Grants
Elyria Swansea
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Yoga for All
Community Yoga Tour
To support the yoga for all, community yoga tour.
Provides free yoga instruction for the greater community.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $4,200 | Project Type: Health
HOPE (Helping Other People Endure) Food Bank
Annual Food Distribution
To support the operations of the food bank and food for distribution.
Provides food for community members in need.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $1,750 | Project Type: Health
Bruce Randolph Middle School
Mental Audition
To suport the student-run production.
The play will be videotaped and made available to the communty as a live performance as well.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $500 | Project Type: Single Day/Weekend Events (Block Parties, Gatherings, Celebrations, Non-Organizing Workshops)
Bruce Randolph Parent Organizing Committee
Organizing Activities
To support the communication between families and community and working on prominent issues such as lunch, transportation, security, college prep, website etc.
The POC organizes parents and youth through one-to-ones, meetings, and actions that hopefully lead to academic success.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $2,500 | Project Type: Community Organizing/Social Change
Near Northeast Schools Network
Organizing Activities
To support the quarterly meetings with principals, parents, and teachers of Near Northeast Denver Schools.
The MOP-led network works on issues such as weighted-student funding, autonomy, and school choice.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $2,500 | Project Type: Community Organizing/Social Change
Cole Arts & Sciences Academy Parent Organizing Committee
Positive Behavior Training
To support the eight Positive Behavior System classes in order to create a consistent environment for CASA children at home and at school.
The MOP-led parent organizing committee provides the organization to provide classes and push for school reform at Cole.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $2,500 | Project Type: Community Organizing/Social Change
Cole Arts & Sciences Academy Parent Organizing Committee
Home Visits
To support the C.A.S.A. home visits.
Providing compensation to teachers who perform home visits to help support students and parents through knowledge of those situations that may need educational or behavioral help.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $2,500 | Project Type: Community Organizing/Social Change
Denver Marching Knights
Annual Activities
To support the annual marching/competition activities.
Supports youth through drumming and step activities.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $5,000 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Bruce Randolph Public Acheivement Project
9th Grade Achievment
To support the collaborative work with DU's Center for Comunity Engagement and Service Learning and 9th graders at Bruce Randolph Middle School
Through the program students have identified different issues for work including decreasing teen pregnancy and fighting for rights of immigrants.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $2,500 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Friends of Ferals
Fix-A-Feral
To support a citizen-led effort to spay and neuter feral cats in North Denver and Adams County.
Friends of Feral is a volunteer group that seeks to reduce the number of feral cats in the Denver area (currently estimated @ over 250,000)
Year: 2009 | Amount: $2,500 | Project Type: Resident to Resident Support
