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Adventure Learning - a Circle grantee - introduces young people to incredible places and to resources within themselves

2012 Grants -- Total Amount Awarded:  $25,000

Backyard Harvest – providing access to fresh, healthy produce to lower income community members.  Our grant will support the general operations of the organization during a transition year.

Family Promise – coordinates local churches and services to provide transitional housing and services to homeless families.  Our grant supports the development of a chapter in our region. 

My Own Home – provides services to help our community’s older residents to stay in their homes independently.  Our grant supports their first year of operations.

Palouse Land Trust – preserves open space by working with landowners on conservation easements.  Our grant will help them grow their capacity for fundraising.

Willow Center – bereavement support for children who have lost a loved one.  We are supporting their expansion to Latah County.

2011 Grants -- Total Amount Awarded: $22,792

Juliaetta Elementary School, for summer reading program
Kenworthy Performing Arts Center, for kids' movie series
Troy Elementary School, for Science in Your Own Backyard program
St. Vincent de Paul, to aid elderly individuals in need
Project Access, to train professionals in mental health first aid
Gritman Adult Day Health, for the Helping Hands fund
Families Together, educational programming for families with disabled children
Pritchard Art Gallery, to renovate educational space in art gallery

2010 Grants -- Total Amount Awarded:  $22,038.45

  1. St. Vincent de Paul:  Emergency unemployment assistance
  2. Backyard Harvest: Harvest Share Market stand
  3. The Alliance House: Maintenance & repair of group home for mentally ill
  4. Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse: Peer support groups for survivors
  5. Moscow School District, Moscow Mentor/Bear Buddies Program:  operational costs
  6. Adventure Learning Camps: Scholarship Fund
  7. Palouse Area Therapeutic Horsemanship, College of Veterinary Medicine, WSU: Palouse Area Therapeutic Horsemanship (PATH)
  8. Palouse Land Trust: Hire P-T marketing & promotions staff member
  9. Palouse Prairie School: School-community greenhouse
  10. Success by 6 of the Palouse: Child passenger safety program
  11. McDonald Elementary School: Outdoor garden improvement

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Palouse Area Therapeutic Horsemanship provides therapeutic alternatives for children and adults with various physical or mental challenges in our area

2009 Grants -- Total Amount Awarded:  $19,000

  1. Backyard Harvest Inc
  2. St. Vincent de Paul
  3. Sojourners' Alliance
  4. Latah County 4-H
  5. Sigma Tau Delta/First Book
  6. Adventure Learning Camps
  7. Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute

2008 Grants -- Total Amount Awarded:  $18,500

  1. St. Vincent de Paul – Moscow Conference:  St Vincent Energy Relief emergency energy bill coverage
  2. Rendezvous in Moscow, Inc.:  Rendezvous for Kids, to subsidize kid art component
  3. University of Idaho, Child & Youth Study Center: Children’s Reading Program:  money for 20 kids, a years worth of tutorial services
  4. University of Idaho Sustainable Campus Move-Out Program:  Reuse Made Easy: to salvage waste from spring waste at UI, store and sell
  5. Troy Elementary School: Environmental science camp for 6th graders for 4 days
  6. Palouse Youth Hockey Association (PYHA): goalie gear for kids that is shared and scholarships
  7. West Park Elementary: repair unsafe playground equipment