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WEDNESDAY, DECEMER 10, 2025

Brookings, Oregon

The 2025 Brookings Toys for Tots program will have its distribution on Saturday, December 20th at the Elks Lodge

Applications can be submitted at the Elks Lodge during regular hours, and families can also apply on the day of distribution. Donations are accepted at various local drop-off points. Application and distribution details • Distribution Date: Saturday, December 20th, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. • Location: Elks Lodge. • Application: You can apply in person at the Elks Lodge during the day of distribution or submit one beforehand during their regular hours: Monday thru Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. • Donations: If you wish to donate, new, unwrapped toys can be dropped off at designated locations, such as the local Verizon store.

Important information • Applications are handled by the local campaign, so it is best to check with the local chapter for any status updates. • Toys for Tots does not accept used toys, food items, or open products. • Toys for Tots does not accept realistic-looking weapons, gifts with food, or used/open toys. For more information log onto: https://www.elks.org/ lodges/home.cfm?LodgeNumber=1934 or https://brookings-or.toysfortots.org.

2026 Sustaining Arts Program grants awarded

Cottage Theatre: The multi-generational cast of Cottage Theatre's 2019 production of "Oliver”

Grant awards totaling $ 1,759,580 will be distributed to 355 Oregon arts organizations through the Oregon Arts Commission’s Sustaining Arts Program for ﬁscal year 2026. In 2025, the Arts Commission reimagined this grant program to provide a more equitable distribution of funds to arts organizations. Awards are determined based on a newly updated funding formula that considers an organization’s annual expenses, number of applications and available grant funds.

Grant awards range from $1,000 to $20,000, and these unrestricted awards are available to nonproﬁt arts organizations that offer public arts programs throughout the year. “This program is an important example of how the Oregon Arts Commission fulﬁlls its commitments to continue invigorating the economic, cultural and creative expressions of our diverse state,” shares Commission Chair Subashini-Ganesan Forbes. “The extensive grantee list highlights

the number of arts organizations operating with impeccable vision to nourish and energize their respective communities.” In Curry County the Redﬁsh Music Festival in Port Orford received $2,368 and the Artula Institute for Art and Environmental Education in Bandon received $7,619. The Oregon Arts Commission provides leadership, funding and arts programs through its grants, special initiatives and services. Nine commissioners, appointed by the Governor, determine arts

needs and establish policies for public support of the arts. The Arts Commission became part of Business Oregon (formerly Oregon Economic and Community Development Department) in 1993, in recognition of the expanding role the arts play in the broader social, economic and educational arenas of Oregon communities. In 2003, the Oregon Legislature moved the operations of the Oregon Cultural Trust to the Arts Commission, streamlining operations and making use of

the Commission’s expertise in grantmaking, arts and cultural information and community cultural development. The Arts Commission is supported with general funds appropriated by the Oregon legislature and with federal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts as well as funds from the Oregon Cultural Trust. More information about the Oregon Arts Commission is available online at artscommission.oregon.gov.

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