Your Community Foundation has awarded $13,390 in grants to various community organizations to help fund efforts to fight hunger, promote local tourism, protect the environment and more. Board members Job Springer and Carla Nemecek presented recipients with their awards.
Established in 2012, Your Community Foundation works to advance the quality of life in Allen County. Those hoping to apply for a YCF grant should visit its website. The foundation awards grants every fall. Grant monies are made possible from earnings on endowed funds from when the Foundation was established and those that continue to arrive.
The recipients are:
Allen County Recycling, which received $5,000 for operational expenses as the group seeks to continue providing a community recycling program.
Elsmore Community Ruritan Club was awarded $2,000 for the group’s food pantry.
Humanity House will use its award of $2,000 to help purchase supplies for its food pantry and to assemble Christmas boxes for the needy this holiday season.
Iola Chamber of Commerce was awarded $1,000 to help fund the installation of murals around Iola’s downtown square.
Iola Public Library received $1,390 to purchase two automated external defibrillators, or AEDs. One will be in the library’s meeting room and another in the main collection.
Iola Senior Center will use its $2,000 to improve and expand the building’s display areas.
