Bend, Ore. — The Oregon Community Foundation (OCF) is celebrating a milestone of one billion dollars in grants and scholarships awarded to nonprofits and communities in every region of Oregon since its founding in 1974.
Helping OCF reach this important milestone are 36 Central Oregon agencies that received a total of $380,000 in awards this week.
“We’re proud that these exceptional Central Oregon agencies have helped push OCF to the $1 billion milestone,” said Cheryl Puddy Associate Program Officer for OCF in Central & Eastern Oregon which serves the counties of Crook, Deschutes, Jefferson, Sherman, Wasco and Wheeler and the Warm Springs Reservation through the Foundation’s Bend office.
A few highlights from the 2015 spring grant awards in Central Oregon include:
· Campfire USA, Central Oregon Council (Bend) – a first time grant of $20,000 for year one of three years’ potential support to expand the Teens in Action program designed to improve student success using the shared outcomes identified by program partner, Better Together.
· Redemption House (Crook County) – a $21,000 grant for year one of two years’ potential support to expand emergency and transition shelter services for women and children experiencing homelessness in Crook County.
· Prineville Kiwanis Foundation Ready to Read (Crook County) – a $10,000 grant for year one of three years’ potential support to provide summer school for K-3 students underperforming in reading and math.
· Jefferson County Library District (Madras) – a $10,000 grant to purchase audiovisual equipment for the Jefferson County Library Film Center, to be used by the community for films, lectures and cultural events.
· St. Vincent DePaul of Crook County (Crook County) – an $11,000 grant for replacement of a refrigerated truck used for transportation of food for emergency programs.
“The true impact of the one billion dollar milestone can be measured by the nonprofits and individuals who have received these grants and scholarships,” said OCF Board Chair Tim Mabry.
For more information about OCF’s history, and current and future initiatives, please visit http://www.oregoncf.org/.
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