Thanks to a nomination from Buy-Low Foods’ manager Fred Boyd, the Phoenix Foundation of the Boundary Communities has received $10,000 from the charitable organization of late-actor Paul Newman.
Newman’s Own Foundation provided the grant to the local Phoenix Foundation, which will use the money to update the Vital Signs report, a check up conducted by community foundations to measure the viability of Canadian communities.
Boyd said he was proud because the winning grant went to the local community and he got the inspiration from seeing that certain areas of the community were in need of an assist.
Phoenix Foundation of the Boundary Communities chair Christine Thompson said the foundation was thrilled that Buy-Low nominated it and to find that it was named one of the recipients and re-doing the Vital Signs report was one of the foundation’s goals.
“The Vital Signs report was last done in 2009 and it’s basically a discussion and workshops that we have with members of the community to see what the community needs for things like health, youth, sports and it helps the foundation in determining where the grants that it provides are going to be most beneficial to the community as a whole,” Thompson explained.
Phoenix Foundation director Leda Leander is also executive director of the Boundary Family and Individual Services Society (BFISS) and the Vital Signs report is a valuable source of information to BFISS.
Boyd said he knows the money will be put to good use and is glad to contribute to the community.
