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DEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 2005 GRANT AWARDS
Arts and Culture
Community Development and Civic Affairs
Education
Health and Human Services
TOTAL

Median Grant Award
Smallest Grant Award
Largest Grant Award

$13,500
151,142
83,375
131,646
$379,663

$12,750
$500
$25,000


ARTS AND CULTURE
Art Attack-School of Art
To purchase copier and two pottery wheels
$2,000
Indian Valley Theatre
To purchase materials for production sets
$750
Just Make It Happen
To provide matching grants for community concerts series
$8,000
Northern Illinois Children's Chorus
To purchase music and supplies for school festival
$750
Sandwich Opera House
To replace computer and vacuum
$2,000
TOTAL
$13,500

COMMUNTY DEVELOPMENT AND CIVIC AFFAIRS
Boy Scouts of America, Troop 71, Genoa
To replace troop trailer
$2,000
Boy Scouts of America, Three Fires Council
To supply disadvantaged youth with uniforms, literature, and camping equipment
$2,000
Clinton Township Public Library
To purchase computer equipment and furniture

$4,000

Cortland Community Library
To purchase books to fill collection "gaps"

$1,000

DeKalb County Court Services
To purchase supplies for the Juvenile Learning Mentor Program
$750
DeKalb County Historical and Genealogical Society
To assist in the publication of a history of DeKalb County one-room school 
 

$2,000

DeKalb Park District
To purchase two kayaks

$540

DeKalb Public Library
To purchase copy machine
$2,000
DeKalb Public Library
To update non-fiction Spanish language section
$1,500
Ellwood House Museum
To purchase projector and laptop computer
$2,000
Ellwood House Museum
For a computer network server, computer and software
$1,750
Flewellin Memorial Library-Shabbona
To purchase a new copier
$950
Fox Valley Family YMCA
To help furnishing play area in new Sandwich facility
$2,000
Fox Valley Family YMCA
To purchase an automated external defibrillator

$2,620

Franklin Township Park District
To purchase a mower
$3,000
Genoa Township Park District
Funding for playground equipment

$6,000
Genoa-Kingston Fire Department
To purchase fire fighting equipment for fire ground support
$5,000
Hand in Hand-Kingston Community
For sign, lighting, and railing at the village library
$750
Hand in Hand-Kingston Community
For landscaping and planters
$1,750
Indian Creek Summer Recreation
To purchase bleachers and wind screen for softball field

$5,000
Joiner History Room/Sycamore Public Library
For archival supplies
$2,000
Joseph F. Glidden Homestead and Historical Center
To assist with "Blacksmith Shop" exhibit
$2,500
Kingston Law Enforcement Explorer Post
To purchase microphone-radio holders, hats and badges
$1,000
Kirkland Community Fire & Rescue District
To purchase a modular MED-BED patient transport unit
$5,000
Kishwaukee Family YMCA
To replace and upgrade computer, workstations and server
$7,000
Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra
To purchase a timpani instrument, a nare drum and stand
$2,132
Malta Fire Department
To purchase air bottles for SCBA packs

$4,000

Malta Historical and Genealogical Society
To assist in roof restoration
$5,000
Malta Township Library Board
To assist in building the new addition
$15,000
Maple Park Fire District
To assist in purchase of new village ambulance

$2,500

Maple Park Fire District
To purchase an extrication tool
$3,000
Midwest Museum of Natural History
To purchase interactive touch-screens
$4,500
Neighbors in Christ Ecumenical Center N.I.C.E.
To replace windows at the food & clothing pantry
$7,500
Paw Paw Fire District
To purchase two pagers and a hand-held radio

$1,000

Sandwich Boys Baseball
To purchase safety netting
$2,500
Sandwich Historical Society
To replace windows in the museum
$4,500
Sandwich Park District
To purchase equipment for girls' softball program
$2,500
Sandwich Park District
For planting at the Harvey Creek Conservation Area
$8,000
Sandwich Township Public Library District
To purchase new computers

$3,000

Shelters for Healthy Environments, Inc.
To purchase bike rack

$500

Somonauk Fire District
To purchase rescue equipment and generator
$4,000
Sycamore Historical Society & Museum
Funding for archival supplies
$900
Sycamore Park District
To refit the activity room with new equipment, games and tables/chairs
$1,000
Sycamore Public Library
To assist in roof restoration

$7,000

TAILS Animal Shelter
To purchase sign structure for new facility
$2,000
TAILS Animal Shelter
To purchase animal dryer

$2,000

Village of Somonauk
To construct wheelchair accessibility to the village hall
$4,500
TOTAL
$151,142

EDUCATION
Bethany First Step Preschool
To purchase playground equipment

$1,100

Children's Home and Aid Society
For "Healthy Families" program in DeKalb County

$2,000

Children's Learning Center
To assist in building repairs and purchase of supplies

