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Volume 135 Issue 36 Friday, November 24, 2017 www.minnedosatribune.com 90 cents plus tax

INSIDE Foundation Grants Over

this week
$88,000 Back To Community
Meet The
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Drama Club
Performance
Photo by Hillary Miller

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By HILLARY MILLER one group this year, to main dining hall. The Dia- Cooperative was granted stays affordable for every-
be put toward the new betes Camp Program was $5,000 for an expansion of one.

O n Thursday, Novem-
ber 16th, the annual
Minnedosa Foundation
lunch was held at 11:30
at the Minnedosa Curling
Club.
Once lunch was fin-
Clinic ished, Foundation Chair-
man, Bruce McNabb, be-
Update gan to call up each of the
grade three to eight play
structure. The Beach En-
hancement Committee
was given $10,000, which
represents part of the local
Foundations total com-
mitment of $50,000 toward
the project.
The Alzheimer Society
of Manitoba Westman
given $1,000 and the MCI
United Nations Assembly
and Encounters with CDA
was presented with $1,150,
which will send four stu-
dents (two teams) to the
UN Assembly.
The Minnedosa Agri-
cultural Society was given
a $5,000 grant to be used to
their building space, and
the Minnedosa and Dis-
trict Farmers Market was
given $1,250 in order to
buy new canopies for its
ever-growing number of
vendors.
The Minnedosa Dis-
trict Museum and Heritage
Village was granted $1,000
The Minnedosa Horti-
cultural Society was given
$500 to assist with their ex-
penses for the Fall Flower
Show, and the Minnedosa
Mens Shed was presented
with $3,000, which will al-
low them to learn to work
with stained glass. This will
in turn benefit Minnedosa,

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many recipients to present
them with their cheques.
The TCS Playground
Committee was given
$20,000, which is the larg-
est amount given to any
Region was given $2,580
for a dance program for
seniors with dementia
and Camp Wannakumbac
was given $5,000 to re-
place the windows in the
upgrade their kitchen, and
the Minnedosa and Area
Food Bank Inc. was given
$1,500 with which to pur-
chase food. The Minnedo-
sa Community Childcare
in order to establish a gen- since they do so much
eral store at the village, and work around town.
Minnedosa Fun Fest was
given $2,000 to assist with Continued on
their expenses, which will Page 7
ensure that the weekend

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