Company extends sponsorship for second three-year term to fund sport grants for kids
KidSport BC is excited to share that Acuitas Therapeutics has renewed their commitment for another three-year term to continue providing more kids the opportunity to experience the positive benefits of organized sport. The partnership, which was first announced in 2022, will continue through the end of 2027 providing much-needed funding for KidSport BC’s granting program.
“We are so grateful to Acuitas Therapeutics for their generous support over the past three years and are thrilled they have renewed their commitment to KidSport,” says KidSport BC’s Director, Angela Crowther. “We have been seeing a significant increase in the number of grant applications from families in need and the support from Acuitas has been instrumental in helping us keep up with the growing demand in the communities we serve.”
Over the past three years, support from Acuitas Therapeutics has helped fund a season of sport for 450 kids through several chapters throughout the Lower Mainland as well as KidSport BC’s Provincial Chapter, which assists kids in more than 100 communities across BC whose families need help to cover the cost of sport registration fees.
“We believe in the power of sport to shape the future of our youth,” said Abi Coman-Walker, Chief Operating Officer of Acuitas Therapeutics. “Our support of KidSport BC is an investment in the physical well-being of children and their personal growth, confidence and community engagement.“ She added: “Every child deserves the opportunity to play sports if they are interested, and we are proud to help make that possible.”
The KidSport program was first launched in 1993 by Sport BC to help address the challenges faced by many families when registering their children in organized sport. Since then, the organization has disbursed nearly $25M to fund a season of sport for more than 95,000 kids.
About KidSport BC
The KidSport program aims to remove financial barriers to sport participation by providing grants to help cover the costs of registration fees. This program is intended to help increase participation numbers for Sport BC members and their local clubs by helping under-resourced children and youth access a season of sport. KidSport is a Registered Canadian Amateur Athletic Association (“RCAAA”) with charitable status and can issue tax receipts to donors. Learn more at kidsportcanada.ca/british-columbia or follow us @KidSportBC.
About Acuitas Therapeutics
Vancouver-based Acuitas Therapeutics (www.acuitastx.com) partners with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, as well as non-governmental organizations and academic institutes, to advance nucleic acid therapeutics into clinical development and commercialization. Acuitas’ lipid nanoparticle (LNP) technology is clinically validated, enabling Alnylam Pharmaceuticals’ ONPATTRO® for the treatment of people with a rare genetic and otherwise fatal disorder known as transthyretin amyloidosis and the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, COMIRNATY®, which has protected billions of people in more than 180 countries. Acuitas has also helped to enable the first human proof-of-concept for genome base editing to treat a serious genetic disease. The company is currently focused on further innovations to its LNP carriers to advance the development of novel gene therapies, such as epigenetic medicines, to modulate gene expression without genetic editing to treat a range of diseases, including cancer. In addition, Acuitas works with partners on the development of improved vaccines – such as multi-valent vaccines to prevent a range of infectious diseases (including malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis) – and on novel therapeutic vaccines against cancer, including personalized cancer vaccines.
About Sport BC
Sport BC believes in the power of sport and is committed to building stronger communities through positive sport experiences. Our goal is to enhance and support sport participation in British Columbia ensuring everyone has the opportunity to thrive through sport. Through KidSport BC, BC Amateur Sport Fund, and BC Women and Sport along with our services Sport BC Insurance, and Payroll and Group Benefits; Sport BC supports our seventy-eight member organizations. Keep up to date @SportBC #PoweredBySportBC