Elder Assistance and Recycling are Recipients of KCF Largess this Week

Jay Barrett/KMXT

This morning the Kodiak Community Foundation announced its next round of grants in its 2015 month of giving.

The Kodiak Area Native Association received a $1,000 grant for its Elder Assistance Program. It will allow elders to stay in their homes longer while employment opportunities are created in villages for youth or adult helpers who are hired to do hourly household work such as mowing, weeding, and snow removal.

Threshold Services was given a $533 grant to pay for replacing the signage at its Von Sheele Way recycling center. Threshold Executive Director Ken Reinke said the grant will not only allow the replacement of the sign out front, but enlarge the signage in the drive-through drop-off area, which he said would help recyclers tremendously.

A total of seven grants will be given to Kodiak organization by the community foundation this month. The first two were presented last week; The Kodiak Girl Scouts will use theirs for outreach and development in the villages and the Baranov Museum will expand its arts and crafts program.

Additional grant recipients will be announced next week and the week after.

The Kodiak Community Foundation began building its funds three years ago next month, and its endowment has grown to $175,000. This year’s grants, totaling $5,900, are being funded out of the endowment’s earnings.

More information about the foundation can be had at their web site, kodiakcf.org.