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YAC grants from the Youth Fund

October 1, 2007 ~September 30, 2008

B.A.S.E.S. Teen Center, $4,000, to purchase and install siding for the teen center

Blissfest Music Organization, $1,000, to support a music and dance program at the Rustic Ballroom

Camp Daggett, $2,200, to purchase backpacks for summer camp

Challenge Mountain of Walloon Hills, Inc., $1,400, to train at-risk youth to assist with adaptive recreation programs

Challenge Mountain of Walloon Hills, Inc., $3,000, to purchase an automated external defibrillator unit

Challenge Mountain of Walloon Hills, Inc., $2,000, for scholarships to Spirit Day Camp for special needs students

Charlevoix Area Community Pool, $750, to purchase training equipment for the Stingray swim team

Child & Family Services of NW MI, $2,000, to support the Foster Family Respite Program

Christ Child Society of Northern MI, $2,000, to provide school backpacks and supplies for children in Head Start

Crooked Tree Arts Council, $3,450, for a Grand Rapids Ballet series at the Boyne City Auditorium

Crooked Tree Arts Council, $3,000, to support the VSA Arts program for spring 2008

Crooked Tree Arts Council, $1,200, to support the Bobby Kennedy: The Way It Was exhibit

Harbor Hall, $187, for a countywide campaign to prevent teenage drinking

Jordan River Arts Council, $2,500, for the Kidz Create youth art projects and exhibit

Jordan River Arts Council, $550, for the Rare Threads on the Fringe workshops and exhibit

Jordan Valley District Library, $2,000, to provide a homework center for the after-school program

MSU Extension, Charlevoix County, $4,000, scholarships for students to participate in 4-H programs

MSU Extension, Charlevoix County, $500, for equipment and marketing for the 4-H swim school 

North Central Michigan College Foundation, $2,000, to support the Native American Mentor Program summer youth camp

Northern Community Mediation, $1,030, to produce brochures for the shoplifting prevention program

NW Michigan Community Health Agency, $1,300, for Peer 2 Peer Leadership Training

NW Michigan Human Services Agency, $425, to support the RIF reading readiness program

NW Michigan Human Services Agency, $2,000, to support infant home visits through the Great Start program

Raven Hill Discovery Center, $2,000, to support the Classroom Science Investigation program

Raven Hill Discovery Center, $2,000, for the Museum to Go early childhood science program

Women’s Resource Center of Northern MI, $5,000, to support preschool playgroups in Charlevoix County

YMCA of Northern MI, $900, to purchase equipment for YMCA programs in Boyne City