|
2004
Holiday Fund Following is a list of this year's recipients: Adolescent Counseling Services --
On Campus Counseling Program to middle and high school students
in
Palo Alto,
Menlo Park. $7,500 American Red Cross Safe Ride program, celebrating
it’s 20th year. Targets teen drinking and driving.
$5,000 Challenge Learning Center Youth Leadership and Community
Service program teaching leadership and public speaking skills. $5,000 Children’s Day in East Palo Alto Underwriting for Children’s
Day in the Park, a free, fun-filled day with activities for parents
and families. $4,000 Cleo Eulau Center Collaborative Counseling Program for
at-risk teens at Community School South in East Palo Alto. $5,000 Community Breast Health Project Gabriella
Paster Program, providing
patient navigation services for low-income women and their families.
$5,000 Community Development Institute Supports the Leadership
Training Academy, a leadership training program for middle and high school
youth. Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto -- To
develop self-help materials that will reach underserved teenagers
who are at risk of becoming involved in the juvenile justice system.
$10,000 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation -- Provide small
grants to educators on a quick turn-around basis. $7,500 East Palo Alto Senior Center -- Funds used for
expenses of the daily breakfast program. $5,000 East Palo Alto YMCA Summer Day Camp and Specialty Camps serving 350-750 youth
ages five through twelve. $10,000 Ecumenical Hunger Program Children’s Resource Center, a
program dedicated to meeting the needs of low income children and
families. $7,500 Family Connections -- Six week summer school
program for low income families whose students are making the transition
into kindergarten. $7,500 Foundation for a College Education College Bound program, including special workshops
on various college preparedness topics. $5,000 Free At Last Youth Risk Reduction Outreach Project helps young people who are
sidetracked into activities that could lead to serious health concerns. $7,500 Jordan Middle School PTA Support for Jordan Homework
Center, an after-school
study center for all Jordan students. $5,000 Kara Supports the Volunteer Training Session for the Youth and Family Service
program.. $5,000 Lytton Gardens -- To expand the Friendly Visitors
program, by recruiting more youth visitors o meet one-on-one
with the elderly. $5,000 Music in the Schools -- To expand the in-school
music program at Costaño
School in East Palo Alto. $2,500 New Creation Home Ministries Supports New Creation Home which helps young mothers
learn independent life skills. $5,000 Pacific Islander Community Center Support for tutorial classes for Pacific Islander
students. $5,000 Palo Alto Art Center Foundation Cultural Kaleidoscope art education program partnering
Palo Alto and Ravenswood schools. $5,000 Palo Alto Housing Corporation Support to expand Resident Services Program to
the families at Oak Court apartments $5,000 PAPPA (Palo Alto Parents & Professionals for Art) -- Support
a nine week pilot program providing late bus service for the
Voluntary
Transfer
Program
students
from East Palo Alto, in order for students to participate in after
school enrichment programs at three PAUSD elementary schools. $10,000 Parents Place Family Resource Center -- To
improve the quality of childcare and intervene on behalf of at-risk
children
at six Palo Alto childcare centers. $10,000 Ravenswood City School District-Health Services -- To
continue a comprehensive sexuality education and pregnancy prevention
program for 5th and 8th grade students. $10,000 St. Francis of Assisi Boys Club -- Funds used
towards field trips, sports activities and sports equipment $2500 St. Vincent de Paul Society -- Emergency rent,
rental deposits and utility assistance. $5,000 Support Network for Battered Women -- To support
the cost of the Shelter Children’s Coordinator.
$5,000 West Bay Opera -- To expand performances of
the Opera in the Schools program, designed to introduce opera
to
elementary school children in Palo Alto and East Palo Alto
schools. $5,000 YES -- Reading Materials for one-on-one volunteer
tutoring for Belle Haven School students. $7,500 Youth Community Service -- General support
for the community service and leadership program, bringing together
middle and high school youth from Palo Alto, EPA,
Menlo Park and Redwood City. $5,000 ZOHAR -- To provide weekly IndepenDANCE instruction
to underserved and special needs children throughout the Palo
Alto area. $3,000 Child Care-Capital Grants Friends Nursery School -- To remove a rotted
fence around the children’s
play yard and stabilize and upgrade another part of the play yard..
$5,000 Palo Alto Community Child Care -- Replace flooring
in the infant and toddler rooms of Sojourner Truth Child Development
Center $10,000 Preschool Family -- Renovation of the children’s restroom. $10,000 |
