King Commission Receives Funding

Date of Record: January 3, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 3, 2006

For additional information:
Barbara Fuqua, Chair, City of Bloomington Martin Luther King, Jr.Commission, 331-7903;
Craig Brenner, Special Projects Coordinator, Community and Family Resources Department, City of Bloomington, 349-3471

Bloomington, IN -- Mayor Mark Kruzan announced today that the City of Bloomington's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration Commission has been chosen to receive $5,000 in funding for volunteer service activities on the federal King holiday, January 16, 2006.

The funding was awarded by the organization Service for Peace, and consists of monies originally granted to it by the Corporation for National and Community Service. The funding is to be provided to volunteer service projects involving significant numbers of disadvantaged youth. The youth may be either volunteers or the beneficiaries of volunteer service activities. This funding will supplement local funds being used by the King Commission to help organizations pay for materials and supplies used by volunteers on the holiday.

Groups interested in applying for funding must submit project proposals to the King Commission. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations, businesses, faith-based organizations, schools, community and neighborhood organizations, public and private agencies, and governmental entities. Proposed projects must begin or occur on January 16, 2006.

The application form is available online at [www.bloomington.in.gov/cfrd]. The deadline to apply for funding is Thursday.

Service projects needing volunteers for "A Day On! Not A Day Off" will be listed on the City's web site at [www.bloomington.in.gov] as proposals are received. People across the nation will celebrate the King Holiday by coming together in service to others. It is in this spirit that we encourage local organizations to offer opportunities for service. For more information, e-mail Craig Brenner at [brennerc@bloomington.in.gov|mailto:brennerc@bloomington.in.gov] or Bet Savich at [volunteer@bloomington.in.gov|mailto:volunteer@bloomington.in.gov].

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