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Mayor Announces Grants For King Holiday Service Projects, Urges Us To Honor Dr. King Through Volunteerism
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 22, 2008
For More Information:
William A. Vance, Chair, City of Bloomington Dr. Martin Luther King Commission, 332-1513
Craig Brenner, Special Projects Coordinator, Community and Family Resources, City of Bloomington, 349-3471
Danny Lopez, Communications Director, City of Bloomington, 349-CITY, lopezd@bloomington.in.gov
Bloomington, IN - Mayor Mark Kruzan announced today that the City of Bloomington's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission has awarded grants totaling $21,000 to local organizations for "A Day On! Not A Day Off" volunteer service projects on the King holiday. Kruzan urges citizens to honor Dr. King by participating in one of the day's many community-centered activities.
"Martin Luther King, Jr, Day presents an excellent opportunity for us to enhance community condition and collaborations," Kruzan said. "We are pleased to announce that this year we are awarding the largest amount of funding since we began 'A Day On! Not A Day Off' in 1998.
"We are very grateful to the Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe County and to Service for Peace for providing the City grants of $12,000 and $9,000 respectively," he said. "We are directing all funds to local groups to help them acquire the materials and supplies that will be used by volunteers."
Grant recipients and funds allocated, in alphabetical order, are:
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American Cancer Society |
$ 250.00 |
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Area 10 Agency on Aging |
$ 375.00 |
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Batchelor Middle School |
$ 100.00 |
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Best Buddies Indiana/Bloomington High School North |
$ 290.00 |
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Bloomington Central Lions Club |
$ 250.00 |
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Bloomington Community Radio WFHB |
$ 600.00 |
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Bloomington Restorations, Inc. Hinkle-Garton Farmstead |
$ 350.00 |
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Bloomington |
$ 500.00 |
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Boxcar Books and Community Center, Inc. |
$ 590.00 |
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City of Bloomington Animal Care & Control |
$ 500.00 |
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City of Bloomington Environmental Commission |
$ 300.00 |
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Community Kitchen of Monroe County, Inc. |
$ 500.00 |
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Cry of the Children |
$ 390.00 |
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Cubamistad |
$ 250.00 |
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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. BloomingtonAlumnae Chapter |
$ 450.00 |
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Dental Care Center of Monroe County |
$ 160.00 |
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Earth Care Bloomington |
$ 500.00 |
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El Centro Comunal Latino VITA Tax Preparation |
$ 500.00 |
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El Centro Comunal Latino Legal Advice Project |
$ 250.00 |
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Family Services Association |
$ 500.00 |
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Girls Incorporated of Monroe County |
$ 375.00 |
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Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County |
$ 400.00 |
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Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County - ReStore |
$ 500.00 |
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Harmony School |
$ 475.00 |
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Hilltop Garden and Nature Center |
$ 350.00 |
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Hoosier Hills Food Bank |
$ 800.00 |
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IU Closing the Gap Community Literacy Program |
$ 500.00 |
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IU CommUNITY Education Program at Foster Residence Hall |
$ 300.00 |
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IU Dean's Advisory Council of the School ofEducation |
$ 500.00 |
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IU Hutton Honors Council Association |
$ 250.00 |
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IU Master of Public Health Association |
$ 280.00 |
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IU Office of Diversity Education |
$ 300.00 |
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IU Unity Summit Committee |
$ 150.00 |
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IU Volunteer Students Bureau |
$ 250.00 |
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IU Wells Activism & Volunteer Effort (WAVE) |
$ 100.00 |
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Martha's House, Inc. |
$ 225.00 |
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McDoel Gardens Neighborhood Association |
$ 100.00 |
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Middle Way House, Inc. |
$ 200.00 |
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Middle Way House - The Rise |
$ 400.00 |
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Midwest Pages to Prisoners Project |
$ 375.00 |
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Monroe County Public Library |
$ 200.00 |
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Monroe County United Ministries |
$ 600.00 |
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Monroe County YMCA |
$ 100.00 |
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Mother Hubbard's Cupboard |
$ 500.00 |
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Musical Arts Youth Orchestra (Southern Indiana Youth Symphony, Inc.) |
$ 300.00 |
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My Sister's Closet of Monroe County |
$ 300.00 |
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NAACP Youth |
$ 350.00 |
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Nur Festival Foundation |
$ 150.00 |
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Partners Creative Arts Program for People with Memory Loss |
$ 300.00 |
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RBBCSC The Edge |
$ 500.00 |
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RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer Program) |
$ 400.00 |
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Salvation Army |
$ 285.00 |
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Shalom Community Center |
$ 500.00 |
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Templeton-Shalom Family Resource Center |
$ 300.00 |
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Unitarian Universalist Church Choir |
$ 250.00 |
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Unitarian Universalist Church of BloomingtonChildren's Task Force |
$ 350.00 |
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Volunteers in Medicine |
$ 550.00 |
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Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Upsilon Kappa Zeta Chapter |
$ 500.00 |
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Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. |
$ 130.00 |
TOTAL AWARDED - $21,000
Volunteers are needed for many of these service projects as well as for other projects that did not request funding. Mayor Kruzan encourages Bloomington and Monroe County residents to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy on Jan. 19, 2009, by coming together to enhance our community.
Visit www.bloomington.in.gov/mlk or www.mlkday.gov for more information about volunteer service projects and to sign up to volunteer.
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