Woodfibre LNG donates $151,000 to 42 local non-profits

Woodfibre LNG has announced that it will donate $151,000 to 42 local non-profits in Squamish as part of the first intake of the 2023 Community Partnership Program.

On January 9, 2023, Woodfibre LNG opened its first intake for the Community Partnership Program, inviting Squamish and area non-profits to apply for funding towards their initiatives and programs. The Community Partnership Program aims to support local organizations that make important contributions to the local community through their programs and events in sports, recreation; health and wellness; arts and culture; and local search and rescue and marine safety organizations.

With the Woodfibre LNG project moving forward, the company increased the 2023 budget for the Community Partnership Program and expanded the funding intake cycle to occur twice per year, with recipients only being eligible once per year (unless it is for a different and unrelated project). The food bank, other food security donations and scholarship programming are supported outside the application cycle.

Woodfibre LNG provided funding to the following local non-profits:

Hilltop House Support Society

Technical Evacuation Advanced Aeromedical Society

Howe Sound Marine Rescue Society

Squamish Helping Hands Society

Squamish Search and Rescue

Whistler Blackcomb Foundation Society

Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue Station 14 Gibsons –/Gibsons Marine Rescue Society

SD48- Sea to Sky (Howe Sound Secondary Robotics)

Squamish Lions Club

Royal Canadian Legion Branch #277 (Squamish)

Howe Sound Secondary School – Outdoor Education Program

The GOOD WOOD Recycle Lumber Society

Valleycliffe Elementary School

Howe Sound Secondary Class of 2023 Prom Committee

École Squamish Elementary PAC

Sea to Sky Forestry Centre Society

Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre

Squamish Nation – Neuro-Fit

North Shore Indians Lacrosse Club

The Valerie, Ruth & Pamela Dudoward Foundation Indigenous food security program

Squamish Community Music Festival

Downtown Squamish Business Improvement Association Mural Festival

Britannia Beach Community Association

835 Griffin Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron

Young Life Squamish (Sea to Sky)

4th Squamish Scouts

UNLimited WORTH Society

Railway Museum of BC

Sea to Sky BC SPCA

Squamish Cricket Club

Skate Sea2Sky Figure Skating Club

Squamish Slopitch Association Team

Squamish Minor Hockey Association

Howe Sound Curling Club

Squamish Soccer Association

Squamish Pirate Swim Club

Axemen Rugby Club

Howe Sound Minor Ball Association

Pickleball Squamish

Squamish Field Hockey Club

The Power of Play

Squamish Windsports Society

“We are pleased to support so many hardworking organizations in Squamish through our Community Partnership Program,” said Christine Kennedy, Woodfibre LNG president. “Woodfibre LNG will be part of the community of Squamish over the long term, and it is a priority for us to support the important work of local non-profit organizations. In our first intake for 2023, we are funding pediatric advanced life support training through the Squamish Hospital Foundation, contributing to Howe Sound Secondary School’s robotics program, outdoor education program and dry grad, supporting the Squamish Community Music Festival and the Business Improvement Association’s Mural Festival and contributing to many other community initiatives.”

The Community Partnership Program funding follows Woodfibre LNG’s commitment to a new $20,000 per year scholarship and bursary program through Howe Sound High School earlier this March. Additionally, Woodfibre LNG has committed to providing $10,000 per year to the Squamish food bank.

The second intake of the Community Partnership Program will open in September 2023. Organizations interested in applying for the second intake can see details here.