Sport and Community Philanthropy
Supporting sports- Building community
Community foundations understand the value that sports brings to communities, and why programs involving sports are worth supporting. Whether the focus is on athletic performance or fostering healthy lifestyles, engaging volunteers or cultivating leadership, building confidence or building community, we know that a vibrant, accessible, and adequately funded community sport sector is an important ingredient of community vitality. We also know that it can be a challenge for sport organizations to access the resources necessary to allow them to meet the demand for their programs, and increase their capacity, their impact or their reach. And for funders, there may be procedural, capacity or awareness barriers that might limit their ability to support sport organizations in the way they would like.
And that’s why we hope you’ll join us as we bring together sport organizations, community foundations and other interested groupsto explore opportunities to work together to enhance sports philanthropy. We’ll hear from leaders in philanthropy and sport at national, provincial and local levels as we look at current examples of effective partnerships, and consider new ideas for increasing our impact and organizational strength by working together. And we’ll imagine fresh possibilities to harness the power of sport to strengthen community as we intentionally and strategically connect our sport and our philanthropy organizations and networks.
As a first step to exploring how we can build a strong platform for sport and community philanthropy, we’ll kickstart the conversation:
When:Friday, February 24th, 2012 9:30 am – 3:30 pm
Where:John M. S. Lecky UBC Boathouse, 7277 River Road, Richmond
Cost:$100.00 (includes lunch and breaks)
Please register by February 10th at:
https://web.memberclicks.com/mc/quickForm/viewForm.do?orgId=cfoc&formId=113602
Background reading and a detailed agenda will be forwarded to all participants prior to the meeting, but if you have any questions in the meantime, please contact Barbara McMillan, CFC BC Director of Regional Strategies: bmcmillan@cfc-fcc.ca or phone 604-912-0174.
We hope to see you there!
Warm regards,
Ian Bird, President and CEO
Community Foundations of Canada