NEWS RELEASE
Release Date: June 27, 2017 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 $100,000 to Regional Organizations The Redding Rancheria Community Fund, a fund of the Shasta Regional Community Foundation, is pleased to announce grant awards totaling $100,000 to organizations in Shasta and Trinity Counties. “The tremendous 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 broad impact awards, the total grants from the RRCF since the fund was established at the Community Foundation is now $2,900,000. The following 42 organizations recently received funds from the Spring 2017 cycle: Organization Name Anderson Middle School Band Booster Club
Amount Requested $500
Purpose Percussion instruments
Burney Elementary School
$2,099
Water bottle filling stations and fountain
Burney Elementary School
$1,500
Lego Mindstorm kits
Burney Water District
$1,100
Equipment for the Intermountain Swim Club
Connecting to Care
$7,400
5 iPads
Dream Quest
$3,500
Desktop computers
Fall River Elementary
$1,100
Water bottle filling station
Fall River Junior Senior High School
$4,486
Sound system for the gymnasium
Family Dynamics Resource Center
$3,000
Scholarships and materials/camping equipment for Native American children to attend Camp HOPE
Girls Incorporated of the Northern Sacramento Valley
$500
Support the Sporting Chance Program
Halcumb Cemetery District
$6,300
Furniture and flooring in Chapel building
HALO (Horses Assist Lives Organization)
$2,800
Arena improvements, safety equipment, instructional aids and curriculum
Independent Living Services of Northern CA
$1,700
Cleaning materials to process donated equipment
KIXE-TV
$3,125
Outreach materials and costumes
Lakehead Lions Club Foundation
$1,500
Steel door and panic bar
Lassen Park Foundation
$2,000
Youth Camping Program at Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lewiston Sparkies
$1,600
Fire safety school kits for children and first aid kits /safety information for residents
Mercy Foundation North
$790
Therapeutic Music Program at Golden Umbrella
Northern California Veterans Museum and Heritage Center
$2,000
Emergency financial, educational, and nutritional assistance to surviving Veteran’s Spouses
Northern Valley Catholic Social Service
$2,000
Food and backpacks for partnership with Cottonwood Drugs
One SAFE Place
$1,300
Camera and accessories
Ready for Life
$1,700
Equipment for daycare room
Redding School of the Arts
$3,000
Instruments for band
Roderick Hayfork Senior Nutrition Center
$5,500
Air conditioning/cooling unit
Shasta Builders' Exchange
$2,500
National Electric Code Classroom Materials
Shasta County Arts Council Shasta Family YMCA Shasta Library Foundation
$500 $3,000 $500
Shasta Living Streets
$1,000
Shasta Trinity Fly Fishers
$7,600
Spring Rivers Foundation
$2,500
Stage 44 Players The Watershed Research and Training Center
$900 $1,000
To support Redding Fashion Alliance First Grade Learn to Swim program Raising a Reader Program in partnership with Shasta Early Literacy Partnership Valet bike racks, strider bikes, and helmets TV monitors, equipment, and sound system for education center Shasta County Outdoor Workshop and Symposium Program Lunches for children Indian Valley Summer Camp activities for children
Trinity Alps Unified School District
$500
Marching band uniforms
Trinity High School Weightlifting Program
$500
Weightlifting equipment
Trinity Players Inc.
$1,500
Stage lights
Turtle Bay Exploration Park
$10,000
Material Culture Exhibit
United Way of Northern California
$2,500
TV, hardware, and installation for Community Room
Weaverville Boy Scout Troop #15 Western Shasta Resource Conservation District Women's Health Specialists Youth Sports Programs
$500
Mess kits and camping stoves for outdoor education program
$1,000
Greenhouse project
$500
Outreach materials
$3,000 $100,000
Concession stand at Bonnyview Elementary School TOTAL SPRING 2017 AWARDS
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 to promoting philanthropy by connecting people who care with causes that matter. Since 2000, the Community Foundation has awarded over $20,000,000 in grants to area nonprofit organizations. For more information call the Shasta Regional Community Foundation at (530)244-1219 or visit www.shastarcf.org.