Six academic programs at Hudson Area Schools were recipients of mini-grants given out by the Hudson Educational Foundation. The Hudson Educational Foundation was developed as a 501(c)3, nonprofit organization to encompass the Hudson Educational Foundation, the Hudson Library Endowment and a variety of smaller community programs.

Anyone who wishes to donate to the foundation or has questions about its efforts can call Malnar at 448-8068 or email her at kmalnar@hudsonfoundation.com.

Des Plaines Community Foundation Donates $5,000 to Maine Township Food Pantry Des Plaines news, photos and events TribLocal.com

The Des Plaines Community Foundation presented Maine Township Emergency Food Pantry with an early holiday gift of $5,000 on November 22nd at the Maine Township board meeting in Park Ridge.

The $5,000 check was presented by Rosemary Argus, executive director of the Des Plaines Community Foundation, and Des Plaines Mayor Martin J.
The Foundation raises funds to identify, link and mobilize assets to support the service programs of the Des Plaines Healthy Community Partnership Programs whose activities improve the lives of those that live and work in Des Plaines.

Some of the programs include: Neighbors Helping Neighbors Program Committee; Healthy Community/Healthy Youth Program Committee; Intergenerational Program Committee, and Seasons of Service Program Committee.

The Foundation has no paid employees and is 100-percent volunteer.

Mary Burk stepping down as head of Community Foundation

WATERLOO, Iowa --- The Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa is searching for a new president and chief executive officer.

It was one of the first community foundations in the nation to meet national standards of the national Council on Foundations in Washington, D.C.

"Mary Ann is the Community Foundation to a lot of people," said Gary Bertch, outgoing chairman of the foundation's board.

The volunteer foundation board is planning to form a search committee and hopes to hire another president who can work with Burk before she retires.

She also helped create the Iowa Council of Foundations, which networked foundations statewide.

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation awards $6 million for earthquake early warning research

By Robert Sanders, Media Relations November 29, 2011

A warning system has the potential to save thousands of lives and millions of dollars in the event of an earthquake, and we feel it is important to resolve any scientific questions that could stand in the way of implementing such a system.

Each university will receive $2 million over three years.

The technology and scientific expertise exist to create a sophisticated West Coast earthquake early warning system even more advanced than Japans now four-year-old system, which functioned well after the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku quake earlier this year, said Richard Allen, director of the campuss Berkeley Seismological Laboratory and a UC Berkeley professor of earth and planetary science. We are gratified that the foundation is supporting research that will help us bridge the gap between the current nascent test earthquake early warning system in California and a full West Coast ShakeAlert prototype.

A YouTube video shows what one Japan resident experienced from the countrys early earthquake warning system during the March 2010 disaster.

ShakeAlert, the current version of an earthquake early warning (EEW) system now being tested by Caltech and UC Berkeley in collaboration with the Southern California Earthquake Center, ETH Zurich and the USGS, opens a pop-up alert on a recipients computer in the event of a major earthquake. Current EEW systems, for example, act as if quakes rupture at only one point, when, in fact, in larger earthquakes, fault ruptures can extend over hundreds of kilometers.

The Foundations grant is a huge contribution to moving forward the science of earthquake early warning systems, said Thomas Heaton, director of Caltechs Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory and professor of geophysics and of civil engineering.

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, established in 2000, seeks to advance environmental conservation and scientific research around the world and to improve the quality of life in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Receives $1.4 Million in Funding from the Daniel and Janet Mordecai Foundation - MarketWatch The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Receives $1.4 Million in Funding from the Daniel and Janet Mordecai Foundation

29, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- A $1.4 million gift from The Daniel and Janet Mordecai Foundation will provide crucial funding for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network's 2012 Research Grants Program, enabling the organization to support the investigations of a new class of early career scientists. Daniel Mordecai died in 2002 from pancreatic cancer, the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States.

