Christmas Comes Early for SNTC Program
- EFN Staff | December 14, 2013
The Circle of Voices program received an early Christmas present from PotashCorp. Leanne Bellegarde, Director Aboriginal Strategy, showed up with a giant cheque for $40,000. The funds will support the COV programming this year as a dozen young people are introduced to the stage and help write and perform a play.
"The donation from PotashCorp allowed us to leverage another grant worth $12,000 so the contribution is substantial and allows us to deliver the COV program this year," said SNTC General manager Alan Long. "We are very grateful for their support."
COV began as a dream shared by the late Gordon Tootoosis, Tantoo Cardinal, Kennetch Charlette, and Dave Pratt while on the set of the movie, Big Bear.
Three years later, in 1999, their dream became a reality with the formation of COV. This year COV runs from October 2013 to March 2014.