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Name of
the program: Bicycle Route Mapping in the Niagara Region
Amount of grant: $2,000.00
Sponsor by: Regional Niagara Bicycling Committee
Description of the program:
Electronic mapping (in GIS format) of over 300 scenic loop rides (plus cue
sheets) prepared by the Niagara Freewheelers Bicycle Touring Club now only
in a hard copy format.
-Development of a new interactive mapping tool to enable cyclists to search
and find routes suitable to their needs, interests and abilities.
-To develop and help update associated data bases for the Niagara trails and
bicycle route network which has benefits internally and to the general
public through web mapping.
-To complete the work carried out last year by Niagara College students
under the supervision of Niagara GIS division and the Regional Niagara
Bicycling Committee. We hope that access to this information will increase
bicycle use and participation by the resident population in Niagara. We want
people to become more active and to consider the bicycle not only for its
recreational value but for its utilitarian value (ie. to get to work, to
school. to shop, to visit) rather than depending on the private automobile.
We hope it will influence lifelong lifestyle changes.
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Name of
the program: NOTL Community Garden
Amount of grant: $500.00
Sponsor by: Niagara on the Lake Sustainability Network
Description of the program:
This community garden will aim to teach people how to grow their own food,
sustainably, and in the simplest manner possible. It will have a focus on
heirloom crops such as corn, beans, cabbage, carrots, potatoes, and other
foods which would have been grown in this area in the 18th and 19th
centuries. We will include information on how to preserve the harvests to
prolong the benefit of the food that’s produced. We will also teach children
how gardening, soil amendment, crop rotation, and seed selection work
together to enable us to be more self-sufficient, food-wise. We aim to
recruit 10-20 participants to garden together effectively for the first
season and supply produce to either schools or the food bank or the local
farmers market. Our long term goal is to establish a great location
accessible to a maximum number of people, with self-sustaining funding,
education facilities and plentiful produce.
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Name of
the program: Niagara Walks
Amount of grant: $1,120
Sponsor by: Niagara Region Public Health, Physical Activity Advisor
(Volunteer) Program
Description of the program:
To establish walking groups within various communities that will be
initiated by our Physical Activity Advisor volunteers in areas where there
are no walking groups. e.g., seniors centres and low income housing
complexes. Volunteers, along with the support of the community partners and
public health staff will identify local champions and initiate the walking
groups through awareness raising, free local media and internal
communication channels. Walking groups will be conducted at times and dates
deemed most favourable to the localized walking group. Walking groups will
be encouraged to use resources within their built environment such as local
walking trails and parks. Participants will be encouraged to consider using
active transportation in their daily lives as an enhancement to their group
participation. Other resources that will be used include, but are not
limited to: Healthy Living Niagara's How Walkable is your Community?, Canada
Physical Activity Guide, Canada Food Guide, Stepping out Safely, Sun Safety,
a listing of website resources, walking in all weather, maps of the local
trails, etc. Participants will receive a pedometer and reflective walking
bands along with walking safety information
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Name of
the program: Niagara Kids CAN bike
Amount of grant: $2,000.00
Sponsor by: YMCA of Niagara
Description of the program: Niagara Kids CAN Bike Pilot Project is a one
week free day camp for 20 priority youth aged 9 to 12 years. The camp will
consist of a ten hour CAN Bike course taught by a qualified CAN Bike
instructor. The remaining camp time will focus on developing leadership
skills and other summer camp activities such as swimming, hiking and crafts.
Upon successful completion of the camp the participating youth will be given
their bicycles, helmets, water bottles, bicycle bells and locks to keep. The
goal of the pilot project is to evaluate the effectiveness and
sustainability of a program that identifies a group of priority youth (low
socioeconomic), teach them safe cycling and leadership skills with the
expectation that they will act as role models for safe cycling as a form of
recreation and transportation in their respective communities. Lack of
funds, lack of transportation, and parental fear of an unsafe environment,
have been identified by populations in the lower socioeconomic groups as
barriers to a more active lifestyle. Safe cycling through the proper
equipment and appropriate skills provides a mode of transportation.
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Name of
the program Edith Cavell Eco School Naturalization Project
Amount of $2,000.00
Sponsor by: St. Catharines CLIMATE CHANGE NOW
Description of the program:
This eco school naturalization project aims to increase healthy eating
through student grown food and increase activity levels by providing paths
and places to explore on the school property. This project is intended to
role out fully over 3 years. In that time children will learn and be part of
planting on their school grounds and harvesting food for school consumption
(or to donate to the food banks). They will work along side seniors with a
common goal to improve their spirits, skills and physical activity. These
children will be able to recreate the garden at home, with their parents or
on their own, adding to the nutritional levels of the entire neighbourhood.
Teachers will be inspired to incorporate the harvests of the children into
snack-time for the younger grades and lessons for the older ones.
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Name of the program: Healthy Living/Body
Amount of $1,056.00
Sponsor by Faith Tabernacle.
Description of the program:
A five week program offered 6 times to Group discussions to empower females
age 8-12 to improve their knowledge re: nutrition & physical activity to
optimize healthy lifestyle and to increase self esteem by exposing media
techniques that lead to a false view of women.
The program includes:
-Multimedia presentations.
-Crafts that will build self esteem.
-Exercise workshop to promote physical activity.
-Nutrition workshop to promote good eating habits.
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