Kikinahk, Northlands College collectively receive more than $40,000 from Cameco
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Donations from the Cameco COVID-19 Relief Fund will go a long way when it comes to operations at the Kikinahk Friendship Centre and Northlands College.
In total, the Kikinahk Friendship Centre received $19,000 while Northlands College Scholarship Foundation was given $22,500. Kikinahk Executive Director Ron Woytowich explained the money will be used for keeping the Extended Hours Program at Scattered Site open until the end of May, as well as for food and personal protective equipment.
“This is super fantastic. There would have been no way to keep that shelter open,” he said. “I could not get any other funding, but then suddenly Cameco showed up. We applied for this and as soon as they heard Cameco was coming up with the funds for the shelter and all the food and everything else that goes with it, our major funder paid for the labour. We would have never got it without Cameco.”
The Extended Hour Program is typically open from mid-November to March 31, but management was able to expand it by two months in an effort to halt the spread of COVID-19. While the donation received couldn’t be used for labour, it will pay for cots, supplies and food.
