Rock Island Community Foundation Awards $77,800 to
48 Local Charitable Organizations

The Rock Island Community Foundation awarded $77,800 to 48 community organizations at a press conference on Wednesday, August 26 at the Watchtower Lodge, Black Hawk State Historic Site, Rock Island. The Board of Governors were grateful to see so many worthy organizations apply, making funding decisions difficult this year.

Following are the 2009 Grant Recipients:

Alternatives for the Older Adult - $1,500.00
Money Management Program
American Red Cross of the Quad Cities Area - $2800.00
Rock Island families as they begin to rebuild their lives following a residential fire
ARC of Rock Island County - $1,640.00
Music Therapy Program
Arrowhead Ranch - $1,968.00
Strategies to Succeed program
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Mississippi Valley - $500.00
New mentor volunteers at the Rock Island Primary Academy
Boys & Girls Club of the Mississippi Valley - $1,000.00
Longfellow Outreach Program
Bridging the Gap QCA, Inc. - $375.00
Gloves for Stand Down 2009
Child Abuse Council - $500.00
Website upgrade
Children's Therapy Center of the Quad Cities - $850.00
Two Peabody Developmental Motor Scales for therapy assessments
Christian Care - $750.00
Tutoring, mentoring and reading programs for children staying at the shelter
Christian Friendliness - $1,750.00
Rock Island teens to attend Camp Summit in New Windsor
Churches United of the Quad City Area - $1,050.00
Materials to renovate 2 bathrooms at Winnie's Place
Citizens to Preserve Black Hawk Park Foundation - $750.00
Printing costs promotional materials 
Figge Art Museum - $750.00
The Big Picture Program to schools in Rock Island
Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa & Western Illinois - $1,100.00
Transportation and outreach to young girls in Rock Island
Habitat for Humanity - $925.00
Renovations needed for the Travis Hearn home, Rock Island
Illinois Quad City Chamber of Commerce Foundation - $900.00
Student Leadership Academy scholarships to Rock Island students
Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities - $780.00
Computer and monitor for organization outreach
Keep Rock Island Beautiful - $1,000.00
Purchase of clean-up gloves
Martin Luther King Jr. Center, Inc. - $2,500.00
Programs that serve the youth of Rock Island
Metropolitan Youth Program - $1,500.00
Continuation of current programs that benefit the youth of Rock Island
New Kingdom Trailriders - $1,000.00
Therapuetic riding lesson fees for Rock Island disabled and at-risk children
Niabi Zoological Society - $750.00
Laptop computer for Niabi Zoo's Education Center
Putnam Museum of History and Natural Science - $2,400.00
Rock Island students to attend programs this year
Quad Cities Senior Olympics, Inc. -  $1,000.00
T-shirts to be given to both the participants and volunteers in 2010
Quad City Arts - $1,000.00
Visiting Artist Series
Quad City Botanical Center - $4,760.00
Equipment for the Scrambled Alphabet Garden
Rebuilding Together Quad Cities - $3,500.00
Repair services for Rock Island homeowners in need of assistance
River Action, Inc. -  $1,500.00
Rock Island-Rock River Ravine System Restoration Project
Rock Island County Children's Advocacy Center - $350.00
"7 Steps to Protecting our Children" brochure
Rock Island Economic Growth Corporation - $2,500.00
"Help for Homeowners" workshops
Rock Island Girls Softball League - $2,000.00
New lighting poles and electrical work as well as concession stand construction
Rock Island High School Special Education Dept. - $1,500.00
Technology Now program
Rock Island Milan School District - $1,075.00
Learn to Swim Partner Program
Safer Foundation - $1,125.00
Youth Empowerment Program testing fees
School Health LINK, Inc. - $2,500.00
Emotional and behavioral health counseling program
Skip-A-Long Child Development Services - $1,000.00
Outdoor playground equipment at the Trinity Employee Child Care Center
Special Olympics Illinois - Western Area 4 - $1,500.00
Scholarships for Rock Island County residents to participate in year-round programming
Spring Forward Learning Center - $2,500.00
Educational enrichment to the children of Rock Island/Milan
St. Ambrose University - $2,500.00
Scholarships to 20 students from Rock Island for summer science camps in 2009
St. Joseph the Worker House Association - $750.00
Project Clean Up
Two Rivers YMCA - $4,000.00
"Y-Solutions, A Program to Move Teens from Failure to Success," serving students at Rock Island High School, Thurgood Marshall and Edison Jr. High School
Western Illinois University - Quad Cities - $2,500.00
Grow Your Own program, supporting teacher preparation efforts for the Rock Island-Milan schools
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals - Moline - $1,000.00
Implementaion of English Language tools for refugees
WVIK Public Radio Foundation - $1,750.00
Replacement of the Power Amplifier Tube
Youthbuild Quad Cities - $3,750.00
Trainee stipends in the Youthbuild program
Youth Service Bureau of Rock Island County - $2,000.00
Counseling to Rock Island children at risk of abuse or neglect, truancy or dropout, or delinquent behavior
YWCA of the Quad Cities - $2,700.00
Purchase of a commercial grade freezer