The Ontario government is providing $1,154,086 to 10 non-profit organizations in the riding of Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock to help them recover from the pandemic.
4th Line Theatre in Millbrook and Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon are among the organizations receiving $723,200 in funding under the province’s Community Building Fund, which is providing support to 648 non-profit tourism, culture, and sport and recreation organizations across Ontario.
“We know COVID-19 has presented challenges for our local non-profits,” says Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP Laurie Scott in a media release. “That’s why our government is providing grants to ensure they can continue to provide the services and experiences our community members miss.”
The province is providing the funding under the operating stream of the Community Building Fund, which covers salaries and fixed operational costs, equipment and other costs related to adapting to public health measures, and costs for virtual delivery of products and experiences.
The 10 organizations and the funds they are receiving are:
- Lindsay Agricultural Society ($250,000)
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Kawartha Lakes ($128,800)
- 4th Line Theatre ($100,000)
- The Lindsay Gallery ($50,000)
- Globus Theatre ($50,000)
- Maple Leaf Cavan FC (MLCFC) ($50,000)
- Rails End Gallery and Arts Centre ($50,000)
- The Beaverton Thorah Eldon Historical Society ($17,400)
- Highlands Summer Festival ($14,600)
- Lindsay Little Theatre ($12,400)
In addition to the funding under the Community Building Fund, three of the above organizations will also be receiving $430,886 in funding under the province’s Reconnect Festival and Event Program.
That program is designed to help festival and event organizers adapt to new public health measures with virtual, drive-in, drive-through, and other COVID-safe experiences.
Under that program, Lindsay Agricultural Society will receive $170,850, Globus Theatre will receive $167,194, and 4th Line Theatre will receive $92,842.
