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Prior Grant Recipients
The following grants were awarded by the Manistee County Community Foundation Board of Trustees during 2007-2008. They were selected through a competitive committee process to meet targeted needs identified by 501(c) (3) eligible non-profit organizations in our community. In all, $366,953.00 was given in grant awards and scholarship commitments.
ALLIANCE FOR ECONOMIC SUCCESS
$7,920 Manistee Lake MSU Small Town Design Initiative
$2,300 Rail relocation and development feasibility study around Manistee Lake
ARCADIA TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL COMMISSION
$1,859 Arcadia Area Historical Museum irrigation system
ARCADIA TOWNSHIP PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
$10,416 Grebe Park Trailhead
ARTS AND CULTURAL ALLIANCE OF MANISTEE COUNTY
$20,000 Development and implementation of strategic plan
ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS
$3,185 Summer program
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
$2,698 Church maintenance
$2,779 Property restoration
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN
$1,400 Bigs and Littles Club
$500 Youth as Partners in Mentoring
CASMAN ALTERNATIVE ACADEMY
$12,600 Maxwelltown Community Park
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF FILER
$13,500 Strategic plan for land use
CONSERVATION RESOURCE ALLIANCE
$500 4th Annual Youth Fly Fishing Seminar
HUMAN SERVICES COLLABORATING BODY OF MANISTEE COUNTY
$10,000 Strategic plan
KALEVA NORMAN DICKSON SCHOOLS
$1,000 Youth Academic Service Learning Camp
LOVE INC. OF MANISTEE COUNTY
$2,053 General operational support
MANISTEE AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
$500 Concession stand
$500 French Language Program
$1,000 Madison Elementary BRIDGES Program
$5,679 Lights, Camera, Action: Protect Manistee Rivers' Watershed
$7,500 Manistee High School Art Garden Project
$750 Kennedy Elementary camera and anti-bullying software
$617 Manistee High School Power Learning Program
$1,000 STRIVE program, in cooperation with Manistee Sunrise Rotary
$948 Killing the Watts
$595 Interdisciplinary Connections
$1,000 Developing a Writers Workshop
$675 Middle School and High School summer programs
$400 Dial-a-Ride "Ticket to Success" program
$390 Middle School Math Lab
$300 Science Olympiad
MANISTEE CATHOLIC CENTRAL SCHOOLS
$500 Chapel rehabilitation
$617 Saint Nicholas Tuition Fund
$543 Science Olympiad and transportation
MANISTEE CONSERVATION DISTRICT
$500 Household Hazardous Waste Collection
MANISTEE COUNTY
$19,700 Manistee County Recreation Plan
$2,950 Well and septic system point of sale ordinance
MANISTEE COUNTY 4-H
$700 Magoon Creek Day with Nature
MANISTEE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$5,498 General operational support
$400 Manistee County Youth Advisory Committee
$1,875 Community Excellence in Education Awards Dinner
MANISTEE COUNTY LIBRARY
$7,360 General operational support
$2,755 Renovation of entrance steps
MANISTEE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT
$1,378 Second Step anti-bullying
$1,200 Exploring Art partnership with Very Special Arts
$1,000 Cowpokes to Careers
ONEKAMA CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS
$300 Music department guitar program
$500 Math department
ONEKAMA GUILD THRIFT SHOP
$9,500 Thrift Shop expansion & enhancement
ONEKAMA TOWNSHIP
$900 Portage Lake water quality testing
ONEKAMA TOWNSHIP AND VILLAGE OF ONEKAMA
$22,500 Joint master plan for Onekama community
PLEASANT VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER
$6,800 Recreational facilities for Community Center programs
PORTAGE LAKE ASSOCIATION
$3,000 Onekama welcome sign
PORTAGE LAKE WATERSHED FOREVER
$75,000 Portage Lake Watershed Forever Plan
PRIESTS FOR LIFE
$300 General operational support & programming
ST. JOSEPH PARISH
$300 Emergency Fund
$200 Right to Life Fund
STAIRCASE YOUTH SERVICES
$3,000 Summer Enrichment Program
UNITED WAY OF MANISTEE COUNTY
$30,000 2-1-1 information & referral system
VFW WALSH POST 4499
$5,000 Champion Tree Memorial
VILLAGE OF BEAR LAKE
$13,605 Bear lake Village Park & multi-use visiting area
WEST SHORE MEDICAL CENTER
$3,500 F.I.T. Kids Phase
$2,500 Healthy Community Food Tagging Initiative
WOMEN'S ECONOMIC RESOURCE CENTER
$2,300 Career mentoring and scholarship program
LOVE INC OF MANISTEE COUNTY/VETERANS
$3,208 Support of veterans and their families
