Funding

APPLYING FOR FUNDING

If you are applying for funding from any organization, including the ones mentioned below, please be advised that they will mail a cheque to Vancouver Community Baseball. Once received, we will refund the portion of your registration fee covered by the organization to you.

To avoid delays or misdirected mail, please confirm VCB's mailing address with the Registrar when you apply, so the funding organization knows where to mail the cheque. Thanks!

KidSport Jumpstart Athletics 4 Kids

KidSport

KidSport™ was established by Sport BC in 1993 and is a community based sport charity. Since its inception in British Columbia, KidSport™ has grown to include national and provincial/territorial chapters operating across Canada. There are now more than 180 local community chapters that have raised in excess of $5 million dollars and provided a season of sport to more than 45,000 Canadian children in 65 different sports.

KidSport Vancouver was formed in 2009 and is one of approximately 40 chapters in B.C. We are a community chapter of KidSport BC, which is part of Sport BC, the provincial federation for sport. Due to the sheer size of the population of Vancouver and the diversity of the community, KidSport Vancouver is one of the highest demand chapters in Canada.

Please click/tap on the image to the right to be taken to KidSport Vancouver's website, where you may apply for funding assistance.

Jumpstart

JUMPSTART CHARITIES GIVES KIDS A SPORTING CHANCE

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Participating in sport helps kids develop physical and social skills. It helps build self-esteem. By helping kids get into the game, we’re equipping them with determination. And we’re giving them confidence that will extend beyond practices and games.

No kid should be left on the sidelines but in Canada 1 in 3 families cannot afford to enroll their kids in organized sports. That’s almost 750,000 kids every year who want to play, but just can’t.

Jumpstart aims to change that. Across Canada, Jumpstart has over 300 Chapters, which are made up of volunteers from across the Canadian Tire enterprise and local community groups, such as local Parks and Recreation Departments, Boys and Girls Clubs and the YMCA/YWCA, among others.

Money raised within each Chapter stays within the community and goes directly to help kids participate in sport, dance or other organized physical activities. Jumpstart funding helps families that need a financial hand with registration, equipment and/or transportation costs.

Jumpstart also helps community groups provide high-quality programs for local youth. From developing swimming programs to distributing activity kits filled with equipment, not only are the kids given the chance to participate, but local sport and school programs also benefit from Jumpstart’s help.

Since 2005, more than 1 million kids between the ages of 4 and 18 have been helped by Jumpstart and that number grows every day.

How can Jumpstart help those kids dreaming on the sidelines? Sign them up. Suit them up. And get them in the game.

Athletics 4 Kids

BC BASEBALL ATHLETICS FOR KIDS

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BC Baseball Partnership Positions Opportunity for BC Youth to Play Baseball

BC Baseball, the largest youth baseball association in British Columbia, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with “Athletics For Kids”.

This new partnership ensures that all youth that want to play baseball can source the support if needed to join the over 17,000 registered players across British Columbia to date.

“Athletics For Kids” (A4K) is a BC based privately funded charity that works to ensure all BC children, regardless of socioeconomic status, can participate in organized sport by providing families with financial assistance.

A4K understands the social importance and community impact of amateur sports on development of children aged 5 through adolescents aged 18. Mike Sarai, President of BC Baseball points out, “This new partnership speaks to B.C. Baseball’s perseverance on serving the needs of our community members”.

The A4K funding program is available to B.C. families in need of financial assistance that wish to enroll their children, ages 5-18, in youth amateur sport. If a family meets the financial requirements to be eligible for the program, they can submit an application with the required sponsor signature and financial documentation. Successful applicants will have up to 80% of their basic registration fees paid for by A4K up to an annual maximum of $600 per child per year. To ensure proper fund allocation, payments are made directly to the sport organizations only.

We are very pleased that A4K has agreed to fund our Spring, Summer and Fall programs to a maximum of $600 per player per year (which would include any other sport they apply for). Players may apply for up to $150.00 for each Spring, Summer of Fall program. Our former KidsPlay model paid out an average of $147.50 total per player last year.

This new relationship does not prohibit players from alternatively accessing funds from other providers.

APPLICATIONS:

We are finalizing our agreement with A4K but Funding is available now for those who have not obtained funding from any other source by making application directly to:

Athletics for Kids Financial Assistance (B.C.) Society
Online: https://www.a4k.ca/apply_now

Athletics For Kids
Attn: Grants Administrator
a4kapplications@gmail.com
Suite 213-901 West 3rd Street
North Vancouver, B.C.
V7P 3P9

Grant Administrator office hours are Wed 2:30-8:30, Thurs 11:30-8:30 and Fri 2:30-8:30

A4K office hours are Mon - Fri 10am - 6pm

DONATIONS:

If you or some one you know wishes to make a donation to their program please go here or https://www.canadahelps.org/dn/3686