RBC seeking proposals for after-school program grants
Deadline for applications is April 30, 2007
TORONTO, February 26, 2007 — RBC Financial Group
is offering up to $750,000 in grants for community-based providers
of after-school programs for the 2007-08 school year. Interested
applicants must submit their proposals by April 30, 2007.
"We believe that investment at the community-level can
have the greatest impact on our children and their future,"
said Stephen Voisin, head of Donations, RBC Financial Group.
"By providing grants to organizations that directly serve
children, we help ensure that students, in communities across
Canada, have better access to after-school programs where
they can learn and participate in recreational and skill-building
activities in a safe environment."
With 72 community-based after-school programs currently being
funded, RBC is seeking up to 19 new organizations for the
next academic year. To qualify for a grant, after-school programs
should offer structured, supervised activities in an environment
that provides what RBC has termed the "3Ss": safety,
social skills and self-esteem. Other activities that programs
should also offer include computer instruction, sports, literacy
tutoring, music and art lessons, nutrition guidance, and homework-help.
Committees of local experts, in the areas of children and
education, will select the successful applicants in their
region. Grant recipients will be announced in July 2007, with
each community-based program receiving between $25,000 and
$40,000.
Since 1999, RBC has provided grants to 139 after-school programs,
totalling more than $12.6 million. Over one-quarter of the
RBC Foundation's annual budget is devoted to education - more
than $11 million in 2006. After-School Grant applications
can be downloaded from www.rbc.com/afterschool.
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Media contact:
Jackie Braden, RBC Media Relations (416) 974-2124
Charities wishing information about RBC's After-School Grants
program may contact Frances Bedford-Jones at
(416) 974-2176
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