Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation Awards $40,000 – Upper Rogue IndependentCow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation Awards $40,000

Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation Awards $40,000

To Seven Non-Profits that Serve Multiple Counties

Canyonville, Oregon .At the Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation (CCUIF) Grant Awards Ceremony in Canyonville, 10 a.m., Thursday, June 23, 2016, at Seven Feathers Convention Center, seven non-profit organizations serving multiple counties will receive a total of $40,000.

These seven grants are:

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Rogue Valley: $7,500 to support Project Learn which offers educational after-school activities for students in Science, Technology, Education, Arts and Movement (S.T.E.A.M.).

Classroom Law Project: $5,000 to support civics education in Southern Oregon.

Hearts With A Mission: $7,500 to fund educational and shelter service coordination, as well as life skills coaching, for homeless youth living in emergency housing in Medford and Grants Pass.

Magdalene Home: $7,500 assist in providing housing, support and education for homeless, pregnant and parenting teen mothers.

Muscular Dystrophy Association: $5,000 to assist in providing a summer camp experience for children with muscular dystrophy.

Siskiyou Mountain Club: $2,500 to support a summer work-study program for students who will restore, maintain and promote trails in the Siskiyou Forest.

Southwestern Oregon Community College Foundation: $5,000 to help fund a gap in funding for the Talent Search and Upward Bound programs for youth in Coos and Western Douglas counties.

During this round of giving, the CCUIF will award a total of $374,500 to 64 organizations in a seven- county area including: Coos, Deschutes, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, and Lane Counties.

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Seven non-profits that Serve Multiple Counties receive a total of $40,000 from the CCUIF on

June 23, 2016

Since 1997, the CCUIF has awarded a total of $15,521,977.