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YAC grants from the Youth Advisory Fund

October 1, 2006 ~September 30, 2007

B.A.S.E.S. Teen Center, $5,000, for continuing support of the Recovery High Program

B.A.S.E.S. Teen Center, $1,400,  for substance abuse educational resource materials

Beaver Island Community Schools, $2,500, for cultural and artistic experiences for Beaver Island youth

Beaver Island Cultural Arts Association, $600,  to support the expanded summer 2007 music series

Camp Daggett, $1,000, for various safety and waterfront equipment

Challenge Mountain of Walloon Hills, Inc., $2,500, to support winter programming

Crooked Tree Arts Council, $3,000, for art supplies and transportation to art exhibits

Crooked Tree Arts Council, $1,000, to support the VSA Arts program for spring 2007

Good Samaritan Family Services, $1,000, for cribs and car seats for the Moms & Tots Center

Hospice of Little Traverse Bay, $1,000, to support a camp for grieving children and their families

Jordan Valley Library Friends, $2,862, to implement an alternative community film series

MSU Extension, Charlevoix County, $3,600, for scholarships for at-risk youth to attend 4-H programs

North Central Michigan College Foundation, $3,200, to support the summer Native American mentoring program

Northern Community Mediation, $1,650, to develop a shoplifting prevention program for 4th graders

NW Michigan Community Health Agency, $2,800, to support the youth Peer 2 Peer Leadership Training program

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

Planned Parenthood / N&W MI, $2,456, to support a program to reduce bullying and date violence

Raven Hill Discovery Center, $3,800, to support the “It’s About Time” middle school program

Raven Hill Discovery Center, $2,280, to expand Beyond Jurassic Park with signage and sculptures

Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan, $168,  for facilitator transportation costs to Beaver Island

Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan, $2,000, to support a program on the role of men in domestic violence