Community of White Rock

Featured Stories

  1. BC Athletics' Run, Jump, Throw program

    More than 5,400 children learned the fundamentals of track and field through Run, Jump, Throw.

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  2. Volleyball BC's Atomic Volleyball program

    More than 2,200 children learned volleyball fundamentals through the Atomic Volleyball program.

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  3. White Rock celebrates Spirit of BC Week 2008

    White Rock hosted free events to celebrate Spirit of BC Week 2008.

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  4. South Fraser Summit a success

    The 2005 South Fraser Economic Summit brought communities together to explore potential opportunities surrounding the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

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  5. Whiterock hosts 2007 Junior and Senior Women's Fast Pitch National Championships

    Whiterock hosted the 2007 Junior and Senior Women's Fast Pitch National Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.

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  6. 21 community sport programs in B.C. receive funding

    2010 Legacies Now is making sport more accessible for people throughout the province by supporting projects ranging from the development of a speed skating program for at-risk youth in Kamloops to the launch of a girls' skateboarding program in Armstrong.

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Related Highlights

  1. 450 students attended Explorations summer camps.

  2. 300 young hockey players participated in Spirit of 2010 Hockey Tournaments.

  3. The White Rock Spirit of BC Committee hosted events to celebrate the annual Spirit of BC Week.

  4. Ten schools registered with Action Schools! BC to improve physical activity and healthy eating in students.

  5. The Surrey literacy task group received $200,000 from Literacy Now Communities to improve literacy in the community and surrounding area.

  6. 625 people visited the express version of the 2010 Legacies Now Connecting Communities Tour at Tour de White Rock in 2007.

  7. Two youth participated in the Altitude Youth Experience.

  8. 40 tourism businesses in Surrey, Delta and White Rock received accessibility ratings from the Accessible Tourism program.

  9. Over 5,400 children in 37 communities across BC learned track and field skill progressions with BC Athletics' Run, Jump, Throw Program, funded by the BC Sport Participation Program in 2004-2007.

  10. Over 2,200 youth in 21 communities across BC developed basic volleyball skills in Volleyball BC's Atomic Volleyball program, funded by the BC Sport Participation Program in 2004-2007

  11. More than 360 children, aged 6-16, in nine communities tried ringette at events hosted by BC Ringette's Come Try Ringette program in 2007-2010, thanks to $20,000 from the BC Sport Participation Program.

  12. The White Rock Spirit of BC Committee hosted events to celebrate the annual Spirit of BC Week.

  13. Close to 37,500 students in 101 schools in the Surrey School District participated in Action Schools! BC to improve physical activity and healthy eating.

  14. Semiahmoo Minor Lacrosse received $2,000 from the Local Sport Program Development Fund for the Kids Rock! Lacrosse Recruitment and Mentorship Program.