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2005 Community Impact Grants
United Way of Southeast Alaska (UWSEAK) has awarded $41,254 in
Community Impact Grants to fund projects submitted by eight partner
agencies, in addition to grants funding the Day of Caring and
disaster relief programs coordinated by the American Red Cross and
United Way of America.
"We are extremely excited about the types of projects that will
be completed this year as a result of the granting process. Each one
responds to an issue our community has indicated as important,"
remarked Michelle Casey, who chairs the UWSEAK Community Impact
Committee.
United Way Community Impact Grant recipients and their projects
include:
- Boys & Girls Club of Juneau: With $1,500 the club
will implement a Teen Outreach Program that will serve
approximately 30 youth ages 14-18.
- Cancer Connection: $1,500 helped to fund the Men's
Health Forum to enhance cancer education, awareness and
prevention in March 2006.
- Catholic Community Service: Southeast Senior Services
in Kake received $1,344 to purchase a freezer, to store donated
and bulk food that will provide elders with nutritious and well
prepared meals.
- Ketchikan Homeless Shelter: $2,800 will replace old
bunk beds and mattresses that have been in use since the shelter
opened in late 1973.
- American Red Cross: In response to Hurricane Katrina,
$10,000 was given to the Southeast Alaska chapter to help defray
costs incurred from the disaster relief efforts.
- Rendezvous Senior Day Services: $1,800 provided
colorful dinnerware and a new dining table for seniors enrolled
in daycare.
- SAGA: The Challenge Ropes Course, which has served
thousands of youth, teens, and adults, was repaired and improved
with a grant of $3,000.
- Sitka Counseling and Prevention Services, Inc: $3,000
funded training for a range of nonprofits in Sitka on counseling
and education to stop domestic violence.
- Sitka's Faith in Action (SFIA): $2,974 sent the
Program Director and a facilitator to a bereavement support
group facilitator training.
- United Way of Southeast Alaska: Continuing its focus
on developing volunteerism in the community, United Way of
Southeast Alaska sponsored a Day of Caring on October 6, 2005,
which deployed approximately 200 volunteers to complete projects
at 17 local agencies. UWSEAK budgeted $3,336 to cover event
expenses.
- United Way of America: A $10,000 grant supported the
United Way of America Hurricane Katrina Response fund, which was
activated to help affected communities begin rebuilding their
lives.
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