(Photo courtesy/Children North Early Intervention Program, Facebook)

By Ben Tompkins

Canada Post Community Foundation

Canada Post funds programs across Saskatchewan to benefit children and youth

Aug 26, 2024 | 3:45 PM

The Canada Post Community Foundation is providing $1.3 million in grants to programs benefitting children and youth across the country.

The grants will be distributed to charities, schools and community groups, some of which are in Saskatchewan.

The Children North Early Intervention Program (CNEIP) in La Ronge has received $20,000 towards their snoezelen/sensory and controlled multisensory environment (MSE) therapy program for youth with autism, developmental delays, or brain injuries.

“We have quite a large population of kids who are neurodivergent or maybe on the autism spectrum, who get very overwhelmed with our current pediatric therapy room. We just thought we needed to create a quieter space that wasn’t so overwhelming so that our therapists and our staff can work with those kids,” explained CNEIP executive director, Daina Lapworth.

“That’s not something we’d ever be able to do ourselves because our funding doesn’t really cover capital purchases at all. This room is going to be fantastic and it’s just going to open a whole other level for these kids. I’m extremely grateful for this grant because it’s going to let us do so much more. Being a nonprofit organization makes it a challenge for us to do anything, so getting a grant just makes life so much easier.”

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CNEIP received the grant after a successful application process. They are hoping to have their room complete by October 1.

Other local grant winners included $1,454 for the Leroy School Community Council for outdoor sports equipment, $25,000 for the Turnor Lake and Birch Narrows Community Food Centre to offer youth a safe place to gather as many of their families struggle at home, support each other, and learn traditional skills, and $5,531.27 for the West Flat Citizens Group in Prince Albert to create an after-school and evening recreation program for children and youth in the community.

The rest of the provincial grant winners include $1,200 to the Assiniboia and District Historical Society to develop a buddy program to ensure no child or student is left out, and $5,000 to the First Steps Wellness Centre in Regina to purchase a Pediatric Rifton Pacer Walker.

In total, 106 organizations across Canada received funding, including four of which received $50,000 signature grants.

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