MRHD announces recipients of 2008 grants
Posted: Wednesday, May 14, 2008
SIOUX CITY -- Missouri River Historical Development Inc. awarded more than $282,000 in grants to 38 Woodbury County nonprofit organizations Tuesday at its 2008 annual Grant Program ceremony at the Betty Strong Encounter Center on the Missouri Riverfront.
SIOUX CITY -- Missouri River Historical Development Inc. awarded more than $282,000 in grants to 38 Woodbury County nonprofit organizations Tuesday at its 2008 annual Grant Program ceremony at the Betty Strong Encounter Center on the Missouri Riverfront.
MRHD is the nonprofit organization that holds the license for riverboat gaming in Woodbury County. Its funding is generated from an agreement between MRHD and Argosy Casino-Sioux City which allows Argosy to run a gaming operation in Woodbury County using MRHD's gaming license.
As part of the annual grant program, MRHD will match Argosy's scholarships for students at Briar Cliff University, Morningside College and Western Iowa Tech Community College for the 2008-2009 academic year. MRHD and Argosy also will contribute to funding for the June 7 volunteer Missouri River cleanup project in the Sioux City area.
"Today, MRHD shows its support for the work of dozens of Woodbury County nonprofits," said Mark Monson, MRHD president. "In doing so, it makes an impact on every person those nonprofits serve."
Steve Ponder, MRHD Grant Review Committee chair, announced the awards. A five-member panel reviewed dozens of grant applications before recommending funding for this year's recipients. The committee's recommendations received approval of MRHD's full board of directors.
Grants were awarded in five categories: Economic Development, Community Improvement and Tourism; Health and Human Services; Civic, Public, Patriotic, Charitable and Religious; Leisure, Cultural and Historical; and Education.
This year's awards included $10,000 grants to:
First Presbyterian Church, Sioux City: for handicapped-accessible doorways;
Siouxland Habitat for Humanity: for a Bobcat loader for construction;
City of Salix, Iowa: for an electronic message board;
Sunrise Retirement Community: toward a 12-passenger, handicapped-accessible bus;
Siouxland Senior Center: for a commercial freezer and cooler;
Correctionville (Iowa) Chamber of Commerce: for an electronic community information sign;
Sioux City Community Theater: toward remodeling the box office and offices;
Friends of Latham Park: for an automated irrigation system;
Sioux City Boys' Club: for equipment, materials and supplies to engage the children;
Sergeant Bluff Historical Society: to insulate the new museum roof;
Sioux City West High School Choral Department: for choral risers, chairs and audio equipment;
Westwood Band, Sloan, Iowa: for instruments and cases;
Sioux City East High School: for weight room equipment;
Woodbury County Fair Association: toward restoration of Agricultural Hall.
Danbury Catholic School: for a new boiler for the heating system.
Other grant recipients were:
Cathedral of the Epiphany: $5,544 for professional-grade recording equipment;
Smithland (Iowa) Little League: $9,954 for renovations of baseball field;
Siouxland District Health Department: $9,999 for computers, printer, software and display board for health education in Woodbury County;
City of Cushing, Iowa: $5,895 for community signs and banners;
Rural Woodbury County Historical Society: $8,733 for interpretive signs for the Correctionville-Little Sioux Park Trail;
Smith School: $6,000 for cameras and video equipment to document construction of the new school;
Hornick (Iowa) Town Hall Committee: $9,500 for bathroom fixtures, handicapped rails and electrical supplies for town Hall;
City of Sloan, Iowa: $7,348 for basketball court asphalt;
Big Brothers-Big Sisters: $1,260 for agency tabletop display unit and stand;
Moville (Iowa) Senior Center: $7,488 for concrete and building repairs;
Community Action Agency of Siouxland: $4,906 for boiler room ceiling and parking lot repair;
Siouxland Community Blood Bank: $7,756.86 for security equipment to protect blood supply;
Crittenton Center: $8,841.82 for electronic records equipment and concrete repair;
Jackson Recovery Center: $6,895.89 for Marianne Manor half-way house for women remodeling and furniture;
Woodbury County Genealogy Society: $1,081.20 for preserving Danbury and Correctionville (Iowa) newspaper records;
City of Oto, Iowa; $4,250 for lawn mower and weed eater;
Briar Cliff University Theatre Department: $5,949.18 for lighting system for theatre;
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Community School District: $9,638.43 for multi-media equipment;
Sioux City West High School Industrial Technology Department: $4,154 for safety table saw.
MRHD and Argosy each will contribute two $1,500 scholarships to WIT and $1,000 scholarships to Briar Cliff and Morningside.
