The Fraser River Discovery Centre Society received a Community Action Grant for $5,000 towards the From Pollution to Solution School Program.
The Fraser River Discovery Centre Society education programs increase public awareness, understanding and engagement in environmental issues related to the Fraser River watershed.
The programs encourage the community to take ownership of the watershed's health by considering the impacts their daily actions have. RBC awards $2.3 million in funding to protect water in cities and towns around the globe.
Awarded on the fourth annual RBC Blue Water Day, the grants support 123 organizations spanning seven countries.
"Water is the lifeblood of our planet and vital for our social and economic wellbeing," Gord Nixon, RBC president and CEO, said in a press release.
"Since the RBC Blue Water Project was established in 2007, we have committed more than $38 million in grants to some 650 organizations around the world working to protect our most precious natural resource . We are honoured to support the important efforts of this year's grant recipients, whose projects reflect our new focus on urban water issues."
In December 2012, the RBC Blue Water Project announced a shift in focus to address a significant, emerging issue that is relevant to the majority of RBC employees and clients - protecting and preserving water in towns, cities and urbanized areas. The 2013/14 Leadership and Community Action Grants are funding programs that improve urban water quality and efficient use, enhance storm water management and protect and restore urban waterways.
The RBC Blue Water Project is a wide-ranging, 10-year global commitment to help protect fresh water.
Recovery centre
A women's recovery house in New Westminster recently received a $500 grant.
The Westminster House's grant is from the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative, a project that engages young people in social change and empowers them to participate in the growing of compassionate communities.
Westminster House participants "had a phenomenal experience representing the Westminster House for in the Youth Philanthropists Initiative project," a release states.
