Burnaby Now September 12 2012

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Funding cuts alarm agencies United Way shortfall is impacting city groups Jennifer Moreau staff reporter

A fundraising slump with the United Way Lower Mainland is trickling down to some Burnaby non-profit agencies, now worried about finances. The United Way, which relies on volunteer labour and donations, was roughly $1.5 million short of its fundraising goal last year, which means less money for local groups that rely on the organization for funding. Burnaby Family Life, which offers a wide range of social service programs, typically relies on a patchwork of funding sources, including the United Way. Burnaby Family Life was hoping to secure $50,000 from the United Way for programs that help families but received $18,000 less than expected. “We decided to not cut any services, knowing we will go into deficit,” said Katalin Camara, director of operations with Burnaby Family Life. “If we don’t find matching funding, we have to cut services.” Antonia Beck, executive director oftheSouthBurnabyNeighbourhood House, said her organization didn’t get all of the United Way grants it applied for. For example, the organization received funding to conduct outreach with seniors but no money to cover the seniors’ welcoming committee. Funds Page 8

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On track: The $61-million Multisport Centre of Excellence is scheduled to open in spring of 2013 in Burnaby. It promises to integrate both the “hardware and software” of sport medicine, sport science and sport training in a state-of-the-art 148,000square-foot facility. It is situated at the corner of Joe Sajic Way and Kensington Avenue.

Multisport centre dubbed ‘Fortius’ Janaya Fuller-Evans staff reporter

Burnaby’s premier sports centre is on track to open this spring, with tenants able to move in by about March 2013. The Multisport Centre of Excellence is undergoing a name change before opening day, as well. The centre will open as the Fortius Athlete Development Centre, the Burnaby NOW has learned. The name is one of a series of announcements expected to be made at a press conference this morning (after NOW press deadlines) at the facility’s site next to the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex. The Fortius Athlete Development Centre and Fortius Institute will make up Fortius Sport and Health, according to sources close

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to the project. Dr. Rick Celebrini, head of sports medicine and science for the Vancouver Whitecaps, is a co-founder and partner for the project, and is expected to be named director of sports medicine and science for the new centre this morning. Celebrini did not confirm or deny the centre’s new name, but said in a phone interview with the NOW that he was glad to be involved in the project. “The potential for the centre is so exciting and for everyone I talk to in the sports medicine/sports science fields, this is really the utopia, the medical Disneyland if you will, for a lot of practitioners,” Celebrini said. “It’s almost an unofficial legacy from the Games, and a lot of the same people involved in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic

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