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Great Grant Giveaway Award Programs
Featured organizations:
Albuquerque Meals on Wheels • Albuquerque Youth Symphony New Mexico Water Collaborative • Paws and Stripes PB&J Family Services • ABQid
G r e a t G r a n t G i v e a w a y
2015 brought us our third annual Great Grant Giveaway, the meeting event that makes charitable giving even more fun and exciting. Six nonprofits from each of our six fields-of-interest are highlighted with video presentations. Then, each table of attendees is given a $500 check to award to their favorite organization.
Featured Organizations
Albuquerque Meals on Wheels $16,450 As the only organization providing seven different types of medically tailored meals to seniors and home-bound individuals, Meals on Wheels used Great Grant Giveaway funds to support doubling their food production over the next 2-3 years. By increasing their production, Meals on Wheels can serve more people both by providing nutritious food and offering companionship, which is at times the only interaction their clients have with members of the community and breaks the isolation and loneliness from which so many homebound people suffer.
Albuquerque Youth Symphony $13,525 The Albuquerque Youth Symphony provides opportunities for more than 550 young musicians to grow and learn through advanced music education and musical performances. Understanding that not every student has the means to enroll in the Albuquerque Youth Symphony, the program subsidizes tuition for 115 students. Funds from the Great Grant Giveaway, allow the Albuquerque Youth Symphony to continue off-setting tuition costs for many of the city's most talented and promising young, symphonic musicians.
New Mexico Water Collaborative $12,800 The New Mexico Water Collaborative is dedicated to the reduction of water footprints for communities in New Mexico. The Great Grant Giveaway supported the Mill Pond Reuse Project, an onsite waste water treatment system currently under construction, that will treat up to 2,000 gallons of waste water from a new multi-family housing building within Sawmill Village in Albuquerque. This collaborative project will result in an urban greenspace with a zero water footprint, meaning no fresh water will be used to sustain this community park.
Paws and Stripes $21,650 Paws & Stripes provides service dogs for wounded military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury through integrating service dog training and education with mental health support. In this unique model, dogs are rescued from shelters and trained to help veterans live fuller, richer lives. Funding from the Great Grant Giveaway has supported counseling, weekly workshops, dog selections and on-call support for veterans and their families.
PB&J Family Services $15,650 PB&J Family services helps at-risk children to grow and develop to their full potential in nurturing families within a supportive community. With the support of the Great Grant Giveaway, PB&J continues to work with families to break multi-generational cycles of violence, abuse, neglect and incarceration. Through its community and education programs, PB&J ensures children have transportation to school, meals and access to rich cultural experiences in ! Albuquerque, like Explora!, Keshet's "Nutcracker" performance, hikes in the Bosque and programs at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.
ABQid $10,200 ABQid understands that a key component to changing New Mexico's economy is to grow our own business and support the highly talented, motivated and visionary entrepreneurs in Albuquerque. The Great Grant Giveaway supported ABQid's accelerator program that cultivates and nurtures the start-up community and helps to develop ideas into full businesses rooted in Albuquerque's expanding economic landscape.
