First Grant Applications Submitted

Applying for a grant is a time consuming process with no guarantee of success, but keep a good thought. The Foundation submitted two very worthy grant applications this week.

First we requested $270 from the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation mini-grant program for public or school libraries. If funded, this grant will allow us to add some computer instruction to the Eagleview 2007 Summer Reading Program for K-6th graders. The proposal calls for students to be able to publish book reviews, complete with audio and illustrations, on the worldwide web. The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation announces grant winners in early December.

The second proposal is a pre-application to the Northland Foundation to pilot the Community Technology Center. If successful we'll receive $8,300 to combine with funds already committed by the city of Squaw Lake. The money will be used to extend the school library hours for community use of the school computer lab, train employees, buy some computer hardware and software that the center will share with Eagleview, and maintain the equipment. We'll find out if Northland is interested enough to ask for a full grant proposal in late October.