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JANUARY 1, 2016
'This right here is how we build community'
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charitable organizations in an
11-county area of western Oregon
in the categories of arts and culture,
education, environmental protec-
tion, health, historic preservation,
problem gaming and public safety.
Once a year, the fund also gives
grants to Oregon Tribes that apply
for funding.
As part of the Tribe’s gaming
compact with the state of Oregon,
the Community Fund receives 6
percent of Spirit Mountain Casino
profi ts to fund its grants.
The latest round of grants brings
the Community Fund’s running
total to $67.8 million awarded since
it was founded in 1997.
The check distribution started
with five children from the Lilu
preschool classroom singing a
Christmas carol and honor song in
Chinuk Wawa.
Board of Trustees Chairman Sho
Dozono, dressed in a festive red
sweater and Santa Claus hat, and
State Rep. Val Hoyle, who is the
newest member of the Board of
Trustees, also attended.
“We are thrilled today to get to, in
most cases, renew our partnerships
on 30 absolutely fantastic projects,”
said Community Fund Director
Kathleen George.
Tribal Council member Chris
Mercier welcomed representatives
to Grand Ronde.
“What I see is that the Tribe re-
ally buys into the vision of giving
back to the community,” Mercier
said. “A lot of the organizations that
the Community Fund puts money
toward really do help the people of
the state of Oregon.”
“This right here is how we build
community and how the Tribe
gives back,” Hoyle said. “For us on
the board, we look at each project,
and there are so many worthwhile
projects. I think there is nothing
more diffi cult than having to pick
between all these really, really
good things, but there is a clear
direction and focus that has been
set by the board in terms of making
investments in the community that
really move the dial and make a
difference.”
After organization representa-
tives watched a video that detailed
the history of the Grand Ronde
Tribe and provided background on
organizations previously helped
by the Community Fund, Program
Coordinator Louis King read off
the list of recipients while Dozono
handed out the checks.
Large grant recipients were:
• American Heart Association of
Portland, $39,700 for its “Have a
Heart, Save a Life” program;
• Campbell Institute of Portland,
$50,000 for “Early Works Earl
Boyles: A Roadmap to Third
Grade Success” effort;
• CASA of Lane County in Spring-
fi eld, $30,000 for its “A Voice for
Every Child” program;
• Community Cycling Center of
Portland, $2,550 for its holiday
bike drive;
• Dayton School District, $48,500
for its “STEM (Science, Technol-
ogy, Engineering and Math) After
School!” program;
• Dial A Bus Inc. of Corvallis,
$13,402 to purchase an all-wheel
drive vehicle for medical trans-
portation;
• Friendly House Inc. of Portland,
$25,000 for its Rebecca Longaker
Scholarship Program;
• HomePlate Youth Services of
Hillsboro, $15,000 for its out-
reach to connect homeless youth
with employment and stability;
• Latino Network of Portland,
$25,276 for its “Ninth Grade
Counts” program;
• Liberty House of Salem, $50,000
for mental health support for
abused children;
• Marion-Polk Food Share of Sa-
lem, $20,523 to replace a truck to
increase emergency food service
capacity;
• Northwest Family Services of
Portland, $50,000 for its en-
hanced Peer Court/Gang Preven-
tion project;
• Oregon Justice Resource Center
of Portland, $27,413 for its “Wom-
en in Prison” project;
• Portland Homeless Family Solu-
tions, $20,000 for overnight shel-
ter coordinators for homeless
families with children;
• Salem Free Clinics, $34,500 to
fund culturally competent care
for uninsured diabetic patients
in Marion and Polk counties;
• Special Olympics Oregon Inc. of
Portland, $44,565 for its Oregon
Team Wellness project;
• Todos Juntos Inc. of Canby, $50,000
for expanding access to culturally
competent after-school program-
ming in Clackamas County;
• Volunteers in Medicine Clinic of
Springfi eld, $10,000 for its access
and outreach efforts;
• Womenspace Inc. of Eugene,
$40,000 for preventing intimate
partner violence through commu-
nity outreach and education.
Small grant ($5,000 maximum)
recipients were:
• Beaverton Police Activities
League, $5,000 for its After
School Art Enrichment Club;
• Boom Arts Inc. of Portland, $5,000
for its Boom Arts Spring Interna-
tional Performance Series;
• Community Arts Project of Clo-
verdale, $5,000 for its arts liter-
acy program;
• Ecology in Classrooms and Out-
doors Northwest of Portland,
$5,000 for increasing access to
ecology enrichment for elemen-
tary school students;
• Friends of the Florence Events
Center, $5,000 for “Dancing
With Sea Lions”;
• Hands and Voices of Oregon of
Portland, $2,500 for “Guide By
Your Side” project;
• Living Yoga of Portland, $5,000
for expanding its volunteer coor-
dination, mentoring and train-
ing program;
• Mid-Valley Literacy Center
of Keizer, $5,000 for its GED
project with the Salem Housing
Authority;
• Portland Kitchen, $5,000 for the
winter and spring session of its
culinary training program;
• Sycamore Lane Therapeutic
Riding Center of Oregon City,
$5,000 for exercise riding for
children with disabilities;
• Z-man Scholarship Foundation
of Beaverton, $2,500 for its
Z-Man Police and Scholarship
Mentorship Program.
To accentuate the Native tradi-
tion of potlatch, the Community
Fund also raffled off three gifts
bags that went to Marion-Polk
Food Share, Salem Free Clinics
and the Dayton School District.
“I don’t think there is a better
way to end the year than to have
you with us today,” George said. n
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