CREMONA – The council of the Village of Cremona has reviewed 2019 Family and Community Support Service (FCSS) funding applications and approved allocations. The move came during council’s recent regularly scheduled meeting.
The multi-stakeholder FCSS advisory board made a number of recommendations to council regarding this year’s community grants. Council accepted the allocations totalling $9,239.
Those receiving grants were as follow: Accredited Supports Healthy Families for $700; Chinook Arch Victim's Services $1,000; Chinook Arch Victim's Services Didsbury RCMP $1,500; Chinook’s Edge family school wellness $2,500; Cremona Community Engagement Site $2,160; MV Parent Link $1,000; MVC adult learning society $179; and MV emergency shelter $200.
In briefing notes to council, administration outlined details of each organization.
The Accredited Supports is a home-based family support and coaching program with a primary target group of families.
Chinook Arch Victim's Services provides volunteer training to support people experiencing various levels of trauma.
The Chinook Arch Victim's Services Didsbury RCMP funding will focus on social media awareness, digital footprints and cyberbullying.
The Chinook’s Edge family school wellness funding will support the school-based comprehensive social support program in the community.
The Mountain View Parent Link funding will support the early parenthood project.
The Mountain View Community Adult Learning Society funding will support the Bookworm Babies program in partnership with various stakeholders such as Alberta Health Services and Parentlink.
The Mountain View Emergency Shelter funding will go towards the outreach programs and services.
The Cremona Community Engagement Site funding will support various programs such as lifelong learning, health and wellness, and cultural understanding.
Meanwhile, council received a report on the recent Cremona-Water Valley and District Chamber of Commerce Meet and Greet public event.
In a note provided to council, chamber officials said a discussion of ideas and suggestions to promote the community garnered many comments.
“The conversation got very interesting with lots of ideas,” officials said. “It was an excellent discussion that brought up many of the challenges the local businesses face and need to deal with.”
Ideas and suggestions discussed included the following: large events need room for lots of people to stay; how to get Water Valley more involved; how to improve communication with the public in the area; promotion of tourism, farming and construction business; and prompting locals to buy local.
The Cremona-Water Valley and District Chamber of Commerce held its annual general meeting on Feb. 7.
Bryce Quigley was elected president, Rocky Dave was elected vice-president, June Clavagnier was elected treasurer, and Don Carveth was elected secretary.
The chamber currently has 18 members.
