ROCKAWAY — The Morris Hills/Morris Knolls Foundation has given out $1,500 for teacher mini-grants for the 2008-09 school year.

San Jacinto County Tourism Council is pleased to announce the awarding of two tourism grants in San Jacinto County.

Tucson Electric Power will be awarding $100,000 in grants to more than a dozen non-profit groups, the company announced Thursday.

Maximum college grants boosted North Dakota’s Board of Higher Education is raising the state university system’s maximum student aid grant to $2,000.

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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 (Bernama) — Shell Malaysia has allocated RM300,000 under its Sustainable Development Grants Programme to help boost sustainable development projects.

The Nelson County Public Schools system was presented with four $500 educational grants from Tiger Fuel Company of Lovingston this week.

Applications are now being accepted for federal grants to fund projects that identify, evaluate or provide technical assistance to help reduce solid waste and associated land or water pollution in rural areas, announced USDA Rural Development State Director Mary Ruth Tackett.

San Jacinto County Tourism Council is pleased to announce the awarding of two tourism grants in San Jacinto County.

AFTER five successful years, energy efficiency grants are available once again from the borough council. Homeowners in the borough who are aged 65 or over may be eligible for an energy efficiency grant of up to 500 to help to pay for cavity wall and loft insulation.

Kansas University and the Lawrence-based Kansas Head Start Association recently were awarded health grants totaling about $220,000. The grants are from Hutchinson-based United Methodist Health Ministry Funds 2008 Innovative Funding program, which is designed to support practical and promising ideas for improving health.

GRANTS of up to 40,000 are being offered to fund local walking projects.

The Australian Lot Feeders Association (ALFA) has welcomed the Federal Government launch of its $15million research grants program for second generation biofuels research.

Saline County Presiding Commissioner Becky Plattner said Wednesday, Oct. 29, that grants of more than $1 million will be available during the 2008-2009 grant season for Pioneer Trails Regional Planning Committee.

Federal grants will be sought to develop two brownfield sites in Alton Park. A grant of up to $200,000 is sought for a portion of the old Anchor Glass property at W. 45th Street.

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Several hundred thousand dollars in charitable grants from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation may have been illegally diverted in several southern African nations, the Michigan-based foundation said today.

Six organizations have won grants to help pay for projects focusing on local history and heritage, the Ventura County Community Foundation announced last week.

PIERRE Eighty-five K-12 school districts are the recipients of grants totaling $548,000 from the South Dakota Department of Health to combat tobacco use. The funding is aimed at helping schools improve and promote tobacco control.

The United Way of Navarro County distributed grants worth $12,500 Friday to local charities that helped evacuees from Hurricane Ike.

CHARLESTON The Wildlife Resources Section of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources is accepting applications for grants that support research, conservation or education projects, according to WRS Chief Curtis I. Taylor.

San Jacinto County Tourism Council is pleased to announce the awarding of two tourism grants in San Jacinto County.

LEBANON The Boys & Girls Club of Lebanon has received grants for $10,000 from The Collins Foundation and $2,000 from the Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Trust.

National grants totalling more than $6 million dollars have been awarded to the State’s premier medical research facility, the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR), in support of a range of ground-breaking, world-first research projects.

The city of Milford received $12,000 in grants to study the city’s two most accident-prone intersections.

Ocean View Elementary School and Paulding Middle School students who walk or bike to school will be a little safer, thanks to a pair of state grants.

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With home heating bills looming, the state hopes to increase the availability of heating grants by loosening guidelines and increasing grant amounts of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

PIERRE Eighty-five K-12 school districts are the recipients of grants totaling $548,000 from the South Dakota Department of Health to combat tobacco use. The funding is aimed at helping schools improve and promote tobacco control.

San Jacinto County Tourism Council is pleased to announce the awarding of two tourism grants in San Jacinto County.

LEBANON The Boys & Girls Club of Lebanon has received grants for $10,000 from The Collins Foundation and $2,000 from the Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Trust.

Areas hospitals and health care providers were awarded thousands in grants to fight breast cancer and raise awareness about the disease.

Horry Telephone Cooperative and the Horry Electric Cooperative awarded almost $8,000 in grants to eight Horry County schools through the Bright Ideas program, which funds innovative classroom-based projects. The grants are available to all grade levels in Horry County Schools and are awarded for ideas outside of what would normally be funded by a public school.

Twenty-two communities or groups in metro Detroit were awarded $92,825 in Community Forestry Grants from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, with much of the money to be spent on tree planting.

Weill Cornell Medical College has today that it has received two $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grants will support innovative global health research projects: “Untimely Triggering of the Fusion Mechanism Used by Viruses for Entry: A New Antiviral Approach Using Engineered Microparticles,” conducted by Dr.

AYER — The Ayer Education Foundation (AEF) looks to award grants for projects that encourage and support innovation in teaching and learning; inspire creativity and leadership in teachers and administrators; and support collaboration among teachers, administrators, parents and the community.

Val Verde County Commissioners Court will meet Tuesday not Monday to accommodate the Columbus Day holiday. Among the issues on the commissioners court agenda are several involving county roads, including an update on the planned Del Rio Loop, and several discussions on county grants.

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Twenty-two communities or groups in metro Detroit were awarded $92,825 in Community Forestry Grants from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, with much of the money to be spent on tree planting.

WASHINGTON and#8212; New Hampshire and Maine will be among the 28 states to get a piece of $36 million in new grants to help older Americans and veterans remain independent, and to support people with Alzheimer’s disease who want to remain in their homes…

San Jacinto County Tourism Council is pleased to announce the awarding of two tourism grants in San Jacinto County.

CHESTER TWP. — The New Jersey Highlands Council awarded 13 grants on Thursday to municipalities to help them make their zoning agree with the regional master plan.

Ocean View Elementary School and Paulding Middle School students who walk or bike to school will be a little safer, thanks to a pair of state grants.

Category: Local News Topics: (none) First 5 Humboldt has made mini-grants available to fund projects that will benefit children from birth to age 5, and pregnant women and their families, a news release stated.

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