Distribution Committee recommendations for funding:

2009 Grants:

Austin Symphony                                                       $1,500

            Partial sponsorship of David Hays concert

Matchbox Children’s Theatre                                          900

            Support for Little Red Riding Hood production

Mower County Senior Services Advisory Council          416

            Volunteer training

Hormel Historic Home                                                 1,000 

            Day camp for elementary students with autism

Mower County Historical Society                               420

            Video equipment for oral history project

Mower County Humane Society                                 420

            Sink in dog kennel area

Veterans’ Memorial                                                     1,000

            Operating cost of fund raising etc. to complete memorial

Austin Catholic Schools                                              344

            Cork display strips for student art work display

                                    TOTAL                                  $6,000

2008 Grants

Grants recommended for approval:

$   900             Red Cross                                           Training for babysitters

$1,200             Austin Symphony                               General support

$2,000             Humane Society                                  Flooring

$1,200             Woodson Kindergarten Center           Books & other materials

$   500             Historic Paramount Theatre                Tweaksters program

$1,199             Historical Society                                Computer System

$7,000

Distribution Committee decided not to fund grant applications from:

Good Samaritan Society

Hormel Historic Home

Austin Coalition for Environmental Sustainability

2007  Grants

American Red Cross                           $2,000

Mower County Historical Society      $   934

Parenting Resource Center                 $2,000

Austin Catholic Schools                     $   835

                                    Total               $5,769