Bay
Community
Tennis Centre
Timmins Boxing
Club
Town of Rainy
River
Ville de Hearst
Grant
Amount
Project Title
$21,960
Tennis! For Fun and
For Life!
$27,750
Outdoor/Indoor
Boxing Cross
Training Activity
Program
$19,950
$107,707
Project Description
This project will assist the Thunder Bay Community
Tennis Centre offer a "Tennis! For Fun and For Life
", an introductory program with 300 opportunities for
participation that targets children and adults to
ensure life long participation in the sport, consistent
with the vision of the 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am
Games.
This project will assist the Timmins Boxing Club
certify six coaches and offer an outdoor/indoor
Boxing Cross Training program to 150 youth. The
project integrates outdoor obstacle courses, canoe,
kayak, and stand-up board paddling into the boxing
program, and will improve both the capacity and
physical literacy of its participants.
Sport and Recreation
Improvement Project
This project will increase participation in physical
activity through a variety of new sports and
recreation activities geared towards children, as well
as older adults and seniors. The project's aim is to
engage 270 participants (a third of the town's
population) and remove financial barriers.
Je bouge ! -- I Move!
This project will assist the Town of Hearst offer "Je
bouge! – I Move" project by hiring a coordinator to
provide activity programs for more than 500
Francophone and Aboriginal youth and seniors, as
well as people with disabilities.
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