ELEMENTS CASINO CHILLIWACK PRESENTS $820K TO KNIGHT ROAD LEGACY ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Funds will help support local charitable and not-for-profit organizations in Chilliwack, BC, and marks the largest single-payment community investment for the Chilliwack-based casino
Chilliwack, BC (April 12, 2023): The Knight Road Legacy Association (KRLA) was presented with its largest annual payment from Elements Casino Chilliwack totalling $820,832. Presented during its annual dinner on April 11th, the funds will benefit 47 local charities throughout Chilliwack, BC, and neighbouring communities.
The $820,832 payment is part of a 20-year revenue sharing agreement signed in 2012. Under this agreement, KRLA (the original operator under the name Chilliwack Bingo Association at the former Chilliwack Bingo Hall) will continue to receive a share of slot machine revenue from Elements Casino Chilliwack for the next 10 years.
Since its first payment in 2013, the Great Canadian Entertainment gaming facility has paid over $4.3 million to KRLA, to pass along to vital local charitable and not-for-profit organizations.
“We’re delighted to make this payment to KRLA based on Elements Casino Chilliwack’s 2022 performance, which will help support local residents,” said Shawn Duncan, Regional Vice President, Operations at Great Canadian Entertainment. “After the impact the pandemic had on the business, we are so pleased to be able to provide an exceptional guest experience once again at Elements Casino Chilliwack which, in turn, helps us offer significant funding that goes a long way in supporting the important work of local charities and not-for-profit organizations.”
Funds received from Elements Casino Chilliwack help support local community programs and services offered by the following 47 organizations:
- Airwolf Air Cadets
- 1725 Royal Canadian Military Army Cadets
- Alano Club of Chilliwack
- Ann Davis Transition Society
- Big Brothers Big Sisters Upper Fraser Valley
- Chilliwack & District Agricultural Society
- Chilliwack Academy of Music
- Chilliwack Community Arts Council
- Chilliwack Community Band
- Chilliwack Community Services
- Chilliwack District Seniors Resource Society
- Chilliwack Elks Lodge #48 BPOE
- Chilliwack Family YMCA
- Chilliwack Flight Festival Society
- Chilliwack Hospice Society
- Chilliwack Hospital Aux Fraser Valley Health Foundation
- Chilliwack Knights of Columbus
- Chilliwack Minor Baseball
- Chilliwack Minor Fastpitch
- Chilliwack Minor Football
- Chilliwack Minor Lacrosse
- Chilliwack Museum & Historical Society
- Cultus Lake Community School
- Cultus Lake-Chilliwack Stingrays Swim Club
- Fraser Valley Brain Injury
- Fraser Valley Junior Football
- Fraser Valley Shriner Club #11
- Greater Vancouver Ski Patrol
- Harrison Festival Society
- Hobby Hill Preschool
- Kiwanis Club of Chilliwack
- Kiwanis Club of Sardis
- Stellar’s Jay Lions
- Mount Cheam Lions
- Optimist Club of Chilliwack
- Rotary Club Chilliwack Fraser
- Rotary Club Mt Cheam
- Royal Canadian Legion Branch #295
- Royal Canadian Legion Branch #295 LA
- Sardis Elementary PAC
- Sardis Fliers Speed Skating
- Soroptimist International of Chilliwack
- Spartan Swim Club
- Track & Field Chilliwack
- Vancouver Adapted Music
- Vedder Elementary PAC
- Watson Elementary PAC
“On behalf of KRLA and our 47 organizations, it is my pleasure to receive this year’s payment for trailing fees, which is the largest to date,” stated R. Jerry Wernicke, President, KRLA. “Our members look forward to receiving their share so they can continue supporting our great community of Chilliwack. Over the past 10 years, it has been a wonderful experience working with Great Canadian Entertainment and Elements Casino Chilliwack and we look forward to the next 10 years,” concluded Wernicke.
About Great Canadian Entertainment
Founded in 1982, Great Canadian Entertainment is Canada’s premier gaming and hospitality company with 25 gaming, entertainment and hospitality facilities in British Columbia, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Committed to investing in, and offering opportunities to those in the communities in which it operates, Great Canadian supports hundreds of charitable and non-profit organizations across Canada under its PROUD program; “PROUD of our community, our people, our business”. A significant portion of gross gaming revenue from Great Canadian’s gaming facilities is retained by Crown partners on behalf of their provincial governments for the purpose of supporting programs that benefit healthcare, education, and social services in Canada.
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