For our April 2012 Grant Cycle, we had approximately sixteen thousand dollars ($16,000.00) to grant and received applications requesting fifty thousand and sixty dollars ($50,060.00). Below are pictures of grantees accepting their checks!
Julie Miller, Anita Farrar and Stephanie Woodworth, from Angels of Action, are presented with a check by MCCF Board members Mike Mohnke and Yo Bellingar for $3,000 to help with their “Backpack Blessings” program.
MCCF Board member Debbie Patterson presents representatives from the Big Rapids Dog Park a check for $1,250 to help the project. Representatives are Cynthia Glazier, Heather Bowman, Barb Duncason and Mark Brejcha.
MCCF Board member, Stacy Chaput, presents a grant check of $1,600 to CranHill Ranch Director Scott Barger to help send students to camp.
JoAnn Longcor and Connie MacIain, from Mid Michigan Community Action Agency, accept a grant check for $2,000 from MCCF Board member Bob Hampson, for the “Mecosta County Walk for Warmth” program.
Representing the Mecosta Conservation District, Kevin Courtney accepts a check from MCCF Board member Yo Bellingar for $500 to help with the 2012 Household Hazardous Waste Collection day.
MCCF Board member Debbie Patterson presents Penny Brenner, from Morley Stanwood School, a grant check of $700 for 8th grade wireless program and for a campus art restoration project.
Diane Long, from Project Starburst, is presented a grant check from MCCF Board member Tim Zehr from $2,250 to help with their Person Hygiene/Cleaning Needs Pantry.
MCCF Board members, Yo Bellingar and Debbie Patterson, present Lynda Sweigart from Hope Network Foundation, a grant check for $700 towards their “Getting Ahead in a Just Getting By World” program.
Kathy Prudhomme from Eagle Village accepts a grant for $1,600 to help send students to camp from MCCF Board Members Debbie Patterson and Stacy Chaput.
Recpients not pictured include Big Rapids Public Schools ($400 for classroom calculators) and Mecosta County Historical Society ($750 for new lights).