Grants
Original Aurora
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Aurora Residents for Recreation
Education Program
To support the public education process concerning the need for additional indoor recreation space in Aurora.
ARR is a group of Aurora residents who are working to fill the enormous gap in indoor recreation space in Aurora, to give young people a place to go and to improve community health.
Year: 2011 | Amount: $5,000 | Project Type: Community Organizing/Social Change
Fishbone Domino Club
Annual Activities
To support the Fish Fry Fundraiser.
Connects Original Aurora residents through a recreation domino club.
Year: 2011 | Amount: $585 | Project Type: Resident to Resident Support
Northwest Aurora Neighborhood Organization
Neighborhood Clean-Up
To support the 2011 neighborhood clean-up.
Provides education and activities to build resident relationships in North Aurora.
Year: 2011 | Amount: $2,700 | Project Type: Neighborhood Association
Sisters Enterprise
Community Gospel Event
To support the community gospel event.
Hosts activities to being community together.
Year: 2011 | Amount: $1,500 | Project Type: Single Day/Weekend Events (Block Parties, Gatherings, Celebrations, Non-Organizing Workshops)
Hinkley Leadership Campaign for Change
2010-11 Activities
To support the organizing efforts of student leaders at Hinkley High School.
Student leaders are working to identfy core issues at their school and to design a plan to take action.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $2,984 | Project Type: School Reform
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)
Northwest Aurora Residents for a Recreation Center
Northwest Aurora Rec Center Feasibility Survey
To support the design and completion of a community survey to engage resident support for the design and funding of a recreation center in NW Aurora.
Working to build support with the larger Aurora Residents for Recreation Task Force to locate a new or expanded recreation facility in NW Aurora.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $1,250 | Project Type: Community Organizing/Social Change
Rights for All People
Posada Sin Fronteras
To support the 10th annual celebration.
RAP fight for immigrant rights.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $1,500 | Project Type: Single Day/Weekend Events (Block Parties, Gatherings, Celebrations, Non-Organizing Workshops)
Aurora Community Connection
Teenage Tutors
To support the Teenage Tutors Program.
The tutors will move from service work to one-to-one's.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $2,650 | Project Type: Resident to Resident Support
CASA/MOP Parent Organizing Committee
Organizing Activities
To support the community organizing, including one-to-ones and actions.
The C.O.C. works on school reform activities.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $2,500 | Project Type: School Reform
