Madison Street Festival awards $5,985.36 in grants
Representatives of community organizations received $5,985.36 in grants from the Madison Street Festival representatives. RECORD PHOTOS/GREGG L. PARKER
MADISON – Madison Street Festival (MSF) coordinators used 2015 proceeds to return almost $6,000 to community groups.
MSF representatives presented $5,985.36 in grants at Madison City Council’s meeting on Jan. 11. MSF’s 2015 Grants Committee included chairperson Keegan Mumaw, Rosalie Holcombe and Karen Morris.
Grant recipients include these groups:
* Madison City Chess League — Recruiting girls to join, $100.
* Madison Adaptive Sports — Equipment and refreshments, $400.
* Mill Creek Elementary School — STEM Lab, supplies for space experiments, $300.
* Mill Creek Media Center — Two iPads and two Osmo Education systems, $300.
* Mill Creek Achieve 3000 — Reading comprehension, $300.
* Heritage Elementary School — Reading program, especially English Language Learners, at-risk students and gifted population, $300.
* Heritage “Reading Coast to Coast” program — Up-to-date
geography reference books, $300.
* Madison Elementary School — Music supplies, $385.36.
* Horizon Elementary School — “Scholastic News” subscriptions, $300.
* Horizon Math Department — “DynaMath” magazines, $300.
* Madison City Schools Spanish program — Bilingual books, $400.
* James Clemens High School — Construction Academy, ‘green’ mini-building, $300.
* James Clemens Theatre — “Beauty and the Beast” spring musical, $300.
* James Clemens At-Risk Assist — Test preparation books, $300.
* Bob Jones High School — “Patriot Pages” publishing equipment, $300.
* Bob Jones Chemistry Department — Lab balances and probeware, $300.
* Bob Jones Medical Academy — Phlebotomy and venipuncture supplies, $300.
* Liberty Middle School — Drama Department, scripts and performance rights, $400.
* Liberty Media Center — Makerspace and STEM supplies, $400.
In addition, MSF will award a $1,000 scholarship to both a Bob Jones and James Clemens student this spring.
The street festival received 53 grant applications in 2015. To award grants, the MSF Grants Committee used criteria based for non-profit organizations that serve Madison city residents and provide educational opportunities, increasing literacy and community improvement projects, Mumaw said.
For more information, visit madisonstreetfestival.org or Facebook/Madison Street Festival.
