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Issue 29, 6/11/13
Treat Yourself to the Arts!
I recently had the honor of reviewing grant applications for the Oregon Arts Commission. The proposals were from various organizations throughout the state in need of funding for operating support.
Each of these organizations has their unique and creative production for the audience's enjoyment - there's crafting art, historical museums, contemporary arts, choruses, operas, writing residencies, chamber music, theatre, youth symphony, and dance. We have so many wonderful organizations for our entertainment with hundreds of individuals devoted to their craft.
In a challenging economy, immediate needs usually trump the arts, but here's another way to offer support besides making a donation: attend a live performance. Doing so will not only elevate your enjoyment of life, but also add to the economy. Your attendance ensures the artists get paid for taking you on an artistic adventure, and the artists spend money in the community; it's a total win-win!
So this summer, treat yourself to the arts - walk through a museum, sit through a concert or live theatre production, and witness the hard work of curators, musicians and actors, singers and dancers. Their lives will be enriched because you were there to enjoy the fruit of their efforts - and the best part, is that it's fun!
Best wishes,
Jennifer
Jennifer Durand, Founder
jdurand@impactgrantmaking.com
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Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon - Breast Health Initiative
Funding for free breast examinations, professional screening, and diagnostic care, and outreach for uninsured women. Goal $36,000 Read More
Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon - Electronic Health Records Seeks funding to purchase EHR equipment and provide comprehensive staff training in order to improve patient care. Goal: $75,000 Read More
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Willamette Farm & Food Coalition
Educational Programs
Funding for the Farm to School and Family Outreach educational program to improve students and their families nutrition and health. Goal: $30,000 Read More
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Womenspace - Safe House
Funding for the Safe House project to improve access and safety of the environment around the facility. Goal: $4,950
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EarthShare Oregon - Outreach
Programs in the Workplace
Support for outreach programs into the workplace to engage employees in environmental events and "green teams". Goal: $300,000 Read More
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Cobb Children's Learning Center
Child Care Furnishings
CCLC provides childcare for low-income families and/or women going through the Crossroad's residential drug/alcohol treatment. CCLC is the only childcare provider in Douglas County offering care to families where parents are in the six-month long residential treatment program. Need funds for toddler tables, shelving, easels and mirrors. Goal: $5,200 Read More
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Womenspace, Inc.
Walk-In Advocacy Services
To raise funding to revive their Emergency Walk-In Advocacy Services for intimate partner violence victims. Funding will support a full-time, bilingual advocate to serve survivors.
Goal: $50,000
Sponsors, Inc.
Crisis FundTheir "Crisis Fund" needs funding to pay for bus passes, identification cards, emergency medical assistance, prescriptions for residential clients recently released from correctional institutions. Goal: $10,000 Read More
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Parenting Now! (formerly Birth to Three) Program Support
Parenting Now! is close to achieving our goal for the year for funding our Children's Program. Donations and grants of any and all sizes will help provide fun and developmentally appropriate programs for up to 400 children while their parents participate in our critical parenting programs. Revised Goal: $4,500
Eugene Public Library Foundation
The Homework Center & Live Homework Help
Need funding for the Homework Center programs serving students from 4J and Bethel school districts. In 2012, over 6,600 students received help. Goal: $40,000 Read More
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Pearl Buck Center
Program/Operating Support
Current focus is on program's quality, efficiency, sustainability, and remaining a valuable community resource for people affected by developmental disabilities. Need general program support rather than restricted funds to allow us the flexibility to adapt quickly, and to allocate support to the areas of greatest need. Goal: $40,000 Read More
ARC of Lane County
Respite Program
To add 12 Saturdays per year for their Take-A Break respite program. Gives parents a break from their child with an intellectual development disability. Goal: $25,000 Read More
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The Register Guard and United Way of Lane County are requesting volunteer of the month nominations.
Your volunteers deserve the honor and praise of being recognized--here is the form to fill out! PDF of Form
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WellMama, Inc.
Since 2007, WellMama has been the only provider in Lane County offering specific education, advocacy, and resources to women's healthcare providers and their patients who struggle with maternal mental health issues, like depression and anxiety, during pregnancy and postpartum.
For a woman who is under excessive amounts of stress during pregnancy, studies show that her child is substantially more likely to have emotional or cognitive problems, including an increased risk of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders, anxiety and language delay. Furthermore, a mother's depression or anxiety issue that continues or develops after the baby is born will also impact her child through the mother's poor or negligent parenting, resulting in a harder-to-care for child or one who tends to cry more frequently and for longer periods of time.
A former client and current volunteer of WellMama states, "When I got to the three-month mark (after my son was born), I crashed pretty quickly. I was so exhausted in body, mind, and soul. Within three days my doula, my favorite midwife, and my sons' pediatrician all told me I needed to go to WellMama." She credits WellMama for saving her life.
Many women do not know the symptoms of perinatal maternal mood disorders and may feel like depression or anxiety is "just a part of motherhood" when in fact, it is a treatable medical condition. Unfortunately, as these types of disorders progress, they tend to increase in severity so catching them early is critical for both the mother and her child.
WellMama's 40 volunteers and half-time executive director provide accurate information and confidential, nonjudgmental support to women and their families. WellMama also offers a free warm-line, mama-to-mama email and phone support program, peer group services, and has an extensive referral program.
WellMama educates the community through perinatal mental health education, consultation, and training within the professional community regarding the most recent research on prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders in Lane County.
www.wellmamaoregon.com
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WellMama - Grant WriterSeeks support to hire a part-time Grant Writer to help increase funding for their clients who experience pregnancy and postpartum depression and anxiety issues. Goal: $3,000 Read More
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Boys & Girls Club of the Greater Santiam - Summer Adventures
The B&G Club seeks funds to provide an enhanced summer program for East Linn County children. The Summer Adventure is designed to engage elementary age children in fun, educational, well-supervised activities that they might not otherwise experience due to lack of affordable care options suitable for this age range, summer learning loss, lack of family resources to pay for "summer fun activities. Goal: $52,786
Little Promises Children's Program - Security System
Seeking to install a comprehensive security system, to ensure that all who enter building are authorized and/or cleared to enter. Exterior cameras will assist in keeping grounds secure from unwanted visitors (as well as the occasional cougar sighted in the area). Goal: $45,237 Read More
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Huerto de la Familia
There is a need for Latino immigrants to have a long-term solution to food security. Seeking funding for their Organic Garden Education Program. Impact 60 families and 260 children. Goal: $6,000
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Friends of Buford Park & Mt. Pisgah -
Sponsor a Plot!
Want to have a bit of IMPACT for the good of the greater Mt. Pisgah area? Look no further than the Friends' Native Seed Nursery at Buford Park. As a Seed Plot Sponsor, you'll help restore our natural heritage, provide beauty for people and food for wildlife, and create a future filled with flowers instead of weeds in our backyard wilderness! Goal: 89 plots available to sponsor!
- $250 (10' x 10' plot)
- $500 (10' x 40' plot)
- $1000 (10' x 100' plot)
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Community LendingWorks -
Fund A Farmer or Food Business
Your gift will support a seasonal loan for a farmer or seasonal market vendor through their Market Loan program. Goal: $500 per Farmer Read More
NEDCO - Sprout! Kitchen Supplies
Support for local food by purchasing kitchen supplies for the entrepreneurs who will use the Sprout! Regional Food Hub. Goal: $10 to $500+ Read More
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The Trauma Healing Project - Services to Traumatized Individuals
Need funding for trauma sensitive body-based therapies in a safe environment for people who have experienced emotional trauma and are making efforts to heal. Goal: $20,000 Read More
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