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JANUARY 1, 2017
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Elementary School Principal
Sarah Norwood reported that the
district has a high special education
population and the district contin-
ues to keep enrolling students who
need more instruction and atten-
tion than the average child.
District Superintendent Carrie
Zimbrick said if the district con-
tinues to grow at this pace, there
may be no other choice than to
send a bond measure to voters.
She said new housing construction
in Willamina and Grand Ronde
is contributing to the increase in
students in the district.
About one-third of Willamina
School District students are Native
American and most of them are
members of or descendants of mem-
bers of the Confederated Tribes of
Grand Ronde.
During the fourth-quarter check
distribution, which was postponed
from Dec. 14 because of a winter
storm in the Willamette Valley,
the Community Fund gave out 38
grants – 26 large grants and 12
small -- totaling $701,385, bringing
the 2016 distribution to 156 grants
totaling $4.4 million.
Since its inception in 1997, the
Community Fund has given out
2,400 grants totaling $72.3 million.
The Community Fund, the phil-
anthropic arm of the Confederated
Tribes of Grand Ronde, receives
6 percent of proceeds from Spirit
Mountain Casino and distributes
that money through quarterly
grants to nonprofit organizations
in 11 northwestern Oregon counties
and annually to the nine federally
recognized Tribes in the state.
Tribal members Zoey Holsclaw,
Santiago Atanacio and Jeff Mercier
performed a welcome song to the
approximately 23 agency represen-
tatives who attended.
Tribal Council member Jack
Giffen Jr. also welcomed agency
representatives to Grand Ronde.
“This Tribe has come a long ways
since those days,” Giffen said while
recounting the pre-Restoration tra-
dition of returning to Grand Ronde
annually to meet at the Tribal
Cemetery on Memorial Day. “Spirit
Mountain Casino has afforded this
Tribe to build the infrastructure
and bring back the culture of 27
different Tribes and Bands that is
united today to make up what I call
our modern-day culture.”
Giffen added that the Tribe con-
tinues to develop partnerships with
nonprofits and educate Oregonians
about the Grand Ronde Tribe.
Tribal Council members Denise
Harvey, who is also a Community
Fund Board of Trustees member,
and Kathleen George, former Com-
munity Fund director, also attend-
ed the opening of the event.
As is customary, the Community
Fund played a 12-minute video that
briefly surveyed the Tribe’s history
and discussed what effect Commu-
nity Fund grants have had on other
nonprofit organizations.
Acting Spirit Mountain Commu-
nity Fund Director Louis King then
read off the list of grant recipients
while Sho Dozono, Community
Fund Board of Trustees chairman,
handed out checks while festively
dressed in a Christmas cap.
Other recipients of large grants –
more than $5,000 – were:
• A Family For Every Child of Eu-
gene, $25,000, for its family pres-
ervation and finding program;
• Airway Science For Kids of Port-
land, $37,925, for its efforts to
inspire young learners;
• Asian Pacific American Network
of Oregon located in Portland,
$25,000, for its youth and parent
empowerment program;
• Black Parent Initiative of Port-
land, $25,000, for its “Pre-birth
Through First 1,000 Days” ini-
tiative;
• Bradley Angle House of Portland,
$20,000, for culturally specific
program capacity building;
• Chess For Success of Portland,
$25,000, for its “Athletics for the
Mind” program;
• Columbia Riverkeeper of Hood
River, $20,000, for its “Clean
Water Champions” effort;
• Downtown Languages of Spring-
field, $15,000, to fund a family
and youth program coordinator;
• Falls City School District,
$25,000, for its Family Academ-
ics Community and Enrichment
for Success afterschool program;
• KairosPDX of Portland, $30,000,
for its “Family Impact” project;
• Montessori Northwest of Port-
land, $25,000, for classroom ex-
pansion at its Alder location;
• My Sisters’ Place of Newport,
$15,000, for agency streamlining;
• Native Fish Society Inc. of Oregon
City, $25,000, for empowering,
inspiring and growing a network
of local grassroots advocates;
• Neighborhood Economic De-
velopment Corp. of Springfield,
$15,000, for its “Youth Food In-
novators” program;
• New Avenues For Youth of Port-
land, $25,000, to help fund its
LGBTQ/mental health-focused
life coach;
• N o r t h w e s t O u t w ar d Bo u n d
School of Portland, $15,000, for
its program in Portland schools;
• Northwest Youth Corps of Eu-
gene, $30,000, for its Native
American inclusion initiative;
• Opehlia’s Place of Eugene,
$16,500, for a pilot program with
Bethel schools to empower girls;
• Oregon CASA Network of Eu-
gene, $20,000, for its “Diversity,
Inclusion & Disproportionality”
effort;
• REAP Inc. of Portland, $30,000,
to expand its “Solutions” pro-
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gram;
• Salem Schools Foundation,
$25,000, for its “Pathway to
Post-Graduation Success” effort;
• Self Enhancement Inc. of Port-
land, $50,000, for its “Youth
Potential Realized” program;
• Tillamook County Women’s Re-
source Center, $25,000, to fund
domestic violence advocacy in
health care;
• Tillamook School District, $6,500,
to fund its “Trauma Informed
Practice” effort;
• And Upstream Public Health of
Portland, $25,000, for expanding
its early childhood oral health
program;
Recipient of small grants -- $5,000
or less – were:
• Boost Oregon of Portland, $5,000,
to provide guides about childhood
vaccinations for parents and
health care providers;
• Casa Latinos Unidos de Benton
County of Corvallis, $5,000, for
its “Aplicate! As Tu Tarea! (Apply
Yourself! Do Your Homework!)”
program;
• Coastal Range Food Bank Inc. of
Blodgett, $3,000, for its food as-
sistance and nutrition program;
• Joint Forces Dance Company of
Eugene, $4,785, for its “EVERY-
Body Can Dance” program;
• Kings Valley Community Trust
of Philomath, $3,000, to purchase
playground and winterized ex-
ercise equipment for its Youth
Community Center;
• Mid-Lane Cares of Veneta, $5,000,
for its emergency food pantry;
• MRG Foundation of Portland,
$5,000, for its “Giving Back: The
Soul of Philanthropy, Reframed
in Oregon” program;
• Operation Nightwatch of Port-
land, $5,000, for a mental health
initiative;
• Parent Partnership of Cottage
Grove, $5,000, for its McKinney
Vento program;
• Rose Haven of Portland, $5,000,
for its “Bloom: Wellness and Em-
powerment for Women” effort;
• Willamette Valley Law Project of
Woodburn, $5,000, for its “Breaking
Barriers” program at Woodburn
Academy of International Studies;
• And World Salmon Council Inc. of
Portland, $4,675, for its “Salmon
Watch” effort.
In the spirit of Potlatch, the
Community Fund also raffled off
three prizes that went to Operation
Nightwatch, MRG Foundation and
Joint Forces Dance Co.
After receiving their checks, agen-
cy representatives posed with Dozo-
no for photographs taken by Tribal
photographer Michelle Alaimo.
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