Grant Activity

2019-20 DISTRICT 5960 GRANT ACTIVITY...

GREAT FOR FUTURE IDEAS!

APPROVED/COMPLETED DISTRICT GRANTS

STILLWATER SUNRISE: Provided virtual reality equipment to help people understand dementia. Total: $8,016

LAKEVILLE: Sent at-risk teens on a mission trip as part of Tree House so they could build needed skills. Total: $14,560

RICE LAKE: Purchased bulletproof medical vests for EMS to enhance response time in dangerous situations. Total: $9,891

NEW RICHMOND: Built latrine and handwashing station in the village in Panama. Total: $4,675

HAYWARD: Sponsored Winston Churchill reenactment in the community to teach about perils of intolerance. Total: $2,950

S. ST. PAUL-INVER GROVE HEIGHTS: Provided vision screening tools to the community schools to identify issues. Total: $6,470

RIVER FALLS: Purchased and shipped an ambulance to a community in Nicaragua to assist in patient transport. Total: $7,421

MOUNDS VIEW-NEW BRIGHTON: Purchased a Two-wheel tractor for use at ECHO Global Farm in FL. Total: $12,076

ST. PAUL SUNRISE: Provided funding for self-defense classes in conjunction with trafficking victims. Total: $7,250

WHITE BEAR LAKE: Remodeled the water supply in Rancho Quemado, Costa Rica. Total: $19,300

HUDSON: Partnership with International Village Clinic to remodel classrooms at primary school in India. Total: $25,717

NORTHFIELD: Installed solar power, updated computer equipment, other upgrades at a maternity ward in Togo. Total: $18,400

ROSEVILLE: Supported intensive English training program for a North Korean refugee. Total: $9,275

ST. PAUL: Provided an ultrasound machine to a clinic at Nyabiheke Refugee Camp in Rwanda. Total: $21,000

APPROVED GLOBAL GRANTS

LAKEVILLE: Economic Development Grant in Iringa, Tanzania providing receipts for farmers to store their excess crops so they can be sold at a time that best benefits the farmer. Total: $188,200

ROSEVILLE: Water/Sanitation/Hygiene Grant in South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo creating a new clean water system that will benefit the area medical center, a new school, the community center, and 2,000 residents. Total: $44,750

GRANTS IN NEED OF PARTNERS

FOREST LAKE: Providing infrastructure (trees, plants, electrical, wastewater, roads) to Food for His Children’s Farm and Innovation Center in Tanzania. Total: $38,336

GREATER ROCHESTER: Installing 50 “smart” sensors on water chlorinators that provide safe water in Nicaragua. Total: $12,500 NEW PRAGUE: Installing a Rotary clock tower with the Four-Way Test on base on Main Street. Total: $30,500

PRIOR LAKE: Vegetable Garden upgrades at the past Global Grant site in The Gambia, West Africa. Total: $20,058

RED WING: Sponsor technical education exchange between MN State College Southeast and Ort Ormat in Israel. Total: $20,000

ST. PAUL (GLOBAL): Purchase and install the X-Ray machine and digital peripherals at the hospital in Ilula, Tanzania. Total: $150,003

NORTHFIELD (GLOBAL): Build wells, tanks, pumps, distribution/sanitation/septic systems & latrines in Guatemala. Total: $137,611

ARDEN HILLS-SHOREVIEW (GLOBAL): Install toilets, sanitation and hygiene equipment at 5 schools in Nigeria. Total: $106,997