In 2017, we awarded $115,155.38 to area causes.
Organization | Project | Amount |
Committee for Fast Fiber | Feasibility study | $2,000 |
Decorah School | Back pack program for school supplies | $2,000 |
Winn. Co. Emergency Management | Technological improvements to Emergency Trailer | $2,000 |
Winn. Co. Sheriff’s Office | Body cameras | $2,000 |
City of Calmar Municipal Pool | Water aerobics Health Program | $1,373 |
City of Ossian | Sound system for Pavillion | $2,000 |
Ossian Senior Hospice | Remodel West Wing Lounge | $2,000 |
Greater Area Pantry | Back to school supplies and Easter project | $1,000 |
Spillville Senior Housing | Side walk to emergancy shelter | $2,000 |
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church | New Chairs | $2,000 |
Stone Ridge Community Church | Painting and new floor mats for the foyer | $2,000 |
Winneshiek Co. Convention and Visitors Bureau | Advertise, educate, and promote community | $2,000 |
Madison Cemetery Association | Computer software for cemetery records | $2,000 |
Iowa Composers Forum | Licensing fees, copy and printing fees | $1,032 |
Nisse Preschool and Kids place | Replace shelving, bulletin board, and purchase a privacy cube for the kids | $2,000 |
UERPC Housing Inc. | Conduct an Affordable Housing study | $2,000 |
New Minowa Players | Replace/repair rotted wood trim | $2,000 |
Radio Postville | Conduct a Laborshed analysis | $2,000 |
Winneshiek County Historiacal Soceity | Repair the brick on the south side of the “Bodensteiner House” | $2,000 |
Winneshiek Co. Agricultural Association | Handicapped parking lot | $2,000 |
Winneshiek Medical Center Foundation | Sexual assault nurse refresher course | $600 |
Winneshiek Co. 4-H Club Foundation | Update the kitchen | $2,000 |
Winneshiek Co. American Legion Aux. (Ft. Atikson) | Hospitality supplies (magazines, fruit, snacks) | $2,000 |
Decorah Quilts of Valor #541 | Quilt material | $2,000 |
City of Fort Atkinson | Commercial dishwasher for community center | $2,000 |
Civic Improvement Association | replace gate and fence for the Riverside Park | $2,000 |
American Cancer Society | Help sponsor the Ride, Rock, and Relay for Life | $2,000 |
Our Lady of Seven Dolors Parish | Purchase new chairs | $2,000 |
First Lutheran Church (Decorah community food pantry | For food pantry to obtain their own 501c3 status and to purchase food and other personal care items | $2,850 |
VFW Post 1977 Helof Holm | Repair roof | $2,000 |
Art Haus, Inc. | Scholarships for students | $2,000 |
Village Fire Singing Camp | Purchase tents for events | $2,000 |
Springfield Lutheran Church | Electrical repairs and sidewalk at parsonage | $2,000 |
Seed Savers Exchange | Student Workshops | $1,000 |
Decorah Congregational UCC | Kitchen remodel | $2,000 |
St. Fancis DeSales sewing Fund | Batting for quilts | $1,000 |
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church | Planting mini groves of trees | $2,000 |
Oneota Valley Community Orchestra(OVCO) | Purchase and rent music | $2,000 |
Sunflower Child Development Center | Help purchase a new playground | $2,000 |
Thunder Rode, Inc. | To update facilities to become a Premier Accredited Center | $2,000 |
Porter House Museum | To purchase a tankless water heater, chest freezer, and industrial shelving for the storage of exibits when not on display | $2,000 |
Christian Family School of Religion | To offset the chaperone expenses to the National Catholic Youth conference in Indianapolis. | $2,000 |
Winneshiek County Celebration of Life | Help fund mammograms and to purchase gas and grocery gift cards for those going through cancer treatment | $2,000 |
Student Activities Council Service Committee | to help fund the materials needed to make fleece tie blankets for less fortunate people | $2,000 |
Laura Ingalls Wilder Park and Museum | To help with the palyground project | $2,000 |
Zion Lutheran Church (Quilters for Veterans) | To purchase materials to make the quilts for veterans in Winneshiek County | $1,000 |
Humane Society of Northeast Iowa | Help fund the SNAP program | $1,500 |
St. Aloysius Catholic Church | To purchase vaccuum cleaners, de-humidifiers, and a furnace | $2,000 |
Northeast Iowa Peace and Justice Center | To purchase a projector, bluetooth speakers and amplifier, and for paper, design and printing needs | $1,000 |
Decorah Chorale | Purchase sheet music | $2,000 |
Northern Lights( Woman’s Choir) | For music and miscellaneous concert expenses | $2,000 |
Northeast Iowa Unitarian Universalist Fellowship | To help fund the “let’s talk” classes offered to parent | $2,000 |
Barthell OES Home | To help fund the cost of musical entertainment, bingo, and one on one supplies for the residence. | $2,000 |
Water Street Productions | To help fund the free concert in the late summer/early fall | $2,000 |
Wellington Place | To help fund musical entertainment | $1,800 |
Calmar Lutheran Church | Tiling around parsonage | $2,000 |
Orleans Lutheran Church | To install an electric lift in church | $2,000 |
Cubscouts Pack #3067 | To help with scholarships to join Cubscouts and assist families with the cost of summer camp | $2,000 |
Big Canoe Lutheran Church | To replace windows in the parsonage | $2,000 |
Highland Lutheran Church | To take down trees and replant/ landscaping | $2,000 |
Washington Prairie Lutheran Church | Material to make twin-sized blankets for foster children | $1,000 |
South Winneshiek Schools | Entry fees for the Lightning Legends competitions | $2,000 |