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Evans Valley Fire District #6

Request: $200,000
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Capital Campaign to strengthen emergency preparedness and improve access to essential services for rural residents in Evans Valley, Oregon. Therefore, we are retrofitting our current facility and adding a community resource center that is ADA accessible as a public meeting or training space to serve seniors, people with disabilities, and residents with mobility limitations to participate in safety, health, and preparedness programs.

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Vida McKenzie Community Center

Request: $40,000

We’d like to install a 30K generator to supply power to the building so that our community can gather there during a power outage or disaster.  This would complete the basic installation of the generator–we have the pad and propane tank installed already. The last estimate would be between $38-$40,000.

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Grant County Childcare Committee

Request: $19,783

We would like to add a permanent cooling center and clean air shelter, in addition to other resources. The funds requested are to cover a heat pump for the building. We are founded to support children and families in our community, and know there is a need for places for children to exist when it is unsafe to play outside due to air quality, temperature, or UV index.

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Coos County Area Transportation District

Request: $2,300
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Coos County Area Transportation District is requesting funding to purchase Premium Office Emergency Kits for employees who are responsible for maintaining and operating public transportation services during emergencies and disasters. These kits will provide essential emergency supplies that enable staff to remain safe, self-sufficient, and capable of continuing critical transit operations during disaster events.

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Baker Resources Coalition (BRC)

Request: $11,730
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Our Summer Work Program for high school youth consists of a team of students who work on natural resource management projects on rural properties. This year’s team will complete wildlife mitigation on seven properties, work on the Powder Basin Watershed Council's (PBWC) beaver habitat restoration project, and record monitoring data for Wallowa Resources on behalf of the USFS.

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Climate and Wildfire Institute

Request: $25,000
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Climate & Wildfire Institute (CWI) and Grassroots Wildland Firefighters (GWF) propose the Wildland Fire Workforce Capacity Analysis Project—a first-of-its-kind effort to assess the wildfire workforce in Oregon and provide necessary data- and expert insight-driven policy recommendations to re-envision its future.

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St. Vincent de Paul - St Matthew Conference

Request: $20,000
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The St. Vincent de Paul St. Matthew Conference is seeking funding to purchase and install a backup generator for the Hertel Center in Hillsboro, Oregon. The Hertel Center serves as a critical community resource, providing food assistance, rent and utility assistance, personal care items, and other essential services to individuals and families experiencing hardship throughout Washington County.

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Medical Teams International

Request: $190,000
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While continuing to invest in community preparedness work, the near-term objective is to respond to disasters in the Pacific Northwest. Their goal is to alleviate suffering and mitigate the healthcare impact of disasters on displaced populations, and response work will focus on meeting the needs of medically fragile and AFN populations

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Seaside School District

Request: $81,950
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This grant request is to fund the purchase of a mobile water purification unit, which could be used by the School District after a natural disaster to ensure that any persons taking shelter on the campus will have clean drinking water. The unit in question has the ability to clean up to 3,000 gallons of water per day, and will be delivered to the School District in a fully contained and enclosed trailer that can be towed to any water source and used to fill clean water containers.

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Rockwood Common

Request: $80,000
Application Materials

There is no community space for residents and unhoused neighbors to seek refuge. Rockwood Common Tool Library is renovating 2,600 sq ft as a resilience site and lending library to provide relief, resources, and preparedness education in this community.

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