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Asian Community Mental Health Services - Asian Family Resource Center
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The Community Victory Garden project will provide a healthy start to the nutritional needs and habits of Laotian, Mien and Vietnamese children 0-5 and their families by the encouragement of planting and harvesting Asian vegetables to nourish their souls.
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$10,000.00 |
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| Association of Filipino-Americans of Hercules |
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Park playground renovation and replacement of old play structure. Building a play system that meets or exceeds the requirements for ages 5 and under and for access under the accessibility guidelines for play area. Make the playground and equipment safer for the community to enjoy. Every child should be able to play on playground. This will allow for higher quality outdoor recreation of the community. |
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$5,000.00 |
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Brookside Community Health Center, Inc.
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The Prenatal Clinic of BCHC will hold a 'Fiesta Familiar' that will honor and celebrate the building of family and community. During the event we will provide opportunities to meet other families and BCHC staff at workshops and information areas on prenatal care, early childhood health and nutrition, dental care, and other topics. |
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$10,000.00 |
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| Cameron School |
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Add information components to existing Toddler/Preschooler Play Yard. Adding: covering, sand box, community signs (advertising the play area). It already has safe toddler-sized equipment on which to climb, slide down and explore. The Toddler/Preschooler Play Yard will augment the 'big kids' play area in adjunct Castro Park. |
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$10,000.00 |
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| City of El Cerrito Recreation Department |
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Parent Education Workshops is a new collaborative program started by parents and El Cerrito Recreation Department for parents of young children. Eight Health and Safety -themed Workshops selected by parents will range from disease prevention to joys of parenting to home and yard safety and be coordinated by City Staff. |
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$10,000.00 |
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Crockett Playgroup & Carquinez Regional Environmental Education Center (CREEC)
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The project is an educational demonstration garden at the Crockett Community Center, a highly visible area for environmental enhancement. The project includes a six-part environmental and art appreciation education series and a Monarch propagation and release program. The project is intended to increase volunteer opportunities and networking for young families. |
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$3,090.00 |
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| Diablo Valley College Student Parent Group |
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This project will host monthly mini lectures for parents who are Diablo Valley College students and faculty, as well as educational outings for both parent and child. The goal is to provide a variety of information on stress management, nutrition and parenting issues while offering parents the opportunity to spend quality time with their children on educational field trips. |
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$3,671.00 |
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| Early Childhood Educators |
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Art materials and activities will be set up on tables, inviting young children with their families to create and experience all different medias. We want to share our techniques about Art and display children's artwork to the community. The communication with the public will encourage art in early childhood development. |
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$5,000.00 |
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| Esperanza de Amor/Love of Hope |
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Our project will sponsor a resource fair and workshops for children with special needs and their parents. An outreach leader will be hired for three months to promote this event and Esperanza de Amor. This person will formalize contacts between public and non-profit services providers and Esperanza de Amor. |
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$4,970.00 |
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| First Baptist Head Start |
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First Baptist Head Start parents/grandparents, staff and children will create a multi-generational physical activity video. Developmentally appropriate physical activities and games (demonstrated by the children and parents/grandparents of First Baptist Head Start) will be videotaped so that parents and children can 'play along' and get physically active at home. |
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$10,000.00 |
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| Gardens at Heather Farm |
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The project is a Children's Activity Tent at a garden fair introducing the beauty and resources of the Gardens at Heather Farms to neighborhood residents. The May 2004 event will be free and open to the public. A similar fair in 2001 drew 3,000 people, mostly families with young children. |
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$5,000.00 |
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| Grace Place: A Center for Community Service |
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Grace Place courtyard will be improved through debris removal, repairs, and the provision of benches and tables. Children will paint ceramic tiles to create a mural. Once complete we will hold a community celebration with representatives of CBO's and public agencies to link residents up with services they need. |
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$10,000.00 |
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GRIP Homeless Shelter
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To build a safe, exciting play area for preschoolers. |
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$10,000.00 |
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Iu Mien Connection
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We will host a one-time event at Richmond Civic Center to accommodate the community's needs with representatives from the Richmond Fire Dept, Police Dept., and Kaiser Medical Center. Our aim is two fold: provide health and safety awareness to low-income household families with children and serving as a cultural nexus for the community. |
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$5,000.00 |
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Kids' Club
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To create family environment with a shaded area with picnic tables where parents and community members can seat and visit or picnic with their children. Adding outdoor easels, covered sand/water table will add a variety to the children's experiences. |
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$9,969.00
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La Clinica De La Raza Pittsburg
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La Clinica Pittsburg's Early Childhood Nutrition Project will educate parents and caregivers of children ages 0-5 about breast-feeding and childhood nutrition. Our Health Educators and community health promoters (Promotores) will conduct a series of workshops and will integrate childhood nutrition information as part of their community outreach efforts. |
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$8,500.00 |
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| Lafayette Community Center Foundation |
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Replacing an old playground with new surface and equipment. |
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$5,000.00
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| Liberty Union High School District, Community Education Center |
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We want to replace an outdated playground in the Brentwood area. This playground will be open to the general public and will encourage parenting students to attend the Liberty High School District's Community Education Center's diverse programs and bring their children to a new no cost District-sponsored child center. |
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$9,963.00
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Madres/Hijos Fuertes y Sanas
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Concerned Bay Point residents will organize volunteers to help residents clean up their yards, removing debris and household chemicals along three streets densely populated with families of young children. The event will include informational booths, food, family activities and prizes. |
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$5,000.00
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Martinez Early Childhood Center, Inc.
