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Alternatives for Youth,
Inc. $8,000
Funding this year will allow Alternatives
for Youth, Inc. in Longmont to expand its
existing computer lab. Classes will be provided
to young people and their parents to help
improve academic skills, and teach basic computer
and multi-media design skills. The expanded
computer facility will mean more access to
computers to conduct research, strengthen
math skills, write papers and assignments,
and improve language skills. The computer
lab will address the growing technology gap
that currently exists for many of the families
served by AFY.
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Anam Chara $8,000
This grant will allow Anam Chara to obtain
hospice licensure, enabling the organization
to give its full scope of physical, emotional
and spiritual death passage care for its residents
and families, and offer these clients a full
continuity of caregivers. In-house hospice
services will allow Anam Chara to further
their mission of “nurturing a conscious
journey through the passages of life”
for each member of its community.
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Attention Homes $7,000
Support this year is for Attention Homes'
Volunteer and Mentorship program. Trained
volunteers and mentors come into Attention
Homes to offer the teens there a new openness,
sense of life, possibility of the future and
inspiration. Those who run the program observe
that these volunteers can put their own passion
into action for the kids. Volunteers can show
youth what a positive role model is, listen
to them, and guide them. Millennium Trust
funding will expand the current volunteer
base.
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Boulder Public Library Foundation-Grillo
Health Information Center $2,500
The Grillo Health Information Center, which
is housed in the Boulder Public Library, is
a resource center for people to research medical
issues and treatments. Funding will allow
Grillo Health Information Center to expand
its materials to include increased Spanish
language resources. In partnership with the
Family Learning Center, Grillo will both increase
bilingual service at the public library site
and have a presence at the Family Learning
Center. This new site will allow members of
the community access to reliable and trustworthy
health information with assistance in a manner
that is both comforting and respectful in
both English and Spanish.
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Center for People with Disabilities
$5,000
Because we live in such a generous community,
those in the nonprofit world often have the
good, but nonetheless challenging, problem
of what to do when someone donates something
useful at a time when it isn't immediately
needed. This grant will help in the construction
of an on-site storage unit for the purpose
of storing donated medical equipment and household
goods that will ultimately benefit the center's
clients. Having this on-site storage unit
will allow CPWD to improve its ability to
meet the needs of its community.
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Center for ReSource Conservation
$7,000
Support this year is for a workshop that will
house a new “Value Added” program
at the Center's ReSource Sales Yard. The Value
Added program takes a waste product and turns
it into an item of value by applying equipment
and craftsmanship. An example might be to
take a piece of wood that has been painted
or stained – which would normally be
garbage – and making it into sellable
furniture. The program will help sustain the
Center for ReSource Conservation through its
less profitable months by creating a revenue
stream that us not weather dependent and will
also use creative means to reuse valuable
materials that would otherwise end up in the
landfill.
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Colorado Music Festival
$2,000
This grant will fund the Festival's SmARTS
Partners, a program designed to provide opportunities
for local businesses to sponsor the Colorado
Music Festival, Colorado Shakespeare Festival
and the Colorado Chautauqua Association. With
one sponsorship, local and small businesses
will have the opportunity to become involved
and have exposure at all three of Boulder's
premiere summer arts festivals through this
program.
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The Counseling Center $8,000
The Counseling Center will use funding to
initiate and implement a capacity building
program. Components of their plan include
increasing community awareness; number of
board members, interns, and volunteers; and
educating board members and staff. The goal
of these efforts it to open new avenues for
donations and fundraising efforts and better
support the variety of therapeutic programs
and services offered.
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Eco-Cycle $6,325
This grant will be used to allow this progressive
community recycling group to recycle yet another
throw-away: books. Using Millennium Trust
funding, Eco-Cycle will build an engineering
sorting platform for a new book shearing and
recycling program. In addition to enabling
the recycling of books, it will offer the
organization the ability to divert books for
an even higher use, reuse.
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Growing Gardens of
Boulder County $5,000
Support this year is for the construction
of a community greenhouse. The greenhouse
will make possible the expansion of Growing
Gardens current programs, which are primarily
only during the summer, to a year-round program.
This expansion will greatly increase the number
of people served. The greenhouse will also
serve as a center for the community to learn
and participate in growing plants for healthy
food.
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HospiceCare of Boulder and Broomfield
Counties $2,000
Funding is for Hospice's Self-Managed Care
Teams projects, a new model for care designed
to enhance end-of-life care in our community.
Hospice developed this model in anticipation
of both an aging population and an impending
nursing shortage. The goal is to shift reliance
from nursing care management to a circle of
staff caregivers including social workers,
chaplains, certified nursing assistants and
therapists – in addition to nurses.
Tapping into the expertise of the collective
team results in more time and better care
for each patient served.
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Nederland Area Seniors $1,900
This grant will be used to organize a community
picnic. With cooperation of local organizations,
businesses, Town Hall and the Chamber of Commerce,
Nederland Area Seniors will gather people
for a lively evening of entertainment, interaction
and food. The evening will combine a potluck
and cookbook sale with a food drive for the
local distribution pantry.
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Teaching Peace $1,650
The Boulder County Restorative Justice Collaboration
is an innovative partnership between many
restorative justice programs in Boulder County.
These programs focus on cultivating attitudes,
skills and opportunities as part of a model
that deals with incidents of crime and wrongdoing.
In the past, each separate organization has
used its own resources in the time-intensive
process of training and employing quality
volunteers. Using Millennium Trust funds,
the programs will work together to accomplish
comprehensive volunteer training that will
benefit multiple restorative justice practitioners
and programs.
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Volunteer Connection
$8,000
The Volunteer Connection works to connect
people's talent and skills to local nonprofits.
Using the right volunteers can be a way for
local community groups to achieve more than
their slim budgets would seem to provide alone.
Millennium Trust support will fund the cost
of one standard computer station, including
a laptop computer and LCD projector, as part
of an outreach effort. This additional technology
will enable the Volunteer Connection to broaden
and strengthen its reach in the community.
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Women's Wilderness Institute $8,000
The Women's Wilderness Institute is one of
few programs in Boulder County specially designed
to meet the developmental needs of teen girls
through getting them outside for wilderness-based
programs. Funding is for the purchase of one
12-passenger van for the Girl's Wilderness
Program, which will allow the Institute to
provide safe reliable transportation for its
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Millennium Trust
2004 Grants Total: $80,375.
Additional
Millennium Trust Grants
Thanks to the University
of Colorado Federal Credit Union
Every year since the beginning of the Millennium
Trust, the U of C Federal Credit Union has chosen
to spend its charitable budget to give additional
grants to The Community Foundation's Millennium
Trust applicants.
This year, thanks to the Credit Union's generosity,
grants were made to the following organizations:
The Nederland Community Library Foundation - $2,400
Friends of the Lafayette Public Library - $2,000
Growing Gardens - $2,000
Boulder High School Parent Advisory Council -
$1,600
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