Community of Courtenay

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

The Comox Valley Community Arts Council received $5,000 from Innovations for Fibre Arts Symposium 2007: Weaving This Island.

Sid Williams Theatre Society received $8,000 from Innovations for  Star Spirit Series 2007, a series of events featuring First Nations performers and artists.

Close to 140 athletes from 23 countries competed in the 2007 International Paralympic Committee Nordic Skiing World Cup Finals, which received $40,000 from Hosting BC.

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

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

The Sid Williams Theatre Society received $5,000 from Innovations for a week-long mask-carving workshop to kick-off the 2008 Star Spirit First Nations Performance Series.

Upper Island Women of Native Ancestry received $5,000 from Innovations for Dancing With Spirit, workshops on dancing, beading cedar bark weaving and basketry, and  regalia-making with buckskin.

More than 550 young hockey players participated in Spirit of 2010 Hockey Tournaments.

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

Students at ten Courtenay 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.

11 youth from the Wachiay Friendship Centre participated in the First Nations Snowboard Team, funded by the Aboriginal Youth Sport Legacy Fund.

Wachiay Friendship Centre  received $2,000 from the Aboriginal Youth Sport Legacy Fund for its snowboard team.

Comox Valley Community Arts Council received $9,150 from Catalyst to establish a North Central Island Arts and Culture Association of small- to medium-sized arts and culture producers to collaborate on increasing the area's cultural tourism capacity.

Downtown Courtenay Business Improvement Association received $8,800 from Innovations for the Local Colour Arts and Culture Festival to showcase local artists, food producers, performers and crafts people.

Upper Island Women of Native Ancestry received $5,500 from Innovations for Building the Circle, workshops on beading, regalia-making, drum-making and drumming.

550 people visited the 2010 Legacies Now Connecting Communities Tour in 2006.

One youth participated in the Altitude Youth Experience.

Wachiay Friendship Centre  received $1,600 from the Local Sport Program Development Fund for its Aboriginal Youth Basketball Program.

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

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

More than 115 students attended Explorations summer camps in the Comox Valley School District.

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

Over 300 coaches in 20 communities across BC learned coaching development skills in the Coaches Association of BC's Coaching Development in Targeted Sports program, funded by the BC Sport Participation Program in 2004-2007

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 1,200 young girls in 15 communities across BC received resources, support, leadership and opportunities for partnerships with ProMOTION Plus Girls Only 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 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 2005 Legacies Speaker Series brought Graeme Hicks, from Albury, Australia, to six BC communities to show how businesses and communities can get involved in sport tourism opportunities.

Wachiay Friendship Centre received $1,000 from the Aboriginal Youth Sport Legacy Fund for their First Nations Snowboard Team, Wachiay Division.

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.