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Marshall Education Association recently sponsored a Whopper Feed with the proceeds going to the annual United Way campaign. The donation of $779 is the first special event donation for the 2010-11 United Way of Southwest Minnesota fund-raisin
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School supplies, eye glasses, clothing items, boots, gloves, snowpants, field trip activity fees, first aid supplies or other items that students need are some of the uses of the United Way of Southwest Minnesota student emergency fund grants to tw
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United Way of Southwest Minnesota announces that $10,000 has been targeted for use by area non-profit organizations to better serve area residents during the next fiscal year. Organizations serving this area of southwest Minnesota are eligibl
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United Way of Southwest Minnesota announces thirty-four (34) grants totaling $322,518 for programs in this area that will serve local people during 2010-11. A number of the programs serve multi-county areas. The grants represent United
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United Way of Southwest Minnesota has elected new officers and directors for the organization for the 2010-11 fiscal year. Joining the board as new directors are: Kari Harding, Canby, Southwest Insurance Services; Josh Bonnstetter, Slay
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| 2010-07-13 - United Way of Southwest Minnesota Awards Community Impact Grants Totaling $322,518 |
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United Way of Southwest Minnesota announces thirty-four (34) grants totaling $322,518 for programs in this area that will serve local people during 2010-11. A number of the programs serve multi-county areas. The grants represent United Way's commitment to support community priorities of education, income and health. All grant applications were reviewed by teams of local volunteers who made recommendations for funding to the United Way of Southwest Minnesota Board of Directors.
The following community impact grants have been awarded:
Education (Helping children and youth achieve their potential)
- Arc of Minnesota Southwest (Family Connections Program): $4,000
- Camp Love's Embrace (bereavement support): $1,000
- Girl Scouts, MN & WI River Valleys: $2,500
- Boy Scouts, Sioux Council: $2,500
- The Connection (Canby Youth Center): $6,500
- Big Buddies of Western Community Action: $28,000
- Youth as Resources: $2,000
- Peer Helpers/Ambassadors: $1,800
- Junior Achievement of SW/WC Minnesota (Lyon & Murray Counties): $6,000
- Sheriff's Youth Programs of MN (Marshall Group Home): $720
- Mustang Mail (SMSU): $500
- Head Start of Western Community Action (Incredible Years Parenting Program): $9,000
- R.O.C.K. (Raising Our Children's Kids) of Western Community Action: $500
- Success By 6 (Imagination Library, School Readiness Kits, Mobile Learning, Early Childhood Initiative): $63,357
Income (Promoting financial stability and independence)
- Iftiin, Inc.: $15,000
- MURL Housing Project of Western Community Action: $2,500
- Financial Empowerment Collaborative: $6,120
- Marshall Area Ministerial Association Compassion Fund: $2,000
- Service Enterprises, Inc.: $2,500
- United Way 2-1-1: $800
- Free Tax Preparation Clinic of Western Community Action: $7,200
- Western Minnesota Legal Services: $5,000
- Kitchen Table Food Shelves of Western Community Action: $38,000
Health (Improving people's health)
- Adult Community Center: $4,421
- American Red Cross - Prairie Winds Chapter: $9,000
- Canby Bloodmobile: $700
- Living at Home Block Nurse Program: $4,500
- Senior Nutrition Program (Lutheran Social Services): $7,000
- Marshall Area YMCA: $20,000
- Marshall United Soccer Association: $2,000
- New Horizons Crisis Center: $29,000
- Prairie Home Hospice: $8,000
- Gillette Outreach Clinics (Southwest Assistive Technology Network): $10,400
- Women's Rural Advocacy Program (WRAP): $20,000
In addition to the above Community Impact Grants, United Way of Southwest Minnesota awards venture grants two times a year and annually awards student emergency fund grants to twenty-one (21) area schools. All funds that are granted were raised as donations to the annual United Way of Southwest Minnesota campaign.
United Way of Southwest Minnesota is an independent, local organization working to create lasting changes in people's lives and the communities in Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Yellow Medicine and western Redwood Counties of Minnesota.
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