2016 Redding Rancheria Community Fund Awards

NEWS RELEASE

Release Date: December 10, 2016 Contacts: RRCF Maria Orozco- Director of Public Relations- 530-242-4516 or 530-227-7718 SRCF Amanda Hutchings 530.244.1219 amanda@shastarcf.org

Redding Rancheria Community Fund Awards $95,000 to 25 Organizations The Redding Rancheria Community Fund, a fund of the Shasta Regional Community Foundation, is pleased to announce grant awards totaling $95,000 to 25 local organizations in Shasta and Trinity Counties. “The long standing partnership between the Redding Rancheria and Shasta Regional Community Foundation has allowed us to serve so many of our friends, neighbors, and their families through the work of local nonprofits and public entities,� says Amanda Hutchings, Program Officer at Shasta Regional Community Foundation. With these recent broad impact awards, the total grants from the RRCF since the fund was established at the Community Foundation is now $2,788,298.

The following organizations recently received funds from the Fall 2016 cycle: Organization

Project

Anderson Police Department

Education materials and a portable PA system for Alcohol & Drug related DUI education & prevention program

Anderson Police Department Ascend Wilderness Experience Burney Junior Senior High School Burney Junior Senior High School Burney Junior Senior High School Cascade Theatre/JPR Foundation City of Anderson Parks & Recreation City of Redding/ Friends of Rolling Hills Playground Empire Recovery Center

Jamar Radar Recorder software package and portable data collection equipment Medical supplies and camping equipment Sound system for the gymnasium Fly fishing, archery, woodworking equipment and training materials Software for Business Essential course and field trip transportation costs HD projector upgrade Folding tables and chairs for Scout Hall

Amount Awarded $3,610.00 $3,600.00 $4,143.00 $2,000.00 $2,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $6,265.00

Playground equipment

$1,500.00 $1,000.00

Fall River Elementary Fall River High School

2 HP Laptop Computers Magazine subscription, library bound novels, and Accelerated Reader books Reusable stencils 3-D printers

Halcumb Cemetery District

Replace gutters/lighting/windows and seal blacktop

$4,043.00

Fall River Elementary

$2,000.00 $1,170.00 $2,602.00

Happy Valley Fire Protection District

Rescue saw, light generator, smoke blower and SCBA bottles

$8,667.00

Local Indians for Education

Tools and equipment for land-based cultural classes

$2,000.00

Local Indians for Education

Airfare for 14 Northern California Native runners to Japan (Native Roots Network)

$10,000.00

Mayers Intermountain Healthcare Foundation Meadow Lane Elementary School NorCal Federation Junior Youth Football Northern California Veterans Support Group Northern California Youth & Family Programs

New chairs for patient rooms and outpatient physical therapy office 3D printers, spools of filament, shelving, etc.

$2,500.00 $2,100.00

Sports equipment/uniforms and miscellaneous costs

$3,400.00

Partially fund Air Force Memorial

$1,500.00

Construction of an outdoor play area

$1,000.00

Northern Valley Catholic Social Service

Partially fund the Pill Bug Backpack program - feeding 265 students per week

$3,500.00

Planned Parenthood of Northern California

Educational materials, travel and staff time

$3,000.00

Prescription: Pets

Handbooks and educational materials for the R.E.A.D program

$3,000.00

Redding Homeless Day Resource Center

Lockers, locks, bike racks, mailboxes, and dog kennel

$6,500.00

Shasta Lake Gateway Library ShiningCare, Inc. The Skate Movement Weaverville Fire District

Snow cone machine, banners, pop-ups, sandwich boards, and ground covers 2 lap tops with docking stations and a POS System PA system, canopies, folding tables and chairs Multi-channel radios Total:

$2,500.00 $2,600.00 $1,800.00 $5,000.00 $95,000.00

For more information regarding the Redding Rancheria Community Fund please contact Amanda Hutchings at the Shasta Regional Community Foundation at 530-244-1219. ### The Shasta Regional Community Foundation is a resource building organization in Shasta and Siskiyou Counties dedicated promoting philanthropy by connecting people who care with causes that matter. Since 2000, the Community Foundation has awarded over $18,000,000 in grants to area nonprofit organizations. For more information call the Shasta Regional Community Foundation at (530) 244-1219 or visit www.shastarcf.org.