Applications now open for Red Deer Games Foundation athletic grant

The Red Deer Games Foundation is celebrating 50 years and, as a result, is now accepting applications for financial assistance for central Alberta athletes.

According to a media release, they’ve been supporting athletes since 1976, when an $8,500 financial legacy was started from the sale of 1975 Alberta Summer Games souvenir coins.

They’ve continued to add to the legacy through contributions from the legacy of the 1988 Alberta Winter Games, the 2006 Alberta Summer Games, the Best Female Friends Golf Tournament, and the 2019 Canada Winter Games.

“The interest from this endowment fund continues to support developing athletes from Red Deer and Central Alberta,” they stated in the release.