COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Branch County Community Foundation’s Youth Advisory Council will be making a financial difference for seven local organizations that work with area youth.
In its most recent grant cycle, the Youth Advisory Council (YAC) gave away a total of $23,800 to those organizations. The groups and their projects receiving the grant:
Branch County Coalition against Domestic Violence – Empathy Experiment
Bronson Community Schools (Anderson Elementary) – Pump Up Our Playground
Civil Way Days/Memorial Weekend Committee – Civil War Days Event
Legg Middle School (LMS Robotics) – LMS Robotics Club Supplies
Pines Behavioral Health/Tibbits Opera House – Beauty & The Beast Jr.
Quincy High School Green Club – Recycling bins for classrooms
Quincy Middle School Robotics – QMS Robotics Funding
The Youth Advisory Council (YAC) is the Community Foundation’s youth philanthropy program. The group consists of individuals (ages 12-21) from Branch County and Colon, MI. YAC is dedicated to effective grantmaking, endowment building, leadership, and improving the viability of our communities by involving youth in the visioning and decision-making process.
The YAC grant applicantionss must be designed to serve youth and meet specific criteria with youth being involved with the grant applications process. The YAC students review the applicants, select applicants to interview, and then determine how much each recipient gets in their spring meetings.
“The YAC group was thrilled to receive so many great grant applications this year. Unfortunately, we were only able to grant 7 of the 15 total applications. Those applications we choose to grant well represented the needs that the YAC group felt needed to be addressed in the community. We thank everyone for their applications and encourage more applications in the future” said current YAC president, Ben Fagen.
If you’re interested in learning more about the Youth Advisory Council and the Branch County Community Foundation, visit their website at www.BrCoFoundation.org, or call (517)278.4517.
