Redding Rancheria Community Fund Awards Spring 2018

NEWS RELEASE

Release Date: July 10, 2018 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 $97,000 to Regional Organizations The Redding Rancheria Community Fund, a fund of Shasta Regional Community Foundation, is pleased to announce grant awards totaling $97,000 to organizations in Shasta and Trinity counties. “A long-standing partnership between the Redding Rancheria and Shasta Regional Community Foundation has made possible the work of local nonprofits and public entities for the benefit of many of our friends, neighbors, and their families,� says Amanda Hutchings, Program Officer at Shasta Regional Community Foundation. With these broad impact awards, the total grants from the Redding Rancheria Community Fund since the fund was established at the Community Foundation is now over $3,050,000.

The following 38 organizations recently received funds from the Spring 2018 cycle: #

Organization Name

1

American Red Cross

2

Anderson Police Department

3

Ascend Wilderness Experience California Heritage YouthBuild Academy City of Anderson Community Services/Parks & Recreation Dept.

North Valley Catholic Social Services Empire Hotel Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center (E.H.A.R.C.) Epilepsy Foundation of Northern California Family Dynamics Resource Center French Gulch-Whiskeytown Elementary

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Friends of the Hayfork Park Gateway Unified School District/Buckeye School of the Arts Great Shasta Rail Trail Association

Award Amount

Purpose Smoke alarms and related program materials Safe, ballistic body armor, medical kit, and tourniquets Equipment for youth backpack program Water fountain/water bottle filler Playground equipment Food for Pill Bug Backpack Program in partnership with Cottonwood Drugs Bed linens Support office related expenses Scholarships and camp equipment for Camp HOPE Fencing and hardware for outdoor classroom environment Pool lane lines General support of the Buckeye music program Brush-clearing equipment

$ 1,000.00 $ 2,000.00 $ 500.00 $ 1,500.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 1,000.00 $ 1,000.00 $

900.00

$ 1,000.00 $ 1,200.00 $ 1,100.00 $

500.00

$ 1,740.00

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Happy Valley Fire Protection District Hat Creek Volunteer Fire Department Children First Foster Family Agency Intermountain Healthcare Foundation Inwood Community Farm

20

Lewiston Community Services District Local Indians for Education

21

Manton Education Council

19

22

23 24

Native Roots Network - Fiscally Sponsored by Local Indians for Education (LIFE) Northern California Center for Family Awareness - Kids' Turn Shasta Northern California Veterans Museum & Heritage Center

Sets of Wildland Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) pants and coats Installation and updates of security systems Personal hygiene items for homeless & poverty level High School students Adult and Infant Resuscitation Mankins Equipment for the Inwood Community Farm 10 folding conference tables and 30 chairs Gathering Drum General support of the technology upgrade budget Computer

Computer, software, workshop equipment Emergency assistance to veterans and widows of veterans Rent, utilities, deposits, transit assistance, food for homeless diversion program

25

People of Progress

26

Redding Aquatics

Swim equipment

27

Shasta Builders Exchange -The Trade School at SBE, Inc

Child/infant manikins, choking trainers, CPR/AED/First Aid training packages

28

Shasta Community Health Center

29

Shasta County Child Abuse Prevention Coordinating Council

Youth Cooking Camp support Training equipment and materials & outreach materials for the Parent Leadership Advisory Group

30

Shasta Family Young Men's Christian Association

First grade learn to swim program Create a recording studio & purchasing display cases for historical artifacts including Native American baskets Children’s nature-based outdoor classroom and garden

31

Shasta Lake Heritage & Historical Society

32

Shasta Library Foundation

33

Shasta Treatment Center

Replace office phone system

34

Shingletown Medical Center The Alyssa Araiza Wings of Angels Organization The Watershed Research and Training Center

Commercial free-standing refrigerator Costs of utility bills, vehicle repairs, propane, phone bills of families with seriously ill children

Turtle Bay Exploration Park Whitmore Union Elementary School District

Partially fund the "Eureka!" exhibition

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General support of Indian Valley Summer Camp

General support of the Whitmore School garden TOTAL

$ 5,738.00 $ 3,000.00 $ 1,000.00 $ 2,400.00 $ 500.00 $ 1,955.00 $ 900.00 $ 500.00 $ 1,500.00 $

700.00

$ 4,781.00 $ 1,000.00 $ 500.00 $ 3,000.00 $ 500.00 $ 1,000.00 $ 7,500.00 $ 4,100.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 2,986.00 $ 3,000.00 $ 6,000.00 $ 500.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 500.00 $ 97,000.00

The Community Foundation makes charitable giving easy and effective by creating permanent funds that help the region meet the challenges of changing times. For more information regarding the Redding Rancheria Community Fund please contact Amanda Hutchings at 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 $23,000,000 in grants to area nonprofit organizations.

For more information call the Shasta Regional Community Foundation at (530)244-1219 or visit www.shastarcf.org.