Grants
Original Aurora
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Denver Marching Knights
Drums
To support the equipment and activities.
Building youth through the long tradition of drumming.
Year: 2012 | Amount: $4,000 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Colorado Beautillion
Youth Leadership Program
To support the youth leadership program.
Prepare youth to embrace community service and develop their leadership skills.
Year: 2012 | Amount: $3,000 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Ethnic College Counseling Center
College Prep Activities
To support the college prep activities.
Prepares youth for college readiness and application process.
Year: 2012 | Amount: $2,000 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
The Society of Youth
Let's Play
To support the Let's Play 2011.
Brings youth together to plan and implement youth physical activities.
Year: 2011 | Amount: $500 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Jack and Jill of America
2011 Beautillion Project
To support the 2011 beautillion project.
Community service and leadership skill building activities to build character in inner city African-American mates.
Year: 2011 | Amount: $2,500 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
HAWKS
Stay Fit and Fly like a Hawk
To support the 2011 basketball program.
Provides youth development programs.
Year: 2011 | Amount: $2,000 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Club Deportivo Olimpia de Aurora
Soccer
To support the league fees.
Olimpia is a resident-led youth soccer program.
Year: 2011 | Amount: $1,500 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
The Black Actors Guild
Presents...
To support the development of original theater for near northeast Denver.
The volunteer group presents a wide variety of original, interactive, thought-provoking entertainment.
Year: 2011 | Amount: $2,000 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Become A Champion
Build a Bot
To support the robot competition class.
The group of resident volunteers creates youth programming in Northeast Denver.
Year: 2011 | Amount: $2,175 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Project Active Community
Soccer Project
To support the start-up of an after-school indoor sports program.
The youth group works with Aurora Community Connection, through organizer Gabriela Jacobo.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $2,938 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Colorado Beautillion
Community Education Sessions
To support the community education/mentoring sessions.
Educate, mentor and recognizes exemplary minority male youth.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $3,000 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Prince Hall Youth
Year-Long Activities
To support the youth sports program.
Building athletic programs for boys and girls to prepare them for both successful involvement in high school athletics and future academic requirements.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $1,500 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Become a Champion
Summer Tutoring/Mentoring Program
To support the summer tutoring program.
Youth through tutoring, sports, and life skills camps empowering.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $2,000 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Battleground Christian Community Outreach Center
Summer Youth Leadership Program
To support the Summer Youth Leadership Program.
This local church is trying to engage youth and their parents in community beautification activities.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $1,500 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Aurora Housing Corporation
Summer Youth Program
To support the stipend for a staff development and resident leadership position in the 2010 Sumer Youth Program.
DAVA uses the visual arts to work with youth in Original Aurora to help them achieve their full potential.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $1,206 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Denver Marching Knights
Knights Drum Project
To support the drums and equiptment needs of the Denver Marching Knights.
Denver Marching Knights is a youth drum performance group made up of youth residents from Northeast Denver and Original Aurora.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $3,000 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Colorado HAWKS
Taking Care of the Nest
To support the 2010 Summer Community Service.
Builds character and community connection inner city youth resulting in enlightenee-engaged community members.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $2,500 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Battleground Christian Community Outreach Center
Youth Activities
To support planning meeting with board and community persons.
To suport the institution's hopes to reconnect with community through this project.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $350 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Redcross Blueshield Gang Prevention, Inc.
Higher Learning Lab
To support the planning of a higher learning technology lab.
Engages and supports youth through educational activities.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $300 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Ethnic College Counseling Center
Life Launch
To support the Life Launch program.
Provides education activities for college bound youth.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $2,250 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Higher Anointing Christian center
I Can Project
To support the I Can project.
Provides inspirational and community based activities.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $2,000 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Aurora Tech Academy
Annual Spelling Bee
To support the 2nd annual spelling bee.
Educate Original Aurora school-age youth.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $300 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Colfax Community Network
Summer Camp
To support the summer youth camp.
Provides basic needs and assitance to low-income families in Original Aurora.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $2,500 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Northeast Basketball Team
Summer Training
To support the 2009 summer training activities.
Provides youth athletic activities in Northeast Denver.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $1,000 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
On Laughter Silvered Wings
Young Airmen
To support the Young Airmen program.
Provides programs for aspiring African-American boys.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $2,500 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Comité de Soccer Altura
Summer Soccer
To support the youth and parent summer futbol activities.
Activities include organizing meetings, enrollment, and parent coaching.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $2,080 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Padres de Kenton
Danza Folklórica
To support the Fiesta Colorado Project.
This parent group works on multiple projects. The Fiesta Colorado Project will focus on folkloric dancing for students.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $1,500 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
The Núñez Foundation
Career Camp
To support the outreach and planning activities in creating a base of new volunteers and mentors.
The foundation provides scholarship, provides mentoring and creates a web of support for college-bound Aurora Public School graduates with limited resources.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $351 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
M.I.S.S. Support Group
Young Women's Program
To support the young women's program.
Provides positive activities for young women.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $1,500 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Greater Good Educators
Journey to Womanhood Summer Program
To support the Journey to Womanhood Summer Program.
Provides instruction to young girls/women in Original Aurora.
Year: 1969 | Amount: $0 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
