By Curtis Galbraith

Community

Applications open for UFA Rural Communities Foundation grants

Jun 3, 2021 | 5:30 AM

Applications for the third round of $100,000 in grant funding from UFA’s Rural Communities Foundation are now open.

Foundation chair Harvey Hagman says help for rural communities is something that is badly needed right now.

“If it has a cultural, educational, or recreational component for their community. As an example, one of our first grant winners out of Onoway was doing a historical (facility) kind of like a museum and they built a shed that housed antique farm equipment.”

The program is in its third year. UFA had earlier committed to giving out $500,000 over five years. Hagman adds this program is in addition to what UFA already does to give back.

“The UFA Act of 1918 says we’re to enable farmers and ranchers in the Province of Alberta and that’s been our creed and motto.”

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Hagman says applications can be submitted through the organization’s website.

“It has all the requirements for the grant application. We look forward to residents of the Peace area of this province applying and it’d be nice to have some money go up north there.”

None of the previous seven grant recipients from the last two years were from the Peace Country.

Registered charities and non-profit organizations located within 200 kilometres of a UFA location are eligible to apply.

The application deadline is August 31.