
Photo: Castanet
BCICF members Rae Nixon, Wenda Noonan, Colin Noble and NSBIA executive director Jeremy Heighton present a cheque for $3,000 to the Brocklehurst middle school band.
The BC Interior Community Foundation has chipped in a sizeable sum to help the Brocklehurst middle school band attend MusicFest Canada in Toronto, a national competition for top-performing bands slated to take place in May.
Representatives dropped off a cheque for $3,000 at the school, which will go towards paying the for myriad expenses associated with the trip.
The band now has about $10,000 left to raise, and has so far accumulated about $35,000 for the trip this spring.
The BC Interior Community Foundation supports charities and causes that are important within the region, and is a member of Community Foundations of Canada.