The Sweet Home Community Foundation presented its 2014 Alice Blaser Community Grant awards to local organizations on April 2.
Recipients included the following projects, which received a total of $10,140 in funds:
n Sweet Home School District, Huskies Basic Life Skills Recycling Program, $500. The program will place recycling receptacles and banners throughout Sweet Home High School. Members of the program will practice math skills while raising cash for activities.
n Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments, Sweet Home Area Senior Meals on Wheels, $2,000. The grant helps the program pay for operations.
n Little Promises Day Care, OK Kids curriculum, $700.
n Fair Share Gleaners, food storage and transportation, $1,000.
n Friends of the Library, Stained Glass Window Project, $2,190.
n Sweet Home School District, student digital vision screening equipment, $1,500.
n Sunshine Industries Unlimited, community room furniture, $2,000.
n Sweet Home Pregnancy Care Center, Baby Safety Project, $250.
The nonprofit Sweet Home Community Foundation was formed in 1997. It provides annual funding to local organizations for a wide variety of projects and activities that provide lasting improvements to the community.
Much of the funding for SHCF, until recently, has come from the Oregon Jamboree. In recent years, funding has primarily been through the donations of those who live and work in the East Linn County area and the SHCF has continued to grow a permanent endowment fund to serve the community’s future.
The most significant of those has been a $202,000 gift in 2012 to the Sweet Home Community Foundation by Lou Blaser of Lebanon, in memory of his deceased wife, Alice Blaser, a former Sweet Home teacher.
Grants are given in the following categories: Children and Families, Education, Livability and Arts and Culture.
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