Nonprofit Network, Aug. 21, 2015

GRANTS

The Community Foundation Serving Greeley and Weld County announced grants totaling more than $21,600 to area teachers who encourage and support experiential learning, enhance student understanding and increase student achievement. These grants were part of the Littler Youth Fund Teacher Mini-Grant program and supported teachers throughout Weld County. The teachers and projects funded in this distribution were: Kristen Baker, Imagine Charter School, recycling program; Amy Belcastro, Rangeview Elementary School, Student Council Leaders program; Roxanna Butkus, Rangeview Elementary, digital microscopes; Kim Campbell, Imagine Charter, Young AmeriTowne field trip; Jessica Cooney, Greeley West High School, El Teatro program; Stacy Copeland, Eaton Middle School, science backpacks; Teresa Douglas, Harold S. Winograd K-8 School, Wild Animal Sanctuary field trip; Jessica Evans, Thunder Valley K-8, Charlotte’s Web field trip; Jennifer Flummerfelt, Platte Valley High School, business curriculum; Sherri Gentz, Madison Elementary School, sensory equipment; Therese Gilbert, Heath Middle School, Junior Scholastic readers; Margarete Jones, Windsor Middle School, LittleBits kits; Carrie Jordan, Prairie Public School, Daily Five & CAFÉ program; Daniel Lee, Highland Elementary School, counseling project; Yanesia Long, Prairie Public, Daily Five workshop; Lindy Matthews, West Ridge Academy, iPad; Wendy Niccoli, Rangeview Elementary, Makerspaces project; Paul Ramirez, Brentwood Middle School, robotics design project; Christina Smith, Frederick High School, literacy project and field trip; Amy Zulauf, Greeley West High, IB science field trip.

Community Food Share, which serves Boulder and Broomfield counties, received a $60,000 grant through Denver Post Charities, a McCormick Foundation Fund. Funds were raised through the annual Season to Share giving campaign.

Boulder-based Via Mobility Services received a $240,000 grant from the Federal Transit Administration to expand and improve coordination initiatives in the Denver region. The grant will allow Via to expand its Longmont coordination program to other communities including Broomfield, Northglenn, Federal Heights and Thornton. Partnering with the Denver Regional Mobility and Access Council and Seniors’ Resource Center, this planning grant will allow agencies in the region to use a coordinated system to easily book rides and transfers for customers across service areas, improving the customer experience and minimizing duplication.

The Adolph Coors Foundation awarded Fort Collins-based Pathways Hospice a $15,000 grant. The hospice, a community nonprofit providing expert medical and comfort care for individuals navigating the last months of life, will use the funds toward grief counseling for all eligible individuals in Northern Colorado and the cost for providing those services and programs.

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