people places - sizzling success

Although CVSAR is based out of Windermere, trained members That’s when the Board reached out to the Trust’s Non-profit respond to calls from as far north as the Brisco area and as far south Advisors Program to get support with reviewing and improving as Canal Flats, and from the Purcell Mountains on the west to the the business and financial side Rocky Mountains along the Alberta border on the eas. [...] For example, 80 per cent of the business’s sales once came Immigrating to the Basin from Jilin, China, in 2009, with a from the food truck and the rest from selling frozen products in passion for food and the connections it creates, Seitz began cooking stores. [...] ourtrust.org/nonprofittech 30 2021 | our trust our trust | 2021 31 G R A N T S , I N I T I A T I V E S A N D P R O G R A M S Generating returns The Trust invests in the region’s future To generate the revenues it needs to fund programs and services Our goal is to generate a predictable, sustainable and growing that support the efforts of Basin residents, the Trus. [...] Fifty per cent of the income generated from these facilities is used to deliver the programs and initiatives that support social, economic and environmental well-being in the Basin—including all the projects featured in this magazine—and 50 per cent goes to Columbia Power’s shareholder, the Province of British Columbia. [...] 38 2021 | our trust our trust | 2021 39 Valemount Columbia Basin Trust region The Trust serves the region consisting of all the watersheds that flow into the Columbia River in Canada and operates in the traditional territories of the Ktunaxa, Lheidli T’enneh, Secwepemc, Sinixt and Syilx Nations.