The Cochrane Foundation doled out $60,000 in cheques at its annual event March 29, held at Seniors on the Bow.
The money was awarded to 14 charities and three graduate students.
This year’s benefitting organizations include:
Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation (AIWC)
Bighill Creek Preservation Society
Bow Valley Habitat Development
Boys and Girls Club Cochrane
Cochrane Activettes Food Bank
Cochrane and Area Humane Society
Cochrane and District Agriculture Society
Cochrane Bethany Care Family Council
Cochrane Historical and Archival Preservation Society
Glenbow Ranch Park Foundation
Lions Club of Cochrane – Cochran Lions Event Centre
Seniors on the Bow
Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre
Variety Children’s Charity of Alberta
The students are Karyssa Brown, working on her Medical Degree (MD); Thomas Phillips, studying a Masters in Neuroscience; and Jeff Lees, a Doctor of Veterinarian Medicine (DVM) student in his final year.
The Cochrane Foundation, created in 1993, is a permanent endowment fund dedicated to fund local organizations and individuals who have positive impacts on the town. Since it’s beginnings, the group has reinvested nearly $900,000 back in to the community.
