16 grants were awarded for a total of $27,510.
The recipients were:
Nevada Joint Union High School District/Nevada City 49er Breakfast Rotary Club
Nevada City, CA
$1,800 for training peer tutors to assist students struggling with reading/writing
Nevada Union High School
Grass Valley, CA
$2,000 to purchase a video camera to produce video book talks and to purchase best-selling books
South Tahoe High School
South Lake Tahoe, CA
$1,400 to fund a visual arts linoleum print project and display of the projects in the community
Tahoe Art League – Bringing Arts to Schools
South Lake Tahoe, CA
$1,250 to complete their website by adding art prints and project ideas for school volunteers
Boys and Girls Club of Lake Tahoe
South Lake Tahoe, CA
$2,000 to create and publish the first edition of the Kid Trib newspaper
Bijou Community School Two-Way Immersion Program
South Lake Tahoe, CA
$1,960 to purchase leveled classroom readers for the 3rd and 1st grade classrooms
Umpqua Community College
Roseburg, OR
$1,850 for listening centers in four classrooms to encourage interest in reading in Pre-K students
The Melrose Reading Station
Roseburg, OR
$2,000 to present two 10-week Family Literacy Workshops
Hader Connection
Roseburg, OR
$1,500 to create lesson plans for art and history lessons based on stories/illustrations by Berta and Elmer Hader
Douglas County Youth Orchestra
Roseburg, OR
$1,750 to purchase a new bass violin for the orchestra
Dos Rios Elementary School
Evans, CO
$2,000 to purchase materials to promote science and math literacy using technology and hands-on experimentation
Harold S. Winograd K-8 School
Greeley, CO
$2,000 to support the After School Program to provide intervention to increase reading skills
Galeton Elementary
Galeton, CO
$2,000 to be used for tutoring expenses over the summer for students with Dyslexia
Habitat for Humanity International, Inc.
Greeley, CO
$2,000 to provide tuition for children living in Habitat homes to attend the summer Aims College for Kids
Carson City Library Foundation, Inc.
Carson City, NV
$1,000 to help fund programs supporting literacy in the Carson City, Nevada area
ESL In-Home Program of Northern Nevada
Carson City, NV
$1,000 to help fund literacy programs through in-home programs