The Vernon Pickleball Complex will be adding a new building called The Hermann House. (Vernon Pickleball Association photo)

By Pete McIntyre

non-profits

Province provides $500,000 in gaming grants to Vernon groups

Apr 24, 2024 | 12:00 PM

The North Okanagan Hospice Society and Vernon Pickleball Association are two of the local non-profit groups benefiting from community gaming grants from the B.C. government.

The Hospice Society received $250,000 to renovate the nursing station and staff service areas at its hospice facility on 27th Avenue in Vernon, and to upgrade the security system, creating more space for nurses and patients in the medication and consultation rooms.

“As a nurse, the safety and comfort of staff and patients is always my top priority,” Harwinder Sandhu, MLA for Vernon-Monashee, said. “I am so proud that our government recognizes that and continues to help non-profits like the North Okanagan Hospice Society to pay for large projects that create more space and better security in our health-care facilities.”

The Vernon Pickleball Association also got a $250,000 grant to construct its new building called The Herrmann House, located next to the existing pickleball complex in Marshall Fields.

The Herrmann House addition will include a reception centre for player check‐in, footwear changing area, ladies, men’s and universal washrooms, office space and a meeting room. The building is named in honour of VPA founder member Wally Hermann.

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Other grant recipients included:

* $230,000 for renovations and construction at the Shuswap Children’s Association;

* $225,841 for theatre renovations and equipment at the Nelson Civic Theatre Society; and

* $94,588 to upgrade the ice plant at the Nelson Curling Club.

This year, $5.2 million in Community Gaming Grants will be shared among 62 organizations for capital projects that will improve quality of life in B.C. communities. Fifteen new capital project grants were awarded throughout the Interior for a total of $1.5 million.

The full list of capital projects grant recipients for this round of funding can be found here.