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Education
The Linn-Benton Community Col
lege Foundation received a $100,000
challenge grant requiring Linn-Benton
to raise another $100,000 else
where for renovation and expansion of
the college's science and health facili
ties. This is the first SMCF grant to
the Linn-Benton Community College
Foundation.
The Columbia-Willamette YMCA
received $20,000 to help expand the
YMCA's Youth Empowerment Skills
Program. The group has previously
received two SMCF grants totaling
$100,000.
The Portland-based Dove Lewis
Emergency Animal Hospital received
$25,000 to support animal-assisted
therapy. The veterinary facility has
received one prior grant for $5,500
from the Community Fund.
The Portland-based Juvenile Rights
Project (JRP) received a grant of
$70,000 for its "SchoolWorks Pro
gram." JRP supports family by
providing legal representation for
children and young people. Boys and
Girls Clubs of Western Lane County
received $6,000 for a project called,
"Discovering Opportunities," cur
rently serving more than 800 youth
a year, and providing them with
opportunities to discover how much
science is a part of every day life. The
group has received two prior grants
totaling $22,000 from SMCF.
The Portland-based Tucker-Maxon
Oral School, teaching deaf children to
speak, received a grant for $20,000
for a project called, "Assistive Lis
tening Technology and Support for
Deaf Children." The project will
provide high tech hearing aides to
38 children with severe to profound
deafness. The school has previously
received $50,000 in two grants from
the Community Fund.
The Assistance League of Salem
received $15,000 for a project called,
"Operation School Bell." "Operation
School Bell" provides school clothing
to Salem-Keizer school children. The
Assistance League has received three
previous grants totaling $110,000.
The Portland chapter of the I Have
a Dream Foundation received $25,000
for a project called, "Dreamer Class
10." The project will provide 70-90
third grade students with long term
mentoring and tutoring to increase
the high school graduation rate
and send a minimum of 50 percent
of graduates on to college or other
higher education. The Foundation
previously received a $50,000 grant
from the Community Fund.
The Salem-Keizer Education Foun
dation received $35,000 for its Acad
emy for Teaching and Learning. The
Academy will provide professional
development and university continu
ing education credit for an anticipat
ed 360 participants. The Foundation
previously received a grant for $9,000
from the Community Fund.
The Portland-based Library Foun
dation received $50,000 for its "Raising
a Reader" program. This take-home
book program reaches children at risk
of low literacy through hundreds of
community partners. The goal is to
reach 350 partners and 30,000 chil
dren and parents annually by 2008.
The foundation previously received
three grants totalling $345,000 from
the Community Fund.
The Portland-based Insights Teen
Parent Program received $14,250
for the second year of a pilot project
called, "Dream Builders." The non
profit's mission is to provide a climate
of positive options to young families.
The program has received four previ
ous awards totaling $77,500.
The Hillsboro-based Housing De
velopment Corporation of Northwest
Oregon received $15,496 for "The
Promotoras (or Community Connec
tors) Project." The Corporation seeks
to empower working families with
the greatest barriers to stability and
prosperity by providing quality hous
ing and services in the communities
of Northwest Oregon. This is the
first grant to the
corporation.
The Lake Oswe-go-based
Colum
bia River Council
of the Girl Scouts
received $15,000
for its Latina Out
reach Expansion
Project. The group
previously received
a grant for $34,000
from the Commu
nity Fund.
The Portland
Public Schools
Foundation re
ceived $10,000 for
a project entitled
"Starting Point:
Graduate Youth
Work Center," to
recruit 200 gradu
ating seniors and
learn how to operate a business.
The group has previously received
three grants totaling $44,910 from
the Community Fund.
Environmental Preservation
The Portland-based Oregon Envi
ronmental Council received $30,000
for a project called, "Eco-Healthy
Child Care Project." The project
will work with child care facilities to
reduce the amount of environmen
tal hazards in the operations. The
group previously received a grant
for $40,000.
The Westwind Stewardship Group
received a $200,000 challenge grant
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"In the next twelve months we will look at new
ways to offer service in those areas. In the next
three months we will launch a new website with
meaningful information about our Fund, how to
apply and other information. "
Shelley Hanson, Community Fund Director
GED candidates for training that
will enable them to successfully join
the work force. The Foundation has
previously received a $20,000 grant
from the Community Fund.
Portland-based Outward Bound West
received $15,000 to provide low-income
youth with leadership potential access
to Outward Bound. The group has pre
viously received a grant for $6,400.
