A number of community groups and projects were awarded $34,000 in community health grants at Thursday’s event, as well.

The winners of the Pictou West Community Health Board and Central and East Pictou Community Health Board Wellness Funds for the year 2018 include the following groups (along with their projects):

Let Abilities Work Partnership Society – Assisting Disability Recreation

Maranatha Bible Church – Community Garden expansion project

McCulloch Education Centre – floorball

McCulloch Education Centre – Engaging in Physical Activity and Classroom Wellness

New Glasgow academy Learning Centre – Movement and Mindfulness

Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library – Sensory Storytime

Pictou County Municipalities Crime Prevention Association – Community Connections: Seniors Isolation

Pictou County Municipalities Crime Prevention Association – Vial of Life

Pictou County Roots For Youth – Toward Health Food Sustainability

River John and Area Recreation – Parents and Babies / Tots Play Group

Riverview Volunteer Association – Age and Ability is Not a Factor For US: YMCA Year Membership

The Community Project: Scotsburn – The Community Project

Trenton Middle School – Movement and Mindfulness

VON Canada – Meals on Wheels YMCA of Pictou County – BUILD