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.