CPF BC & Yukon Chapter Representatives,

This is your last CRU of the 2013-2014 school year. Have a great summer break!! Next CRU will come out in August 2014 with important information about this year's Membership Drive!

As always please forward this important information to your local chapter mailing lists, school contacts, local media, and partners. We encourage you to include additional stories and activities from your local chapter. One of the best ways to promote membership and recruit new volunteers is by effectively communicating the good work of our organization (at all levels) and the many resources available to support students and parents.

There is important information in every CRU so make sure you read them and pass the info on at your meetings!     

À bientôt,

Kirsty Peterson,CPF BC & Yukon Outreach Officer (outreach@cpf.bc.ca)

Kamloops - Canadian Parents for French Kamloops Chapter and School District No. 73 were thrilled to have Éléa Saunier (second from the left) and her band perform en français at Sagebrush Theatre on Tuesday, May 13, to Secondary Core French students. Éléa Saunier is a recent high school francophone graduate from Vancouver who is poised to have her singing career take off. To see more of her, visit YouTube at EleaChannel. (photo left)

Langley - Langley Chapter re-established last month with a new executive. Congratulations to Michelle Dyck, the new Langley president and her newly elected executive!

Surrey - Thank you to Surrey Past-President Ellen Holmes for her years of service and a great big CPF welcome to Surrey's new President Mary-Em Waddington.

Nanaimo-Ladysmith - A group of parents and teachers joined together in Nanaimo this month to re-establish their chapter. Congratualtions to Jennifer Mollins, our newly elected chapter President and the Nanaimo-Ladysmith team!

Don't forget to send Kirsty your stories, successes, advocacy work, photos (or anything else you would like to showcase) at outreach@cpf.bc.ca to be included in the CRU!

2013-2014 BC Approvals have been posted
Please submit all reporting to Heather Bartlett (projects@cpf.bc.ca) as soon as possible:
Remember to include:

• Online evaluation
• Receipts/tally form and survey summary (mail in originals)

Check the online deposits page for your Chapter's deposit. The next deposit will take place in early July.

Next year's deadline for socio-cultural grant submissions: Monday October 20th, 2014

Other Grant Deadlines:

BC Gaming Grants
Arts and Culture
Apply from Feb 1 - May 31
Final notification: Aug 31

Human and Social Services
Apply from Aug 1 - Nov 30
Final notification: Feb 28

Use partnerships with environmental organizations to consider how to qualify and apply for these gaming funds:

Environment
Apply from Jul 1 - Aug 31
Final notification: Nov 30

Telus Community Grants

Deadlines: differ depending on the region in BC. After checking your eligibility through the guidelines, click here for dates.

Everyone’s favorite time of year is coming up August 1st! Please have one designated person, usually the secretary, treasurer or president, submit your 2013-2014 Chapter Reporting.  You can view what you need to submit online at: Chapter Reporting

Please note: We are doing a review of the reporting documents to try and make them easier for you. Check Chapter Reporting on June 16th to see what changes we have made!

Every chapter is required to submit ALL of the requested documents to be considered active and in good-standing. 

This information helps our office understand how to help you, and we really appreciate the time you put in to preparing it.

If you have any questions at all, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with our office at outreach@cpf.bc.ca, 1-800-665-1222 or 778-329-9115 ext. 315.

To all chapters who attended this Lower Mainland Regional Conference, please check out the presentations and resources here: http://bc-yk.cpf.ca/about-us/branches/regional-conference/lower-mainland/

Fill out the follow up survey online on this page!

Reminder: Apply for Artists in the Classroom Grants by May 30, 2014

Posted by ArtStarts on Friday May 9th, 2014

A reminder to schools and artists: applications for the Artists in the Classroom grant are due Friday, May 30, 2014.

Artists in the Classroom (AIC) grants support projects that put students in direct contact with a professional artist in residence in their classroom and aims to connect an art form and another subject area to meet evolving objectives in both.

AIC grants can fund up to 70% of total project costs (with the remaining 30% covered from other sources secured by the applicant including contributions from the school district, school, private sponsors and individual donations).

There are two levels of AIC grants available, which can fund:

    Up to $3,500 for small to medium scale projects.
    Up to $10,000 for large scale projects that unfold over an extended period of time and may involve multiple artists and engage the entire school. (Please note: a limited number of large scale grants are approved per year.)

There are two application intakes per year:

    May 30, 2014 (for projects taking place between September 2014 and June 2015)
    October 17, 2014 (for projects taking place between January and June 2015)

Please note that projects must be the result of a collaboration between artist(s) and educator(s), and the grant application must be submitted by the educator(s) involved.

Visit artstarts.com/aic to read the full program guidelines and to download an application form.