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Nonprofit Highlight: Cooper Landing Emergency Services
Cooper Landing Emergency Services, Inc. purchased an advanced pediatric care kit with a mini-grant from Seward Community Foundation. The Handtevy Pediatric System is a pediatric resuscitation kit and the leading platform for prehospital intervention in…
December Grant Giveaway
As 2021 drew to a close, the Seward Community Foundation held an end-of-the-year donation drive with an incentive for those who donated between December 1-20 a chance to name one nonprofit to receive a $1,000…
Grantee Highlight: Seward Homeless Connection Seavey Fund will support outdoor education and recreation.
This year Seward Community Foundation provided $10,000 in two allocations to the Homeless Connection, a non-profit organization working to provide stable housing and help to cover the costs of basic living needs in the Seward…
Seward Prevention Coalition Sews PPE Grant Highlight: A Community Effort to Provide PPE
The construction of the PPE gowns was part of a more comprehensive community project. Sam Young from Sam's Custom Sewing produced face shields, and Seward Area Quilters Group continues to sew reusable face masks. The…
Grantee Highlight: Seward Area Hospice Seward Area Hospice receives grant from the Seward Community Foundation
Seward Area Hospice received a $12,500 major grant to help hire a volunteer coordinator. The volunteer coordinator will recruit, train, and support volunteers, as well as assist the Director with increasing donor support and organizing…
Grantee Highlight: Room Rent for Seward Community Band Practice
The Seward Community Band received a $450 mini-grant from the Seward Community Foundation for funds to rent the Seward High School music room for weekly practice sessions.
Feeding Seward’s Youth Boys & Girls Clubs of the Kenai Peninsula Grantee Highlight
The Boys & Girls Club will serve any youth who is hungry and has a need, through measures that will help ensure a reduced spread of COVID-19, but balances the food security needs of hungry,…
Seward Senior Center: Basic Needs Grant Update Helping Our Elders in a Time of Need
Last month the Seward Community Foundation was pleased to give a $2500 grant to the Seward Senior Center to be utilized for basic needs as the Center saw necessary. The timing of this gift, which…
The Alaska Community Foundation and Affiliates Make Basic Needs Grants Across Alaska $55,000 in Basic Needs Grants Made to Nonprofits in Eleven Communities
The Alaska Community Foundation (ACF) and its eleven Affiliate community foundations collaborated to make basic needs grants to 23 vital nonprofits across Alaska. These grants will support food pantries and services, domestic violence shelters, senior…