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Holland Film Group – People, Place and Possibilities: A Story of Immigrants and Entrepreneurs
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Arts and Culture |
$10,000 |
To produce a feature-length documentary telling the story of how Holland became an economically dynamic and culturally diverse community. The film will focus on the area's defining values with the goal of sharing them with students, residents, visitors and potential business owners and employees.
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City of Zeeland – Elm Street Park
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Community and Economic Development |
$30,000 |
To create a downtown Zeeland park that will provide a winter location for a formal ice rink as well as a dedicated location for event programming, picnicking and gathering space throughout the warmer seasons.
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Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance – Allies Working for Social Justice and Environmental Progress
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Community and Economic Development |
$25,000 |
To support the planning and implementation of the Allies project that brings together community members to engage in dialogue and develop action steps meant to address the growing divide amongst community members. |
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Latin Americans United for Progress – Community Feedback and Reorganization Project
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Community and Economic Development |
$20,000 |
To engage Latino community leaders, leaders of partner organizations, and, most importantly, area Latino residents to determine the most urgent needs to address to ensure that Latinos thrive in our community and to utilize the information gained to shape LAUP's future work.
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City on a Hill Ministries – Health Clinic Remodel
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Health |
$10,000 |
To remodel the health clinic space to increase patient confidentiality and improve safety for providers and patients. |
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Holland Free Health Clinic – Digital X-Ray Technology
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Health |
$11,750 |
To purchase digital x-ray equipment that will allow dental professionals at HFHC to better diagnose dental diseases and improve the health and lives of patients.
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Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity – State Street Project
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Housing |
$30,000 |
To provide infrastructure support for a multi-unit affordable housing development which will be a collaborative effort between Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity and Good Samaritan Ministries. The units will provide permanent supportive rental housing for residents who meet eligibility requirements. |
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Bethany Christian Services – Building Campaign
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Human Services |
$40,000 |
Bethany Christian Services of Holland is moving to one combined location to improve the efficiency of services and foster greater collaboration of teams to benefit the children and families served.
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Eighth Day Farm – A New Growth Center
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Human Services |
$25,000 |
To renovate the building at 709 Pine Avenue (called the Growth Center) to meet code, providing much needed space for education, an organization office, and community gatherings. A New Growth Center will broaden and strengthen the mission of Eighth Day Farm in Holland by creating a licensed facility to pack our New Fast Food bags, a venue for the urban youth growers program, instruction in food preparation and preservation, workshops and an increased capacity to offer field trips to area schools. |
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Holland Rescue Mission – Gateway Center Vocational Training School
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Human Services |
$45,000 over 3 years |
To develop the internal programmatic structure for a work-based therapy program for homeless men and women to increase their individual ability to sustain themselves through career advancement, addiction recovery, and basic life-skills training, providing local employers with a stable workforce, while mirroring the values of our community.
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Pioneer Resources – Holland Site Renovation
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Human Services |
$20,000 |
To renovate a new Holland office location to ensure safety, accessibility and functionality for expanding programs serving seniors and individuals with disabilities.
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| Western Theological Seminary – Community Kitchen Renovation |
Human Services |
$30,000 |
To update the Community Kitchen space which serves an average of more than 200 meals per day and over 75,000 meals each year to residents in need. The renovations will equip the Community Kitchen to continue providing meals in a safe and welcoming environment.
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Community SPOKE – Age-Friendly Holland/Zeeland Transportation Study and Plan
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Senior Citizens |
$25,000 |
To conduct a comprehensive study to identify the barriers that seniors in the Holland/Zeeland Area experience related to transportation and to facilitate a community-wide planning effort to identify goals and strategies to address the challenges presented by the study.
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Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holland – Holland Heights Extension
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Youth |
$75,000 over 3 years |
To offer a new program site in Holland Heights to enable all young people, especially those who need support most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.
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Children’s Advocacy Center – SMART Therapy
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Youth |
$75,000 over 3 years |
To bring this innovative, evidence-based approach to therapy to children and youth who have been victims of sexual abuse in our community. SMART (Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment) therapy will add a new array of strategies to the standard mental health therapy repertoire that CAC provides. In a space specifically designed for this program, children can playfully use big pillows, weighted blankets, balance beams, art materials, and other equipment that call for full engagement of the whole body and mind. |
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Great Start Collaborative – Help Me Grow-Ottawa
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Youth |
$10,000 |
Help Me Grow-Ottawa helps support families with children prenatal through age five to navigate the early childhood system in the Ottawa County area. The program helps to ensure families have up to date information on childcare, preschool, and kindergarten; supports families in completing developmental screenings; answers questions related to pregnancy and links families to local playgroups and other community resources. Specifically, grant funds are sought to launch a large-scale marketing campaign and to create and implement the program's evaluation tool.
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Hand2Hand – Lakeshore Initiative
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Youth |
$13,000 |
To ensure that along the Lakeshore, every child who is at risk of food insecurity, early childhood through high school, has a weekend food resource to ensure they have the opportunity to succeed academically, emotionally, and physically.
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