Since the inception of the grant program in 1994, MRHD has awarded 565 grants totaling almost $3.2 million. Its holiday gifts and special projects distributions have totaled more than $2 million.
SIOUX CITY -- Missouri River Historical Development Inc. awarded more than $282,000 in grants to 38 Woodbury County nonprofit organizations Tuesday at its 2008 annual Grant Program ceremony at the Betty Strong Encounter Center on the Missouri Riverfront.
MRHD is the nonprofit organization that holds the license for riverboat gaming in Woodbury County. Its funding is generated from an agreement between MRHD and Argosy Casino-Sioux City which allows Argosy to run a gaming operation in Woodbury County using MRHD's gaming license.
As part of the annual grant program, MRHD will match Argosy's scholarships for students at Briar Cliff University, Morningside College and Western Iowa Tech Community College for the 2008-2009 academic year. MRHD and Argosy also will contribute to funding for the June 7 volunteer Missouri River cleanup project in the Sioux City area.
"Today, MRHD shows its support for the work of dozens of Woodbury County nonprofits," said Mark Monson, MRHD president. "In doing so, it makes an impact on every person those nonprofits serve."
Steve Ponder, MRHD Grant Review Committee chair, announced the awards. A five-member panel reviewed dozens of grant applications before recommending funding for this year's recipients. The committee's recommendations received approval of MRHD's full board of directors.
Grants were awarded in five categories: Economic Development, Community Improvement and Tourism; Health and Human Services; Civic, Public, Patriotic, Charitable and Religious; Leisure, Cultural and Historical; and Education.
This year's awards included $10,000 grants to:
First Presbyterian Church, Sioux City: for handicapped-accessible doorways;
Siouxland Habitat for Humanity: for a Bobcat loader for construction;
City of Salix, Iowa: for an electronic message board;
Sunrise Retirement Community: toward a 12-passenger, handicapped-accessible bus;
Siouxland Senior Center: for a commercial freezer and cooler;
Correctionville (Iowa) Chamber of Commerce: for an electronic community information sign;
Sioux City Community Theater: toward remodeling the box office and offices;
Friends of Latham Park: for an automated irrigation system;
Sioux City Boys' Club: for equipment, materials and supplies to engage the children;
Sergeant Bluff Historical Society: to insulate the new museum roof;
Sioux City West High School Choral Department: for choral risers, chairs and audio equipment;
Westwood Band, Sloan, Iowa: for instruments and cases;
Sioux City East High School: for weight room equipment;
Woodbury County Fair Association: toward restoration of Agricultural Hall.
Danbury Catholic School: for a new boiler for the heating system.
Other grant recipients were:
Cathedral of the Epiphany: $5,544 for professional-grade recording equipment;
Smithland (Iowa) Little League: $9,954 for renovations of baseball field;
Siouxland District Health Department: $9,999 for computers, printer, software and display board for health education in Woodbury County;
City of Cushing, Iowa: $5,895 for community signs and banners;
Rural Woodbury County Historical Society: $8,733 for interpretive signs for the Correctionville-Little Sioux Park Trail;
Smith School: $6,000 for cameras and video equipment to document construction of the new school;
Hornick (Iowa) Town Hall Committee: $9,500 for bathroom fixtures, handicapped rails and electrical supplies for town Hall;
City of Sloan, Iowa: $7,348 for basketball court asphalt;
Big Brothers-Big Sisters: $1,260 for agency tabletop display unit and stand;
Moville (Iowa) Senior Center: $7,488 for concrete and building repairs;
Community Action Agency of Siouxland: $4,906 for boiler room ceiling and parking lot repair;
Siouxland Community Blood Bank: $7,756.86 for security equipment to protect blood supply;
Crittenton Center: $8,841.82 for electronic records equipment and concrete repair;
Jackson Recovery Center: $6,895.89 for Marianne Manor half-way house for women remodeling and furniture;
Woodbury County Genealogy Society: $1,081.20 for preserving Danbury and Correctionville (Iowa) newspaper records;
City of Oto, Iowa; $4,250 for lawn mower and weed eater;
Briar Cliff University Theatre Department: $5,949.18 for lighting system for theatre;
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Community School District: $9,638.43 for multi-media equipment;
Sioux City West High School Industrial Technology Department: $4,154 for safety table saw.
MRHD and Argosy each will contribute two $1,500 scholarships to WIT and $1,000 scholarships to Briar Cliff and Morningside.
Since the inception of the grant program in 1994, MRHD has awarded 565 grants totaling almost $3.2 million. Its holiday gifts and special projects distributions have totaled more than $2 million.
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