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Cycle 1 Grants:
Applicant Organization Name Project Description
Amount Funded
   
Knightsen Parent Booster Club   The community playground equipment, which is located at two separate areas on the Knightsen Elementary School District property, is in desperate need of replacement due to safety issues.  
$15,000.00
West Boulevard Neighborhood Action Team   This Project will help residents get information, skills, and tools to conduct home safety activities in their neighborhood.  
$20,000.00
El Pueblo Neighborhood Action Team   This Project will build the capacity of families with children 0-5 living in the El Pueblo neighborhood to lead healthier lives by learning to prepare nutritional, easy-to-fix, low-fat and culturally appropriate meals.  
$20,000.00
Iron Triangle Neighborhood Council   To address the needs for safe recreational equipment for toddlers, and school safety crossings for young students.  
$12,000.00
North Richmond Neighborhood Action Plan   Two multi-cultural children & families events will be held in North Richmond.  
$10,000.00
Iron Triangle Neighborhood Action Plan   Two multi-cultural children & families events will be held in the Iron Triangle.  
$10,000.00
Lake School Community Collaborative   A structured playgroup/preschool for very young children, 1 hour per group, 2 days a week, to develop the children and parents skills.  
$2,208.00
Keys to Life Christian Center   KTL and the STAR Program shall implement a project that will link the parents with children 0-5 years (who are enrolled in STAR) with families of KTL with surplus resources and available services and provide workshops, seminars and family centered opportunities for STAR participants and their families.  
$20,000.00
Mother’s Club of San Ramon Valley   The MCSRV shall implement a project that will focus on three primary areas: acceptance of diverstiy, appreciation of cultural diversity, and promotion of awareness of the social and support organization to a much wider audience in order to encourage women of all backgrounds to participate.  
$16,000.00
Parents & Providers Partnering for Young Children   Parents and Providers Partnering for Young Children shall implement the Wee Grow Community Garden whose participants will include families of pre-school children, childcare facility providers and the children themselves. The garden will be started and maintained initially by the above entities and will be expanded overtime to include other members or organizations for the community.  
$20,000.00
Parkside Family Alliance, c/o City of Pittsburg Leisure Services   Parkside Family Alliance shall implement a project to improve the safety of families in the Parkside neighborhood of Pittsburg, CA through community health education and training.  
$19,440.00
E. H. Vision Foundation
  E.H. Vision Foundation will conduct a community safety fair/celebration and a 3-week workshop series for parents of the Iron Triangle focusing on child development, nutrition, safety in the home and parental stress reduction for families with children five and under.  
$10,000.00
Future Achievers Made in Learning Years (FAMILY)   FAMILY will implement a project to teach parents how to propare low cost nutritious meals.  
$10,000.00
   
Total
 
$184,648.00
 
   
   
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