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Provincial Grant Recipients for 2006-07

4-H Clubs of Ontario – ($30,000)

"A Sporting Chance - Something New" will be a new program offered to all 4-H clubs focussing on dance and non-traditional physical activities that appeal to those not attracted by traditional sports programs.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Ontario

1. ($88,000) After-school youth programs will introduce club participants to the non-traditional sports of Ultimate Frisbee and Flag Football.

2. ($113,915) The Summer Physical Fitness Program isa drop-out prevention and intervention program that will focus on low-income youth 10-15 years of age in 56 communities during the summer months. Participants will be exposed to traditional and non-traditional physical activities that are age-appropriate, fun and non-competitive.

Canadian Intramural Recreation Association (CIRA) – ($ 42,850)

The Everybody Move resource is very successful as a turn-key and inexpensive resource to help elementary teachers get children physically active in their classrooms. This resource will now be made available in French to Francophone communities.

Canadian Tire Foundation for Families – ($50,000)

The JumpStart program will work to increase opportunities to participate in sports and recreational activities among low-income children and youth.

Federation de la Jeunesse Franco-Ontarienne (FESFO) – ($73,772)

This project consists of two components, a new participant program for athletes, trainers and leaders for the sport component of the Francophone games, and a two-year project geared to minority groups consisting of a pilot in one area and a provincial implementation in year two.

Get Active Now – ($12,000)

The "Adapted Equipment Loan Program" will encourage persons with disabilities to actively participate in sport and physical activity programs.

Go For Green – ($100,000)

“The Planning Active Transportation Communities – Ontario” project will engage 45 communities in a process to learn about active transportation and assist 15 of those communities evaluate and improve their active transportation plans.

Green Communities Association (on behalf of the City of Toronto) – ($40,000)

International Conference - Walk21 - will be held in Toronto in 2007. Three diverse Ontario communities will develop comprehensive walking plans with input from international experts.

Lifestyle Information Network (LIN) ­– ($91,775)

The grant will support expansion of the Northern Links resource database and peer support network, and creation of a toolkit for Aboriginal rural and remote community leaders to improve and better manage sport and recreation programming geared to Aboriginal children and youth.

Life Saving Society – ($70,000)

The grant will support expansion of the "Swim to Survive" safety program: a successful initiative in partnership with the Ministry of Education to conduct swimming lessons for Grade 3 students.

Ontario Association of Youth Employment Centres (OAYEC) – ($60,000)

OAYEC's province-wide fitness challenge program will encourage 55% of OAYEC's 1800 "career coaches" to be physically active by 2007. Ultimately, this project will provide positive role models to a large number of youth who use OAYEC services across the province.

Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI) – ($41,750)

The project is designed to boost sport and recreation participation of immigrant and refugee youth through culturally-appropriate programming, and training sessions to develop leadership and facilitate shared learning/promotion of good practices.

Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres ­ – ($125,000)

"Ontario Aboriginal Girls & Women ON THE MOVE”: Development Capacity Around Recreational Sport and Physical Activity in Ontario Friendship Centres". Eight friendship centres will be chosen and supported in the development of female specific recreation programs under the principles and guidance of the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport's (CAAWS) ON THE MOVE program.

Ontario Physical & Health Education Association (OPHEA) – ($190,000)

JiggaJump is a new innovative program for children ages 3 to 6 designed to promote active healthy living for young children. Featuring children's entertainers Judy & David, JiggaJump will use music to engage 700,000 children in a range of fun physical activities and movement.

Ontario Track 3 Ski Association – ($69,300)

Expansion of a Ski School program for people with disabilities that will include new volunteers and participants in new areas.

Parks & Recreation Ontario (PRO)

1. ($30,030) Fifteen full-day workshops will be designed, promoted and presented in all regions of the province to 300 professionals and volunteers involved in the delivery of recreation, health and sport programs.

2. ($70,488) Expansion of Municipal Performance Measures – will allow the municipal recreation sector to develop more sophisticated performance measures that supplement government-mandated performance measures.

Renewed Strength, Inc. – ($63,000)

The Renewed Strength Inc. Ontario-wide program is designed to promote awareness of, and increase access to, a strength and mobility program for individuals recovering from cancer treatment.

Sport Alliance of Ontario – ($150,000)

There are two components to this project – the development of Community Sport Councils, and the promotion and delivery of the KidSport Ontario grant program.

Think First Ontario – ($51,833)

Schools will be supplied with hockey helmets so children can participate in recreational skating sessions.

Toronto Dragon Boats 2006 – ($60,265)

"Dragon Boat Caravan"is an outreach effort that will develop new dragon boat programs targeted at school-age children, youth, adults and seniors in 13 cities across Ontario.

Town Youth Participation Strategies (TYPS) – ($51,000)

Development of a turn-key model for recreational and physical activity programming in seven rural area youth centres throughout the province.

United Nations Association in Canada – ($66,022)

"Sport-In-A Box" – volunteer coordinators across the province will engage groups of youth (aged 9-12 years) in fun activities and dialogue on the universality of sport and core democratic principles.