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This project will benefit more than 100 parents, teachers and preschool children in Head Start and nonprofit classrooms with 9 months of energetic dance and music instruction; 81 hours of mentoring of preschool educators by a dance specialist, equipment for three classes, and participant performance videotapes. |
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$10,000.00
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Morada de Mujeres del Milenio
(Women of the Millennium Sojourn)
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Helping Parents Help Children with Domestic Violence program will help train parents who have experienced domestic violence how to recognize and support developmental problems on children from 1 year to 5 years of age. To accomplish this, we wish to provide a mixture of workshops that will cover motor skills, nutrition, safety, mental health, and cooperative developmental game therapy. |
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$2,700.00
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Oakley School
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Oakley School needs a new swing set to replace one that was removed for safety reasons in 2001. The old equipment did not meet state safety codes and requirements. Oakley School is the only Oakley elementary school without a swing set. |
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$5,000.00
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Pacheco Beautification Committee - Pacheco Town Council
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Community Clean-up Day, including activities for young children to learn about the bird and plant species and importance of the ecology around the site of the future Aspen Creek Park. This is part of a larger beautification plan for the Town of Pacheco. |
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$4,449.00
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| Parents for a Cleaner Environment (PaCE) |
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The project will include a creek clean-up with children 0-5 and their parents. After the clean-up we will have a barbecue and hold a Kids Creek Fest. We will have booths that will include earth-friendly activities such as sampling organic foods, growing your own healthy ways via integrated Pest Management techniques, plus multi-cultural art projects using natural materials. We will also have family-friendly performers. |
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$5,000.00
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| Peter Pan Parent Nursery School |
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We plan to hold a 'Multicultural Small World Fair' at our school. We will invite preschools and playgroups within a 5 mile radius to join us for a day of music, food, crafts and games that are derived from many countries throughout the world. |
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$5,000.00
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Pleasant Hill Community Foundation
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The project will provide new play equipment that will comply with the current ADA requirements, and will also provide the safety features required by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The is project will upgrade a popular community park to provide a unique play area specifically designed for children 2-5 years old and their families. |
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$5,000.00
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Rubicon Program, Inc.
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Fathers At Work (FWI) peer leadership, Fathers Taking Responsibility, propose to host 'Father Fest 2003'. This second year event provides an opportunity for young fathers to participate in a community event with their children, and includes services, resources, and health and safety activities to improve parenting. |
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$9,500.00 |
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| So Big Preschool |
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This project will provide training and knowledge to parents of children from 0-5 years on CPR and First Aid. |
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$2,438.00 |
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St. Peter Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
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Project will provide a multicultural street Health and Safety Fair, August, 2003 for 500 low-income residents, focusing on activities for parents with children 0-5 years of age. All local residents will be welcomed. A follow up health workshop on health and safety issues will be given in March 2004. |
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$5,000.00 |
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The Community Clinic Consortium of Contra Costa
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This project will work with consultants, the clinics and the community to develop an outreach plan and materials that will bring low-income, pregnant women and children 0-5 who do not currently access medical and dental services into the community clinics. |
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$10,000.00 |
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| Valley Parent Preschool (VPPS) |
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We plan to provide an Infant and Child CPR and First Aid class to 50 community members, including our preschool parents. Our goal is to provide sufficient training to adults to prepare them to deal effectively with medical emergencies involving small children. |
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$2,463.00 |
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Vestia
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To provide a series of parenting workshops and 'toolkits' for effective parenting to parents of 150 toddlers & pre-kindergarten children in two of the lowest income zip codes in CCC. Focus on effective parenting skills and interactive play with children. |
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$10,000.00 |
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| West Contra Costa Youth Services Bureau |
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The West Contra Costa Youth Service Bureau seeks to enhance its current gallery of services by addressing the negative impact of poor nutrition on children 0-5 by hosting a Toddler Community Health Awareness Fair. This fair's primary purpose is to give healthier eating alternatives. |
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$10,000.00 |
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$226,713.00 |
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