Community of Comox

More than 2,800 young hockey players participated in Spirit of 2010 Hockey Tournaments.

The Comox Valley Spirit of BC Committee hosted events to celebrate the annual Spirit of BC Week.

The Comox Valley Regional District received $25,000 from Measuring Up to improve accessibility and inclusion for people with disabilities.

Six schools in the Comox Valley registered with Action Schools! BC to improve physical activity and healthy eating in students.

Students at three Comox schools participated in SportFit to get active and discover new sports.

The Comox Valley literacy task group received $70,000 from Literacy Now Communities to improve literacy in the area.

The Aboriginal Sport Gallery travelling exhibit joined the Cowichan Spirit Pole tour and visited Comox in 2008.

100 people visited the express version of the 2010 Legacies Now Connecting Communities Tour at the Comox Valley Exhibition  in 2007.

Two youth participated in the Altitude Youth Experience.

Comox received $20,000 from Measuring Up to improve accessibility and inclusion for people with disabilities.

Over 145 tourism businesses in the Comox Valley and Strathcona area received accessibility ratings from the Accessible Tourism program.

Over 37,000 youth in 70 communities across BC developed  physical and motor  skills with Gymnastics BC's Kids Can Move Program, funded by the BC Sport Participation Program in 2004-2007.

Over 1,500 Aboriginal youth in 13 communities across BC learned lacrosse fundamentals with BC Lacrosse's Aboriginal Coaching and Athlete Development Program, funded by the BC Sport Participation Program in 2004-2007.

Over 20 youth in 17 communities across BC particpated in Sport BC's Expansion of the Power of Sport Tour, funded by the BC Sport Participation Program in 2004-2007.

Over 9,600 youth in 26 communities across BC participated in Tennis BC's Expansion of the Tennis BC Schools Program, funded by the BC Sport Participation Program in 2004-2007.

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

Over 10,400 youth in 32 communities across BC discovered the fundamentals of wrestling with Wrestling BC's Kids Wrestling program, funded by the BC Sport Participation Program in 2004-2007.

The RBC 2010 Legacies Now Speaker Series brought Valentino Castellani, president of the Torino 2006 Organizing Committee for the 2006 Winter Games, to Vancouver, Comox and Kelowna to share how communities, regions and countries can capitalize on hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Over 4,300 children and instructors in 15 communities participated in BC Hockey's Hockey in Our Schools, a skill development program for elementary schools, thanks to $12,000 from the BC Sport Participation Program in 2007-2010.

Over 3,000 children in grades 2-7 in 41 communities participated in Basketball BC's Steve Nash Youth Development Program in 2007-2010 thanks to $25,000 from the BC Sport Participation Program.

The 2009 IPC Cross Country Skiing and Biathlon World Cup Finals received $20,000 from Hosting BC.

K'omoks First Nation received $1,000 from the Aboriginal Youth Sport Legacy Fund for their Comox Valley Slo-pitch League.

Comox Valley received $5,000 from Spirit of BC.

The IPC Cross-Country Skiing and Biathlon
World Cup Finals recieved $20,000 from Hosting BC.

Close to 5,000 students in 19 schools in the Comox Valley School District participated in Action Schools! BC to improve physical activity and healthy eating.

The Comox Valley Ringette Association received $2,000 from the Local Sport Program Development Fund to launch the Comox Valley's first-ever ringette program.