LANGLEY – Six local organizations in Langley and Aldergrove are receiving Community Gaming Grants from the B.C. government, worth a total of $130,750. Organizations receiving grants: Rotary Club of Aldergrove -$65,000 Aldergrove Neighbourhood Services Society -$20,000 Navy League of Canada – Central Fraser Valley Branch -$6,300 Langley Meadows Community Association -$18,850 Scouts Canada-2nd Langley Mavericks -$6,600 Fraser Valley Fit Network Society -$14,000 Additional information: Community Gaming Grants allow non-profit organizations to apply for provincial gaming revenues. Last fiscal year, in

LANGLEY – The BC Arts Council (BCAC) has approved a $34,800 grant to support arts and culture in Langley. Today MLA Rich Coleman congratulated the Langley Centennial Museum on receiving a grant from the BC Arts Council. For a list of BCAC grant recipients by community, click here. Artists and cultural organizations throughout British Columbia will share $8.36 million in the latest round of BCAC grants. The funding comes from $16.8 million provided by the B.C. government to the BCAC

FORT LANGLEY – Three Fort Langley non-profit organizations are benefiting from B.C. Government Community Gaming Grants totalling $44,400. The grants, distributed in December and January, will assist these organizations in their community work. The organizations are: Happy Hours Parent Participation Preschool-$6,000 Lifeline Outreach Society-$20,000 Fort Langley Child Care Society-$18,400 Additional information: Community Gaming Grants allow non-profit organizations to apply for provincial gaming revenues. Last fiscal year, 2011-2012, our government distributed a total of $135 million in gaming grants for eligible

LANGLEY – Langley has received $71,700 in Community Gaming Grants from the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development. The organizations are: Langley Memorial Hospital Auxiliary – $7,700 Alano Club of Langley – $13,000 Langley Community Services Society – $51,000 Additional Information: Community Gaming Grants allow non-profit organizations to apply for provincial gaming revenues. Last fiscal year, in 2011/12, government distributed a total of $135 million in gaming grants for eligible community programs and services. About 5,300 community groups benefited

LANGLEY – Two Langley residents are recipients of BC Housing education awards that will help them further their education, achieve goals and improve their lives. Joelle Dobin, a 35-year-old single mother, will be using her $1,000 Kinloch Education Award toward her tuition at Kwantlen Polytechnic University to gain her bachelor of psychiatric nursing. Rae-Lynne Dicks is also the recipient of a $1,000 Kinloch Education Award and will be using it toward her masters’ in criminal justice at the University of