Contact: Mari Barnes, 847-432-3240
At their meeting on Thursday, July 27, the Board of Trustees of Moraine
Township voted to set aside a portion of each monthly televised meeting
to learn more about human service issues in the community; Supervisor
Mari Barnes will invite executive directors of nonprofit agencies the
Township funds to
attend the meeting of their choice in the coming year to discuss
challenges and needs.
Upon recommendation of a volunteer Citizen Grant Advisory Committee,
Moraine Township recently awarded $80,000 in grant funds to 21 local
nonprofit organization programs serving residents and employees of the
area (Highwood, Highland
Park and portions of Deerfield and Lake Forest).
Grantee agencies and the amounts they received are as follows:
Cancer Wellness Center, $1,000; Career Resource Center, $1,000; Center
for Enriched Living, $1,000; Family Network Parent/Child Drop-In
Center, $6,000 and Family Network/ASAP (After School Activity Program),
$10,000; Family Service/counseling, $13,500 and Family Service/Nuestro
Center, $1,000; Glenkirk, $1,500; Highland Park Community Nursery
School & Day Care Center, $15,000; Highland Park/Highwood Home
Child Care Association, $3,000; Interfaith Housing Center of the
Northern Suburbs, $ 750; Josselyn Center, $2,000; LaCASA (Lake County
Council Against Sexual Assault), $2,000; Links - North Shore Youth
Health Service, $2,000; Nicasa (Northern Illinois Council on Alcoholism
and Substance Abuse), $1,000; North Shore Youth Sailing Coalition, $
250; Opportunity, Inc., $5,000; PADS Crisis Services, $2,000; Shoes
That Fit, $1,000; The Art Center, $1,000;
Tri-Con Child Care Center, $10,000.
Moraine Township initiated a new granting process last March, calling
for application submissions in one round, using published criteria, an
independent citizen advisory committee and publicly discussed
determinations.
According to Supervisor Mari Barnes, the process was a "learning
experience
for us all," and will be edited based upon the group's experience this
year.
"All in all, the difficult task of honing over $170,000 in requests
down to the budgeted amount of $80,000 was well done. We are very
grateful to the committee members -- who took the time to study each
proposal, and even make site visits and interview where they had
questions."
Supervisor Mari Barnes and the Board of Trustees commended and thanked
the Citizen Grant Advisory Committee for their service: Chair Wendi
Ezgur
of Highland Park; members Gerald Burke, MD, of Highwood and Judy Datz,
Helen
Dombrow, and Dan Solender, all of Highland Park. Trustee Bryna
Gamson
was liaison to the committee.
The Board meets on second and fourth Thursdays of the month: on
second Thursdays, meetings are held at the Township office at 777
Central
Avenue, Highland Park at 5:00pm, and on fourth Thursdays, they meet at
7:30pm
at the Highwood City Council chambers. The latter meetings are
recorded to air on local cable TV, Tuesdays at 5:30pm and Fridays at
7:00pm, on Channel 10 in Highland Park and Highwood.
For further information about Moraine Township activities and services,
call (847) 432-3240 or go to their website,
http://www.morainetownship.org.