SAMPLE GRANT AWARDS
Stand Strength Event- A $500 grant from the Healthy Youth Healthy Senior Fund helped sponsor a Stand Strength Team performance at the 2010 Chippewa County Fair. The Stand Strength Team promotes academic excellence, anti-bullying, builds self-esteem, deters peer pressure, and motivates positive decision making. The event was free, but donations were encouraged and all proceeds benefited the Kim Rogers Memorial Scholarship (held at the Chippewa County Community Foundation) and Kelsey Raffaele Memorial Scholarship (held at the LSSU Foundation).
Girls on the Run- $800 from the Healthy Youth Healthy Senior Fund was granted by the Youth Advisory Council (YAC) to Girls on the Run for running shoes and supplies. Girls on the Run “educates and prepares girls for a lifetime of respect and healthy living” through the power of running.
STARS- A grant of $1000, awarded by the Youth Advisory Council (YAC), was used to fund a STARS dance camp facilitated during the summer of 2010. The camp provided the Eastern Upper Peninsula Dance Students the opportunity to study with professional dance educators and perform with the Children’s Ballet Theatre of Michigan.