The Curry Health Foundation (CHF) announced the recipients of their Grant Awards for the 2024 Spring Cycle at an event on June 21, 2024. Hosted at the Curry Public Library. Representatives from 13 local nonprofits and 501 (c)(3) organizations, were on hand to receive a total of $26,087 dollars in grant money for local projects.
The event began with remarks from CHF President, Jane Doroff, followed by the presentation of the awards by Steven Denney, Chair of the CHF Grant Commission. Refreshments were provided by Old Agness Store in Gold Beach.
A fourteenth nonprofit, Every Child Curry County, is also pending a final award of $2500, which would bring the total awarded up to $28,587 for the quarter.
The nonprofits all had to submit their planned usage for the funds, which you will find below alongside each of the award recipients:
Coastal Home Health and Hospice: For a Portable Oxygen Concentrator for Hospice patients.
The Common Good, Port Orford: For improving food insecurity for 500-700 people.
Coos County Foster Parent Association: For a resource family summer camp for Foster Families in Curry County.
Curry County Aquatic Safety: For a hybrid recue board, and marine rescue tube.
Curry County Master Gardeners: For Community Garden in Gold Beach, soil, compost, plants, and teaching tools.
Every Child Curry County: For Tangible need purchases for fostered youth.
Friends of Curry Public Library: For assisting food insecurity, sack lunches for 37 days, for 25 children a day.
Gold Beach Community Center: For an AED, Defibtech, and commercial kitchen first aid.
Pacific High School: For sixty-five greenhouse panels for the horticulture program, servin 107 students.
Pistol River Friendship Club: For a water purification system.
Rogue Fishing Operations: For veterans programs including safe, healthy activity, to support Veteran mental health.
South Coast Community Aquatics: For rescue boards, lifejackets, and pool rules signs.
Soroptimist Intl. Of Gold Beach: For Chrome Books for a Senior Citizens computer tutoring program.
The Curry Coastal Pilot would like to acknowledge the essential work of these non-profit organizations, and the Curry Health Foundation for helping them to accomplish their missions.
Nonprofits are always looking for help. Whether through donation of money and goods, or through time volunteering, engaging in work to benefit our community is critical and always welcome. If the mission of one of these organizations speaks to you, reach out and see how you can help!
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