(l-r)  Chamber president Landon Bosch presented a cheque for $3,000 to Nellis Foesier, president, and Joseph Legacy, executive director of the Drumheller Society for Recovery. The funds are to assist in the installation of shingles at Grace House.

The World’s Largest Dinosaur continues to give back to the community through the Chamber of Commerce’s World’s Largest Dinosaur Legacy Fund.

This week it disbursed more than $10,000 to four community not-for-profit groups to support their efforts of making Drumheller a viable community. 

“We were pleased to give out the fund to four recipients,” said Heather Bitz, executive director for the Drumheller and District Chamber of Commerce. There were seven applications, and we were happy to support four. The Legacy Fund has given back a tremendous amount of funds. It has reinvested back into the community, over 10 years, almost $580,000.”

This year the one of the recipients is the Badlands Artists Association, which received $3,000 to install new flooring in the customer service area of the Badlands Gallery in Downtown Drumheller.

The Drumheller and District Rural Crime Watch Association were granted $1,915 for the addition of eight Crime Watch highway road signs to be installed throughout the area that it provides its service.

The Drumheller Society of Recovery received $3,000 to assist with their replacement of shingles on Grace House.

The Pioneer Trail Society also received $3,000 of funds for custom-made cabinets.

The Dinosaur Legacy Fund invests a portion of the funds generated by the World’s Largest Dinosaur and gift shop to enhance economic development initiatives in the Drumheller region. The next application deadline for funding for projects under $3,000 is March 1, 2016.

(l-r)  Chamber president Landon Bosch presented a cheque for $3,000 to Ron Kenworthy, secretary of the Badlands Artist Association. The funds are to install flooring in the Badlands Gallery.

(l-r)  Chamber president Landon Bosch presented a cheque for $3,000 to Joanne Moulton, president, and Andy Verreault, treasurer of the  Pioneer Trail Society. The funds are to install custom cabinets at the centre.

(l-r) Chamber president Landon Bosch presented a cheque for $1,915 to Ken Leonhardt, president of the Drumheller and District Rural Crime Watch. The funds are to purchase and install Crime Watch highway signs.