$8,000 in grants help five Delray Beach nonprofits

A total of five small grants has helped to re-energize small nonprofits in the city. The Delray Beach Historical Society has received a $2,000 grant from the Florida Humanities Council and National Endowment for the Humanities, the Delray Beach Youth Council, Milagro Center, Achievement Centers for Children & Families, and the Hispano-Latino Cultural Alliance, have all received $1,500 Annual Community Sponsorship Grants from the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency.

Dottie Patterson, archivist at the historical society, said that grant will help to display a traveling portable exhibit of Sam Ogren Sr., the first registered architect to live in Delray Beach, fund discussions by local architects and historians, Dr. Donald Curl, Dan and Donna Sloan and Roger Cope, and help fund volunteer and docent programs.

“It is a Florida Humanities Council mini-grant of $2,000. It is a matching grant. The Delray Beach Historical Society and volunteers will be working to get the project accomplished,” Patterson said.

Of the four CRA grants, $1,500 is going toward helping to fund program goals of the Delray Beach Youth Council. That council is made up of 25 students ranging from ages 12 to 18 who attend area schools. Janet Meeks, the city'seducation coordinator and adult mentor for the youth council, said the money will fund a “Delray Beach Youth Council Battle of the Bands,” provide student food giveaways at the Caring Kitchen, and provide after school opportunities to students including a stock market game every week at Village Academy.

“The Delray Beach Youth Council started off as the Mayor’s Youth Council and this is the first year they applied for the grant. This grant will fund the Battle of the Bands on Nov. 7, feed the poor and create educational opportunities for students,” Meeks said.

The CRA accepts applications for the Annual Community Sponsorship Grants year around and applications can be picked up at the CRA office at 20 N. Swinton Ave., at the CRA Website www.delraycra.org. For more information call Elizabeth Butler, CRA marketing and grants coordinator, at 561-276-8640.
The CRA accepts applications for the Annual Community Sponsorship Grants grants year-round.

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David DiPino joined Forum Publishing Group in August 2006. As a reporter for the Delray Forum, David covers community news and writes a dining column twice a month that focuses on restaurants in South Palm Beach County.

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David spent 12 years working in the restaurant industry, and did just about every job in the back of the house, including line cook, sous chef, and dessert chef. A Florida native who lives in Jupiter, he studied Multimedia Journalism at Florida Atlantic University, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree. David enjoys playing the guitar, golf, boating and snorkeling during his free time.

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