Community grants improve quality of life : Crown Point Community

Grant application packets are available from the Crown Point Community Foundation Inc.

CROWN POINT | The Crown Point Community Foundation awarded $124,049.57 in 28 community grants during its recent grant cycle. Grantees ranged from a pet rescue to a community theater, all in the Crown Point and surrounding community :

Calumet College of St. Francis Rescue – $1,000 to pay veterinary care of rescued catsChasing Dreams – $3,000 to purchase teaching aids for families and children with special needsChild Evangelism Fellowship of NWI – $1,000 to start Good News Clubs for elementary school childrenCity of Crown Point – $14,500 for a score board for new baseball fieldsBulldog Workshop CPHS Transition Program – $750 to continue the “Bulldog Bucks” incentive programCASS Program – $7,500 to solidify and maximize the healthy psychosocial well being of Crown Point high and middle school studentsCPHS AP Testing – $2,000 to pay for AP testingCPHS Vex Robotics-Underdogs 1233 – $5,130 for the creative and educational after-school activityLake Street Elementary School Kindergarten – $1,261.76 to purchase stability ballsPositive Behavior Support Program – $3,000 for grades K-5 anti-bullying programSolon Robinson Elementary School – $3,500 to purchase musical instrumentsVisiting Cartoonist – $2,700 to help fund a visiting cartoonist for six elementary schoolsCrown Point Community Theatre – $5,000 for signage and marketingCrown Point LaCrosse – $5,000 to grow the programCrown Point Panthers Inc.