Community groups in Blaine County fared well in a recent round of grants awarded by the Idaho Community Foundation.
The foundation announced in a news release Nov. 19 that it had awarded $218,832 to 118 organizations in southern Idaho. Of that, Blaine County organizations received more than $23,575.
The Blaine County grants are as follows:
· The Hunger Coalition: $3,375.
· Blaine County Recreation District: $5,000 to improve access by disabled people to the Aquatic Center.
· Caritas Chorale: $500 toward the research, writing and composition of Nez Perce stories and traditions.
· Company of Fools: $2,000.
· Emmanuel Episcopal Church: $1,800 to help restore four historic stained glass windows in Hailey's oldest church building.
· Hailey Police Department: $2,500 to purchase surveillance cameras for the skateboard park.
· National Alliance on Mental Illness: $2,400 to train two bilingual facilitators to co-launch, along with an English-language version, an English/Spanish 10-week, peer-to-peer class.
· Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation: $3,600, to pay the salaries of two coaches to provide after-school alpine skiing programs at Rotarun Ski Area for second- through fifth-grade students.
· Sun Valley Summer Symphony: $1,200 to buy teaching materials to update the school of music curriculum for music theory and music history.
· Trailing of the Sheep Cultural Heritage Center: $1,200 to contract with the Oinkari Basque Dancers and the Boise Highlanders for the 2010 Trailing of the Sheep Festival.
In all, the foundation received 236 applications requesting more than $1 million.
The Idaho Community Foundation is a statewide nonprofit organization composed of more than 400 individual funds pooled together for efficient management. Since its inception in 1988, the foundation has made charitable distributions in all 44 counties in Idaho totaling more than $44 million.
Jason Kauffman: jkauffman@mtexpress.com
