Summerland Secondary School and Volleytech Volleyball Club are among 46 B.C. groups that will share more than $70,000 in funding through Local Sport Program Development (LSPD) the government announced.
Summerland's Girls in the Game and the Penticton volleyball club each received $2,000 from a fund managed by ViaSport with grants part of B.C. Sport Participation Program (BCSPP), a partnership between the Government of British Columbia and Sport Canada.
Since 2004, the BCSPP has provided close to $1 million in grants annually to provincial and multi-sport organizations for programs that help increase participation in sport, particularly for under-represented and marginalized populations.