Media Release
November 9, 2020
Pemberton programs granted $38k of nearly $87k in emergency funding Whistler Community Foundation and Whistler Blackcomb Foundation cooperate to grant emergency funding to Pemberton Children’s
Pemberton programs granted $38k of nearly $87k in emergency funding Whistler Community Foundation and Whistler Blackcomb Foundation cooperate to grant emergency funding to Pemberton Children’s
An Emergency Community Support Fund grant to adapt the Work2Live Program to the “new normal”, gave the co-executive directors the confidence to keep going, and to employ staff.
Today, all financial assistance programs, food bank, and outreach services are offered in a hybrid approach of virtual or in person. WCSS will continue to supply services remotely because getting programs online reduced client barriers in unexpected ways.
Bob Barnett: The mountains and the forests are the initial inspirations when someone comes to Whistler, but in time you learn about the remarkable people who built Whistler and those who are still building and shaping Whistler. These people are truly inspiring.
Jill Ackhurst took a particular interest in the annual flow of young people to the community and was concerned about their lack of connection to the roots of the Whistler community.
Anne Townley thought Whistler was a stop en route to Alaska where she was planning on a career in outdoor guiding. That was 1982. She hasn’t been to Alaska yet.
Along the way, Bob and Sue Adams mentored a generation of bright employees, helped a number to strike out on their own, sold the Upper Village Market to their very able manager and became the kind of business owners smart, ambitious people wanted to work for.
We’re proud to have partnered with Community Foundations of Canada and the Government of Canada to deliver the Government of Canada’s Emergency Community Support Fund
That Marlene Siemens was a mountain girl was never in doubt. That her natural inclination for altitude was latent was understandable
Whistler Community Foundation takes part in new Emergency Community Support Fund $40,000 in funding available in Whistler and Pemberton area for charities supporting Covid-19 response
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