$5,000

Cornerstone Christian Academy
To assist in completion of gymnasium floor

$4,000

DeKalb School District-High School Music Program
To purchase wireless microphones
$2,500
Federated Church Preschool
To replace preschool furniture and activity center
$3,000
First Daycare and Preschool
To purchase a laminator, dye cut machine, table and chairs, and science equipment

$2,500

First Daycare and Preschool
To purchase equipment and to develop play area
$2,000
Hiawatha School District-High School History Club
To purchase Illinois history books
$1,000
Indian Valley Vocational Center
To provide safety equipment to fire science students

$1,000

Kishwaukee Education Consortium (KEC)
To purchase Career-Tech and Alternative Ed Electronic equipment
$2,000
Kishwaukee Education Consortium (KEC)
To assist remodeling and equipping kitchen for culinary arts program
$5,000
Malta Elementary School PTO
To purchase playground equipment

$4,000

Neighbor's House
To purchase photocopier, computer stations, and materials
$1,500
NIU-Campus Child Care Center
To construct paved pathway and to purchase area rugs

$1,700

Sandwich School District-Herman Dummer Elementary School
To purchase portable platform lift
$4,000
Somonauk Education Foundation
To build an outdoor community gathering place
$5,000
Somonauk School District
To install card security system on S.H.S. doors

$4,000
Somonauk School District-High School
To develop a fitness center for the school and community use
$3,000
St. Mary School - DeKalb
To purchase sound system
$3,000
St. Mary School - Sycamore
To purchase equipment for art and theatre programs
$2,500
Strawberry Patch Preschool - Kirkland
To purchase a copy machine
$2,200
Sycamore Child Care
To purchase furniture, toys and art supplies

$2,500

Sycamore Child Care
To upgrade current lighting fixtures
$2,850
Sycamore School District - Elementary Music Department
To purchase recorders and storage units

$1,500

The Growning Place
To purchase equipment & install a door
$2,225
The Salvation Army Day Care Center
For equipment and supplies to expand preschool classes

$3,500

Two Rivers - Head Start Agency
To purchase indoor play equipment and safety surfacing

$5,000

United Church Daycare and Pre-School, Sandwich
To purchase equipment, intercom system, FAX and copy machine

$3,800

Walcamp Outdoor Ministries
To build a farm and garden
$3,000
TOTAL
$83,375

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
American Red Cross
To replace printers and computer
$2,600
Ben Gordon Center
To purchase a mail server

$2,500

Ben Gordon Center
To purchase computer equipment
$1,000
Children's Learning Center
To replace carpeting and tile flooring
$6,500
Court Appointed Special Advocates-CASA
To rewire phone line; print business cards; assist in training expenses

$1,000

Court Appointed Special Advocates-CASA
To research and create a training program
$750
DCP/SAFE - Ben Gordon Center
For a trailer to transport materials and equipment for Safety Seat Checkpoint program

$2,000

DeKalb Cooperative Preschool Council
To replace furniture, equipment, toys, and miscellaneous materials
$2,000
DeKalb County Court Services
To provide transportation for summer juvenile camp

$1,000

DeKalb County Youth Service Bureau
To upgrade computer equipment

$2,000

DeKalb-Sycamore Association of Special Recreation
To purchase portable aquatic lift

$2,000

Elder Care Services
To purchase new phone system
$4,000
Family Service Agency
For training and support to build a database and software
$1,200
Fox Valley Older Adult Services
To sealcoat and restripe parking lot
$3,583
Hope Haven
To purchase blinds for the homeless shelter
$2,000
Hope Haven
For new computer system
$2,500
Kishwaukee Community Hospital
First installment of $250,000 pledge to help equip new hospital
$25,000
Kishwaukee United Way
For an inaugural United Wat "Day of Caring" event
$500
Kishwaukee Valley Habitat for Humanity
To purchase a printer

$4,000

NIU-Center for Access and Founders Library
To purchase equipment for disabled-access services
$2,000
NIU-Health and Human Services
To purchase equipment for senior citizen internet game

$2,863

NIU-Health and Human Services
To expand a portable trailer into a "health screening facility"
$10,626
NIU-Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic
To assist in purchasing additional audio logical equipment

$7,000

NIU-Visual and Performing Arts
To assist in production of music CD for "SongSpeak" children

$2,000

Open Door Rehabilitation Center
To purchase and equip computer workstations

$7,500

Opportunity House, Inc.
To purchase accessible bathtub for group home

$7,000

Pay It Forward House
To purchase family room furniture for this new Sycamore facility

$1,500

Pine Acres Care Center - Lifelink
To purchase electric "low" beds

$4,000

RAMP - Regional Access and Mobilization Project
To purchase furniture and equipment for DeKalb office expansion
$3,500
Voluntary Action Center
To purchase copy machine

$4,000

Voluntary Action Center
To assist in purchase of transportation van
$10,000
We Care Pregnancy Center
To upgrade telephone system and internet access
$3,524
TOTAL
$131,646