$378,000 in grants was awarded in 2004.
The major projects that received funding were:
- Asociación Guadalupana, to teach English language classes that incorporate health, nutrition, and other educational programs into their curriculum.
- El Dorado Union High School District, to provide wrap-around services to all English Learner students at El Dorado High School by interlinking academic and social service assistance within the lives of students and their families.
- Legal Services of Northern California, to provide legal education and assistance to the Latino community in South Lake Tahoe. Consumers will be educated about their legal rights and responsibilities. Legal representation will be provided for a few cases that may have broad community impact.
- Louisiana Schnell School, to implement the Latino Family Literacy Project, a family reading and literacy skills program.
- Marshall Medical Center, to develop and implement a model system for Spanish medical interpretation and translation, and to train bilingual healthcare interpreters throughout the county to improve doctor-patient communication.
- South Lake Tahoe Family Resource Center, to lead a collaborative project of the Boys and Girls Club, Sierra Recovery Center, the Women’s Center, and Tahoe Youth and Family Services. This multi-faceted program will provide translation services, educational programs, mentoring, and counseling to young people and their families.
Funds were awarded toward the following community projects during the year:
- El Dorado High School/Carl Borelli Community Amphitheater
- Veterans’ Memorial
In addition, the following organizations received support from our Donor Advised Funds:
- American River Conservancy
- American Sewing Guild
- Animal Outreach of the Mother Lode
- Boys and Girls Club of El Dorado County Western Slop
- Capital Public Radio
- Center for Public Integrity
- Delta Humane Society and S.P.C.A.
- El Dorado County Academic Decathlon
- El Dorado County Community Health Center
- El Dorado County Senior Peer Counseling Program
- El Dorado Peace and Justice Community
- Holy Trinity Church
- KVIE
- KVMR Community Broadcast Group
- Imagination Theater (IT!)
- League of Women Voters of El Dorado County and California
- Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
- Marshall Foundation for Community Health
- Mother Lode Rehabilitation Enterprises
- Mother Teresa Maternity Home
- National Association for Humane and Environmental Education
- Nature Conservancy
- P.A.W.E.D. (People for Animal Welfare in El Dorado County)
- Pollock Pines Central Family Resource Center
- Sierra House Elementary PTA
- Sierra Nevada Alliance
- Sierra Wildlife Rescue
- Tahoe Arts Project
- World Wildlife Fund
