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Custer County Foundation
403 South 9th
PO Box 304
Broken Bow, NE 68822
(308) 872-2232
2011 Grant Recipeints
- Arnold Rotary Club: $2,000 for restroom facility at City Park Recreation Lake area.
- BB Girl Scout Troop #265: $300 for the Melham Frisbee Golf project.
- BB Head Start: $1,600 for Nature Explore playground enhancement. The $1,600 is contingent on them raising the remaining funds ($4,400).
- Bulldog Education Foundation: $800 for postage, supplies for a mail campaign.
- Custer County Ag Society: $1,000 for Water main replacement.
- Custer County Historical Society: $3,100 for restroom facilities.
- Healing Hearts & Families: $2,000 for domestic violence/sexual assault program.
- BB PTA: $3,000 for iPads.
- Sargent Summer Recreation: $3,000 for Restroom Construction at Sargent Ball Field.
Non-Traditional Scholarships:
- Carol D’Josey - $500 for her R.N Tuition
- Glatha Calvin - $500 for her Nursing School Tuition
2010 Grant Recipients
Brenizer Public Library, Merna, $2,000—The library is undergoing an extensive restoration project. Funds will go towards lighting.
Broken Bow Green Coalition, $550 – The Broken Bow Green Coalition will use these funds to place a recycling container at the Melham Ball Field Complex. The Green Coalition partnered with Broken Bow High School FFA students who designed and constructed the container.
Broken Bow Ministerial Association, $1,000 – These funds will be used by the Ministerial Association to provide general assistance to people in need. Such needs can include emergency funding for utilities or providing housing for emergency situations.
Broken Bow Optimist, $2,000 – The Optimist are partnering with the Diamond Youth Organization to provide a central storage facility for equipment used in both Optimist and DYO programs.
Broken Bow Public Library, $250 – Funds for the Library will go towards children’s programming for the 2010 – 2011 school year. Last year, over 6,400 children and youth participated in the various programming provided by the Library.
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), $600 – CERT volunteers respond to emergency needs throughout Custer County by assisting law enforcement and volunteer fire and rescue agencies. CERT is only activated by the Custer County Emergency Manager when help is requested by these agencies. This grant will be used to purchase equipment.
Custer County Agriculture Society, $2,000 – The Custer County Agriculture Society is in the process of putting steel siding on seven buildings that were built back in the 1920’s. Funds granted by the Foundation will go towards the siding project.
Healing Hearts and Families, $2,500 – This organization provides services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Funding granted from the Foundation will be used to purchase a printer/copier that will be used to produce materials for all training programs.
Rialto Theatre, Arnold, $716 – Progress continues with the restoration of the Rialto Theatre. Funds awarded will go towards purchasing ducting supplies and fan for the projector.
Sargent Summer Recreation, $1,500 – The Sargent Summer Recreation committee is replacing the two dugouts at the Sargent Ball Field. Funds will go towards this project.
Village of Merna, $2,000 – Funds granted to the Village of Merna will go towards basketball court renovations.