NEWS RELEASE
Release Date: December 13, 2017 Contacts: RRCF Maria Orozco- Director of Public Relations- 530-242-4516 or 530-227-7718 SRCF Amanda Hutchings 530.244.1219 amanda@shastarcf.org
Redding Rancheria Community Fund Awards $100,000 to 28 Organizations The Redding Rancheria Community Fund, a fund of the Shasta Regional Community Foundation, is pleased to announce grant awards totaling $100,000 to 28 local organizations in Shasta and Trinity Counties. “The long-standing partnership between the Redding Rancheria and Shasta Regional Community Foundation has allowed us to serve so many of our friends, neighbors, and their families through the work of local nonprofits and public entities,� says Amanda Hutchings, Program Officer at Shasta Regional Community Foundation. With these recent broad impact awards, the total grants from the RRCF since the fund was established at the Community Foundation is now $3 million. The following organizations recently received funds from the Fall 2017 cycle:
Organization Name
Purpose
Amount
Anderson Fire Protection District
Rescue kits for vehicle stabilization during extrication
$
5,446.00
Anderson Police Department
Equipment for Police Bike Patrol Unit.
$
3,500.00
Anderson Union High School Band Department
Jazz instruments
$
3,000.00
Battle Creek Alliance
Food, medical supplies, and costs for raptor care program
$
1,500.00
Burney Elementary School
"Creating a Culture of Reading" program
$
1,680.00
City of Redding-Recreation Division
Striping and numbering along the Sacramento River Trail
$
2,500.00
Columbia Elementary School
Outdoor classroom space
$
1,500.00
Cypress Elementary School
Purchase and installation of a slide
$
4,100.00
Exodus Farms Ministry
Purchase and install new fencing and arena sand
$
6,800.00
Friends of Schreder Planetarium
New shows for the Planetarium
$
6,615.00
Fulfilling Fields Organic Farm
Two greenhouse kits and accessories
$
9,742.00
Halcumb Cemetery District
Chapel building improvements
$
3,567.00
Happy Valley Fire Protection District
Defibrillator
$
2,700.00
Hope City Redding
Supplies for at risk youth program
$
1,500.00
Kiwanis Club of Shasta Dam Foundation
Food for students
$
2,000.00
KIXE-TV
Books for children and victims of the Helena Fire
$
2,150.00
McArthur Fire Protection District
Turnout washer - extractor
$
5,000.00
Mt View Middle School
Lego Mindstorm Kits
$
2,500.00
North Fork Grange
Supplies to begin a Disc Golf course
$
2,000.00
Pacheco Elementary School District
Clarinets
$
1,900.00
Pennies On Purpose
Classroom technology
$
2,000.00
Quality Moments, Inc.
Office technology
$
4,000.00
Roderick Hayfork Senior Nutrition Center
Steam/hot food table
$
2,700.00
Shasta Builders' Exchange
Classroom technology
$
1,500.00
Shasta Historical Society
Fund Indigenous Peoples Day
$
9,600.00
South Shasta County Youth Arts
Licensing/Music Costs for Annie, Jr.
$
3,000.00
West Cottonwood School SDC
Greenhouse and accessories
$
3,500.00
West Valley High School
Bicycles for Teen Triathlon program
$
4,000.00
$ 100,000.00 For more information regarding the Redding Rancheria Community Fund please contact Amanda Hutchings at the Shasta Regional Community Foundation at 530-244-1219. ### The Shasta Regional Community Foundation is a resource building organization in Shasta and Siskiyou Counties dedicated to promoting philanthropy by connecting people who care with causes that matter. Since 2000, the Community Foundation has awarded over $21,000,000 in grants to area nonprofit organizations. For more information call the Shasta Regional Community Foundation at (530) 244-1219 or visit www.shastarcf.org.