Distribution Committee recommendations for funding:

Recommended Grant Awards for 2011

Historic Paramount Theatre Basement lobby reno $ 700

Matchbox Children’s Theatre Production costs 1,000

*Northwestern Singers Musicians and set building 1,000

*Habitat For Humanity Freeborn/Mower Materials & pro labor 1,500

Austin Symphony Orchestra Oct. 30/31 Concert 1,500

*Austin Page Turners Author Visit 800

Seibel Center Visits for 3 families 1,000

Mower County Senior Advocacy/Caregiver Increase caregiver program 1,000

Mayo Clinic Health System – Austin Expansion 1,000

MC Historical Society Microfilm records 1,000

Children’s Dental Health Services Happy Smiles Kits 1,000

*Austin Area Art Center Operating Expenses 500

TOTAL $12,000

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2010 Grants:

Chamber of Commerce Access Scholarships $ 500
Mower County Humane Society – Cages for Cats $600

Dental Health Services – Dental Kits $900
Mower County Historical Society – Multi-Media Screen, PA System $750

Hormel Historic Home – Autism Day Camp $1,000
Austin Symphony Orchestra – Concert (Including for Students) $1,500

United Way of Mower County – Coat Project $600
Salvation Army – Family Food $1,150
TOTAL $7,000

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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

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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

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2007  Grants

 

American Red Cross                           $2,000

Mower County Historical Society      $   934

Parenting Resource Center                 $2,000

Austin Catholic Schools                     $   835

Total               $5,769