Vision Credit Union Announces Community Grant Recipients

For Immediate Release

March 16, 2023

Camrose, Alberta – Community organizations across the province are looking forward to a cash infusion totalling almost $190,000, after being selected as recipients of Vision Credit Union Helping Hand Grants. The announcement was made this week following the credit union’s annual general meeting.

The Helping Hand Grants committee selected 33 recipients from more than 100 applications received before the January 15 deadline. The geographical footprint of the grant recipients extends across Alberta, from La Crete to Pincher Creek, and represents a diverse range of organizations whose common mandate is to serve their rural communities. 

“We were pleased by the interest in this program and impressed by the amazing work being done to further quality of life in our rural Alberta communities,” said Steve Friend, CEO of Vision Credit Union. “We’re honoured to play a part in supporting these efforts.”

The Helping Hand Grants program offers up to $10,000 in funding to qualifying organizations for capital projects that benefit communities and the people who live there. Through these grants, Vision Credit Union provides more than $180,000 per year on an ongoing basis to qualifying organizations in Vision Credit Union’s 23 branch communities. 

Grants applications were evaluated based on the project’s benefit to people and the community. A special grant committee comprised of Vision Credit Union’s CEO and Board adjudicated the applications.

Click here for a complete list of this year’s grant recipients or for information about applying for the Helping Hand Grants program.