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TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS Siletz Charitable Fund Distributes $125,000 The Siletz Tribal Charitable Con tribution Fund made another round of distributions on Feb. 2 and the seven member advisory board has distributed more than $2.9 million since its incep tion in 2001. Thirty-one organizations shared $125.026.10 in contributions when checks were presented at Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City, Ore. This includes $21,262 for South Puget Sound Community College to analyze more than 7,800 ancient wood and fiber artifacts discovered on Sauvie Island near Portland. Ore.; $20.000 for the University of Oregon School of Law/UofO Foundation for the Oregon Tribes Professorship to boost scholar ship. research, public service, and aca demic offerings in Indian law; $12,000 for the Seal Rock Fire District to pur chase a Zoll M-Series heart monitor; and $12,000 for the Coastal Commu nities Cultural Center to help restore the east entrance of the former DeLake Elementary School building, The Siletz Tribe is proud of its con tributions through employment, mon etary donations, and cooperative mea sures to the Siletz community, Lincoln County, and the state of Oregon. The tribe has honored its tradition of shar ing within the community by distrib uting more than $5.1 million through the Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribu tion Fund and other tribal resources. Chinook Winds has donated more than $1.25 million in cash and fund-raising items since it opened in 1995. The ca sino also provides in-kind donations of convention space for various fund-rais ers as well as technical support, adver tising. and manpower for many events. Eligibility for money from the Charitable Contribution Fund is limited to two categories: • • Entities and activities located in the Siletz Tribe’s I I-county service area (Lincoln. Tillamook, Linn, Lane, Benton, Polk, Yamhill, Marion, Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties) Native American entities and activi ties located anywhere in the United States The next deadline to submit applications is March 16. 2097. Applications and requirements can be obtained at www.ctsi.nsn.us/ Charitable_Contributions.html: from Kelley Ellis at 1-800-922-1399. ext. 1227. or 541-444-8227; or by mail at Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund. P.O. Box 549. Siletz. OR 97380- 0549. Arts - $4,975 Lincoln City. OR Cascade Head Music Festival - help fund free “Encounter” sessions Lincoln Co. School District - printing of county-wide 100-page student literary Newport. OR review of prose and poetry Taft Elementary School. After-School Art Club - art supplies for a variety of art media Lincoln City. OR $2.500 $2.000 $475 Cultural Activities - $13,500 Coastal Communities Cultural Center - help restore east entrance of the former Delake Elementary School Salem-Keizer Public Schools, Migrant Education Program - help 150 students attend the Cesar Chavez Leadership Conference Lincoln City, OR $12.000 Salem. OR $1,500 Waldport. OR $2.439 Lincoln City. OR $4.500 Education - $41,742.10 Lincoln Co. Scholastic Chess Club - equipment, supplies, club shirts, and scholarships Lincoln Co. Indian Education Parent Committee - support for 2007 Oregon Indian Education Association Youth Conference Newport High School - 60 copies of Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi for global studies course on the Middle East Oceanlake Elem. School - six Zire-7l Palm Pilots and 2 portable keyboards for watershed field studies with Mid-Coast Watershed Council Salem Heights Elem. School. Parent/Teacher Club - help with expenses for a 3-day Outdoor School on Oregon Coast for deaf and hard-of-hearing kids Salem Keizer Public Schools, Migrant Education Program - assist with meal and transportation costs for families to attend parent education classes Siletz Valley Friends of the Library - liability insurance for members during fund-raising activities Siletz Watershed Council - printing and distribution of 5,000 copies of river etiquette guide during the next 2 years Springfield School District 19, Indian Education Program - two laptops and software to help improve reading and math skills St. Joseph Shelter - remedial reading/math programs, school supplies, and school clothes University of Oregon Law School/UofO Foundation - Oregon Tribes Professorship to boost scholarship, research, public service, and academic offerings in Indian law Yaquina View Elementary School - replace/install new “grand drape” in the auditorium Yaquina View Elementary School - science specimen sets to support use of a donated video microscope that connects to a TV or VCR Newport. OR $420 Lincoln City. OR $850 Salem. OR $2.000 Salem. OR $ 1.500 Siletz. OR $750 Toledo. OR $1.158 Springfield. OR Mt. Angel. OR $1.815 $3.500 Eugene. OR Newport. OR $20.000 $2,495 Newport. OR $315.10 Environment & Natural Resources - $5y000 Carf M Recycling - help purchase material-handling equipment, including a bale stacker Manzanita, OR $5,000 Newport. OR $2,690 Health-$18,297 Lincoln Community Health Center/School-Based Health Centers - help sustain work of Youth Advisory Councils Lincoln Co. Breastfeeding Coalition - assist in distribution of announcements to promote August 2007 art event to increase awareness Lincoln Co. Diabetes Education and Prevention Coalition - assist with supplies and food for Meals Made Easy classes Lincoln Co. Food Share - assist with purchasing quality food to distribute from the Lincoln City Food Pantry Shangri La of Lincoln Co. - assist with purchase of a 7-passenger van Yachats Community Health Clinic - continue to provide no-cost and/or low-cost services to uninsured patients South Beach, OR $665 Depoe Bay, OR $2,442 Newport. OR South Beach. OR $2.500 $6.000 Yachats, OR $4.000 Waldport, OR $ 1.000 Olympia, WA $21.262 Historic Preservation - $22,262 Alsi Historical and Genealogical Society - laptop computer and software for an electronic inventory and other projects South Puget Sound Community College - analyze materials - baskets, capes, wooden wedges, etc. - collected at sunken village site on Sauvie Island Prevention - $4,500 Senior Parent GPF Assoc. - assist with drug- and alcohol-free all-night graduation party for Taft HS seniors Toledo High School Grad Committee - help with decorations, souvenirs, and party favors at drug- and alcohol-free all-night graduation party Wilson High School PTA Grad Night Celebration - assist with drug-, alcohol-, tobacco-, and weapon-free all-night graduation party Youth Services Team. Lincoln City - assist with appropriate extra-curricular activities to increase positive behavior tor high-risk children Lincoln City, OR $1.000 Toledo, OR $1.000 Portland. OR $1.000 Lincoln City, OR $1.500 Public Safety - S14,750 Seal Rock Fire District - Zoll M-Series heart monitor, compatible to equipment of Central Oregon Coast Ambulance and Pacific West Ambulance Toledo Fire Rescue Assoc. - books and learning aids for annual first responders class offered to community at no cost Seal Rock. OR Toledo. OR $1 2.000 $2.750 S125,026.10 TOTAL March 2007 Siletz News • 9
