Our StellerStarts and StellerStudents Community Investment programs are officially open for 2024 applications. This marks the second year for both of these programs, both built to improve quality of life in the places we live.
StellerStarts is a grant program built to help support smaller local initiatives – the real grassroots stuff. The grants offered are between $100 and $500, and the program has been built to make funding more accessible. Over the years, we have been lucky to make many partnerships with many local organizations and have been able to support countless great initiatives. That said, we know grant applications can be intimidating and time consuming, and that the uncertainty involved can prevent new applicants from applying. Therefore, we hope the simple application process for this grant helps to bring forward any and all new potential community partners!
Learn more about StellerStarts at: https://www.stellervista.com/community/Grants/StellerStarts
StellerStudents is our Community Investment commitment to local students. For our West branches, all StellerStudent awards are managed by the school districts – this includes Castlegar, Slocan Park and the West Boundary. For our East branches, the StellerStudents award program is managed by our credit union. This includes Cranbrook, Fernie, Sparwood, and Elkford. Students in these communities, of all types, are welcome to apply for a StellerStudent award between April 1 and May 31. There are no age restrictions or program requirements. Our goal is to open up post-secondary funding options, to ensure that any and every potential education avenue is eligible. Last year we funded education programs for welding, pilot licencing, pre-med – and a whole lot in-between.
Learn more about StellerStudents at: https://www.stellervista.com/community/StellerStudents
