December 9, 2020 / For Immediate Release

MUNICIPALITY OF THE DISTRICT OF LUNENBURG, NOVA SCOTIA – The Municipality of the District of Lunenburg is accepting applications again for their Emergency Assistance Fund for Community Organizations to support organizations impacted by COVID-19 cancellations.

The Application Period extends from October 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021. Applicants can apply for emergency assistance for fundraising events and activities that were scheduled to take place during the Application Period but had to be cancelled because of the Covid-19 restrictions. For this round of funding, organizations not located within the Municipality can apply, providing they can demonstrate they serve Municipal residents.

“We recognize how difficult this year has been for our community organizations, and that a return to normal operations before the spring is unlikely,” says Mayor Carolyn Bolivar-Getson. “This funding will provide up to $2,500 in relief per organization, with a total investment of up to $150,000 by the Municipality over the two rounds of funding.”

To be eligible for the Emergency Assistance Fund for Community Facilities, the Applicant must demonstrate the following:

• The Applicant must be a non-profit (or not-for-profit) community, charitable, fraternal, educational, recreational, religious, cultural or sporting organization.
• The Applicant must own or operate a community facility or community hall that is used for hosting funding events and activities that are open to the general public and the community facility or community hall must be located within MODL with the exception of Royal Canadian Legion Branches which are located outside MODL.
• Applicants that are located in Towns surrounded by the Municipality are eligible to apply providing they meet the other eligibility criteria and can demonstrate that they serve Municipal residents.
• Royal Canadian Legion Branches which are not located in MODL may be eligible for funding provided that the Branch can demonstrate (1) that it has members who are residents in MODL or (2) that it serves residents of MODL.
• The Applicant must demonstrate that it has experienced a negative financial impact resulting from its inability to raise funds through planned fundraising events and activities that had to be canceled due to Covid-19 restrictions.
• In circumstances where more than one organization is involved in the fundraising event (i.e., one organization holds the event and the other organization provides the community facility or local hall), the hosting organizations is eligible to apply for the lost fundraising revenue notwithstanding the fact that it does not own or operate the community facility or community hall.

The application deadline is 4:30 pm on Friday, January 15, 2021. Applications are available at https://www.modl.ca/grants.html

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