"This generous investment by The Daniel and Janet Mordecai Foundation will fund five research grants in 2012, including one Pathway to Leadership award and four Career Development awards," said Julie Fleshman, President and CEO of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. "With the foundation's support, we will continue to build a comprehensive pancreatic cancer research community and fund research that will ultimately lead to early detection methods, better treatment options, and hopefully improved survival rates for patients with pancreatic cancer." The grants program, administered using the American Association for Cancer Research's rigorous peer-review system, is designed to attract investigators with innovative ideas and brilliant early-career scientists to study pancreatic cancer, grow the number of researchers working in the field, nurture collaborations across disciplines and institutions, and expedite scientific progress for patient benefit. "I am proud to honor the memory of my husband, Daniel, by partnering with the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network to advance research into this devastating disease," said Janet Mordecai, President of the Daniel and Janet Mordecai Foundation. Pancreatic cancer has the lowest relative survival rate of all the cancers tracked by both the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute, with a five-year relative survival rate in the single digits at just six percent.

About The Daniel and Janet Mordecai FoundationThe Daniel and Janet Mordecai Foundation was founded by Janet Mordecai after Dan's untimely death from pancreatic cancer. At this time the Foundation supports programs in the areas of Health (with an emphasis on pancreatic cancer, medullary thyroid cancer and "end of life care"), Culture and the Performing Arts, Community Outreach, and Education. About the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is the national organization creating hope in a comprehensive way through research, patient support, community outreach and advocacy for a cure.

Perdue Foundation grants awarded to Food Bank of Delaware - Dover, DE - Dover Post Perdue Foundation grants awarded to Food Bank of Delaware The Food Bank of Delaware plans to double the size of its 8,000-square-foot facility in Milford with the help of a $60,000 grant funded by the Arthur W. Last year, Perdue donated nearly 1.1 million pounds of protein to the Food Bank of Delaware. Perdue Foundation, call Julie DeYoung at 410-341-2533 or go to www.perdue.com.
Pictured, from left: Secretary of Agriculture Ed Kee, Jim Perdue, chairman at Perdue, Patricia Beebe, president and CEO of Food Bank of Delaware, Bill Hetherington, Perdue Foundation, and Crystal Timmons, Milford branch manager

Grants are awarded in the areas of arts and culture, education, emergency services, health, libraries, conservation/environment, public projects, recreation, and social services.

This years grant recipients in Ada, Canyon, Elmore and Boise Counties are:

Ada County

Assistance League of Boise $1,500 to purchase new school clothes for disadvantaged children in public elementary and charter schools in Ada County

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Idaho $1,250 to match safe, compatible mentors with children highly at risk for dropping out of school

Boise Rescue Mission $1,500 to support the cost of providing three balanced, nutritious meals as well as healthy snacks and beverages every day to children residing at the City Light Home for Women and Children

Boise Urban Garden School BUGS Inc. $1,000 to deliver the Digging In workshop series to 10 area classrooms, providing youth with the necessary skills to maintain a garden at home or school and the knowledge to make healthy food choices

Boys and Girls Club of Ada County $1,500 to provide a free daily bus ride to the Boys & Girls Club in Garden City to low-income and at-risk children who lack transportation

Children's Home Society of Idaho $1,000 to work with the Womens & Childrens Alliance to offer local therapists a three-day training on domestic violence and assault which will help them provide therapeutic intervention to the 75 women and children on the WCAs monthly waiting list

College of Western Idaho Foundation $1,500 to purchase picture and bilingual dictionaries for refugee students striving to become literate in English

Culinary Skills Training Center, Inc. $1,000 for Title I schools, students and underserved families in Idaho and eastern Oregon to have the opportunity to experience the Discovery Center of Idaho for free

Family Advocates, Inc. $1,000 to help expand the number of volunteers for the Families First early education/child abuse prevention program

Garden City Library Foundation $500 to support Bells for Books, a mobile literacy program which brings library services to those who cannot come to the library and is supported entirely by the Foundation

