2/16/2024
CHEBOYGAN—The Straits Area Community Foundation (SACF) recently approved its winter round of Youth Advisory Council (YAC) grants awarding a total of $2,950 to four nonprofit projects benefitting youth in Cheboygan County and Mackinaw City.
Ana’s Treasures received a $1,000 grant for its Ana’s Essentials program to provide care package items to children from Cheboygan County and Mackinaw City who are placed in foster care. Funding will be used to purchase hygiene and personal care items and clothing, shoes, and winterwear.
Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan received $1,000 to help provide forensic interviewing for youth survivors of sexual assault, sexual abuse, physical abuse or neglect, or have witnessed domestic or sexual violence. A forensic interview is conducted in a safe, neutral environment with a qualified, knowledgeable Forensic Coordinator, and is a critical access point for survivors to reach services that can reduce further victimization or harm, and can better meet the needs of survivors who face potentially long-lasting effects on their emotional wellbeing.
Catholic Human Services received a $500 grant to support travel costs to send youth members of the Cheboygan County Prevent 2 Protect (P2P) Substance Use Prevention Coalition to the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) National Mid-Year Training Institute in Chicago, Illinois. The training offers in-depth, interactive sessions on substance use prevention with a goal of gathering ideas and knowledge they can apply locally in their schools and communities.
Mackinaw City Public Schools received a $450 grant to purchase equipment and materials for its woodworking classes, including woodworking project spray and a finishing system.
The Straits Area Youth Advisory Council is a youth philanthropy program of SACF. Young people involved in YAC learn the important role of philanthropy in their community, gain leadership skills, serve their communities, and award youth grants through the Straits Area Kellogg Youth Endowment Fund. Through this program, they are empowered to make a real difference for their peers.
The next opportunity for submitting grant applications is through the Straits Area YAC’s spring 2024 grant cycle. The application deadline is March 15, 2024. Applications are available at sacf.net.
The Straits Area Community Foundation serves Cheboygan County and Mackinaw City. SACF is an affiliate of the Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan (CFNEM), accredited by National Standards for U.S Community Foundations®. CFNEM serves as the administrative arm for its affiliate foundations. SACF is led by a volunteer board of local citizens committed to providing people who care about the future of the region and its communities with unique and effective ways of supporting their community now, and for generations to come. The foundation oversees a group of permanently endowed funds from a wide range of donors. Gifts of all sizes from individuals, families, businesses, and agencies are invested in a balanced, well-managed portfolio to build endowments, enabling support for local community nonprofits now and forever. To donate or learn more about how community foundations work, visit sacf.net or call 989-354-6881; toll-free: 877-354-6881.
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