Wilsonville-based Women in Com
munity Service received $25,000 to
support female offenders as they
transition out of prison and back
to their families and communi
ties. The group previously received
$100,000 through two Community
Fund grants.
The Portland-based Oregon Chil
dren's Foundation received $50,000
to help provide 261 children in four
Yamhill County schools with literacy
support. Two McMinnville schools,
one in Newberg and Willamina El
ementary will benefit from the grant.
The group previously received six
grants totaling $412,500 from the
Community Fund.
The Portland-based Columbia
Empire branch of Junior Achieve
ment received $25,000 for its "Ju
nior Enterprise Village" project.
The $4.5 million project is a new
hands-on learning center in Port
land that will compliment their
classroom-based-programs. About
8,400 students from across the state
will be transported to the center to
requiring the group to raise an addi
tional $200,000 elsewhere to enable
the new non-profit to acquire the
508-acre Westwind property located
on the Oregon Coast. Westwind has
long been a YWCA residential camp
serving nearly 3,000 campers each
year. This is the first Community
Fund grant to the group.
Health
The Cottage Grove Communi
ty Hospital Foundation received
$15,000 to bring digital mammogra
phy to Cottage Grove. The Founda
tion previously received a grant from
the Community Fund for $50,000.
Eugene-based Prevention and Re
covery Northwest, an outpatient
substance abuse prevention and
treatment center in Lane County, re
ceived $25,000 to support the group's
Student Assistance Program that
provides substance abuse and prob
lem gambling intervention to middle
school students. This is the first Com
munity Fund grant to the group.
Salem-based Easter Seals Oregon
Children's Guild received a $50,000
challenge grant requiring the Guild
to raise another $50,000 elsewhere.
The gift will help the Guild increase
capacity through building renovation
and expansion. It provides physical
therapy and mental health services
to children an families in Marion and
Polk counties. This is the Guild's
first Community Fund grant.
Hillsboro-based Essential Health
Clinic received $14,000 to provide
medical supplies and medication
vouchers. The clinic previously
received a $36,250 grant from the
Community Fund.
The Portland-based Oregon Food
Bank received $50,000 to support
the food bank's summer food ser
vice program. The food bank has
previously received three grants
totaling $345,000 from the Com
munity Fund.
Eugene-based FOOD for Lane
County received $15,000 for its
"Educational Gardens Program,"
that teaches low income families
how to grow their own nutritional,
organic food and offers 50 at-risk
youth with employment opportuni
ties. Previously, the food bank re
ceived a grant for $25,000 from the
Community Fund.
Doernbecher Children's Hospital
Foundation in Portland received
$100,000 for a research lab concerned
with diabetes and obesity in children.
Doernbecher previously received
three grants from the Community
Fund totaling $193,000.
The Eugene-based HIV Alliance re
ceived $10,000, specifying that $5,000
be used for direct testing services.
The Alliance has received two previ
ous grants totaling $40,000 from the
Community Fund.
The Hillsboro-based Community
Action Organization that works in
conjunction with local communi
ties to help low-income individuals
achieve self-determination received
$10,000. This is the group's first
grant from the Community Fund.
Public Safety
Eugene-based Womenspace re
ceived $50,000 for the purchase and
renovation of a new office. This is
the first Community Fund grant for
Womenspace.
The Polk County Sheriffs office
received $450,000 to support five
full-time deputies and one full-time
sergeant at the Grand Ronde substa
tion for the year. The grant main
tains the current service level. The
Sheriffs office has received eight
previous grants totaling $2,951,039
from the Community Fund.
Portland-based Kinship House,
helping abused and neglected chil
dren transition from foster care
to permanent adoption, received
$20,000. This is the group's first
grant.
Salem-based CASA of Marion
County, providing child advocacy ser
vices to children involved in the court
system, received $20,000 to support
increased staff levels, new technology
and staff attendance at professional
conferences. This is CASA's first
grant from the Community Fund.
"Spirit Mountain Community
Fund appreciates contributing to
the future of children and families
in our 11 counties," said Community
Fund Director Shelley Hanson. "In
the next twelve months we will look
at new ways to offer service in those
areas. In the next three months we
will launch a new website with mean
ingful information about our Fund,
how to apply and other information.
Our new marketing campaign will
launch that tells the story about the
benevolence of the Tribe through the
Fund. Finally, we will launch an on
line application to make our process
easier and more efficient using the
latest technology."