Genesis World Mission, Inc. $1,500 to support the Southwestern Idaho portion of the Festivals educational outreach tours to elementary and secondary schools for the 2011-2012 academic year

Idaho State University Foundation - Boise Extension $1,000 to provide critical scholarship funding and program support for Treasure Valley toddlers learning to use their cochlear implants or hearing aids in preparation for mainstream preschool

Idaho Youth Ranch, Inc. $2,000 to match funds from a private foundation to raise a combined total of $10,000 for Family and Adult Literacy Programs

Organization Assisting The Homeless Student $1,000 to give 791 homeless students in Boise a better chance to enjoy, succeed and stay in school by providing them with what they need in the areas of academics, athletics, music and extracurricular activities

Publishing Young Authors Foundation Inc. $1,000 to pay for part of the set-up costs in our new facility, including plumbing, electrical work, mechanical work, data cabling, office remodeling and more

Terry Reilly Health Services $2,500 to purchase high priority equipment for Terry Reillys new medical clinic in Boise

The Cabin $1,000 to provide funding for a teaching-writer in three classrooms as part of The Cabins Writers in the Schools program

The Jesse Tree of Idaho $2,000 to provide homeless prevention services to very low-to-moderate families facing eviction and at-risk of becoming homeless

Trey McIntyre Project $500 to engage with selected school groups in Boise and other cities via performances, conversations with dancers, open studio workshops, master classes, assemblies, SpUrbans, and other interactions with Trey McIntyre Project dancers

Womens and Childrens Alliance, Inc. $2,000 to encourage individual student enthusiasm and achievement through dance, music and dramatic arts which will enhance the Idaho Educational Standards

City of Nampa $1,000 to provide free artistic enrichment for school-age children who have little exposure and limited access to the performing arts

City of Nampa Parks & Recreation Department $1,000 to provide equipment and staff for the Traveling Playground program which serves children in low-income neighborhoods

City of Notus $600 to buy graphic novels and adult books on health and nutrition

Elderly Opportunity Agency, Inc. $1,800 to purchase computers for the on-site after-school and summer program community room

Mujeres Unidas de Idaho $1,000 to motivate Latino middle school students to remain in school by promoting personal development through arts & culture and social issues workshops pertinent to their age group

Music Theatre of Idaho $1,500 to support Arts for Everyone program, which provides arts attendance opportunities for underserved audiences

Parma Area Senior Citizens, Inc. $1,000 to repair storage area attached to building and install ventilation system

Salvation Army Caldwell Corps $1,500 to purchase baby items to put in the incentive store for low-income families

Salvation Army Nampa Corp $1,500 to provide case management at the Community Family Shelter for homeless families and single women

Treasure Valley Family YMCA $1,000 support out of school care programs

Valley Crisis Center, Inc.

Earlier this year, The Evjue Foundation announced grants to 51 community nonprofits and civic organizations plus support for 20 UW-Madison programs.

Gilda's Club Madison: $5,000 in general support of the club's work with women with cancer.

League of Women Voters of Dane County: $5,000 in general support of the league's voter education programs.

The Kids Fund: $5,000 toward the fund's annual campaign to support youth programs throughout the county.

UW School of Journalism: $10,000 in general support of the school's new ethics center.

Women's Medical Fund Inc.: $5,000 in support of the fund's work with women who have no means of support.

YWCA: $10,000 in general support of the Y's continuing programs supporting needy women and families.

Hi:77 Lo:49 Current weather TODAY Patch is profiling the honorees during November to see how the grants will make a difference in the community. Related Topics: Rancho Bernardo Community Foundation, San Diego Foundation, and San Diego Youth Philharmonic Orchestra RB Thanksgiving Luncheon Serves $12K in Community Grants Rancho Bernardo Inn 17550 Bernardo Oaks Dr, San Diego, CA /articles/rb-thanksgiving-luncheon-serves-12k-in-community-grants Share This Article Giving Back: San Diego Youth Philharmonic Orchestra

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