Holiday giving along America’s Wild Rivers Coast

Wild Rivers Community Foundation is awarding 21 organizations in Del Norte and Curry counties with checks to help with their holiday programs this year. A reception at Howonquet Hall on Wednesday will give each grantee the opportunity to accept the check and also to talk about individual programs and how they provide support to needy children and families during the holidays.  

These funds were made possible through the generous donations of 21 organizations in Oregon and California.  They will also be recognized at the reception.

The Holiday Partnership Program is an annual program at Wild Rivers Community Foundation.  This year the awards, ranging from $200 to $900, will go to 12 organizations in Del Norte County, including Crescent City and the community of Smith River.  It will help nine organizations in Curry County, including Brookings, Gold Beach and Port Orford.

The following organizations will receive grants this week:

Bicoastal Media, Coats for Kids, coats and mittens for children; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks No. 1934, food items for food baskets; Brookings-Harbor Community Helpers, nutritional snacks and fresh fruit; CASA Del Norte, toys, clothing, personal hygiene products and school supplies; Community Assistance Network, food for food baskets; Cornerstone Assembly of God, meals, sack lunches, socks and gloves;  Del Norte Senior Center, slipper socks;  Church, DORCAS, Seventh Day Adventist, food for food baskets;  Gold Beach Giving Tree Program, gift certificates for groceries; KURY Radio, clothes, utility vouchers, gas cards and rent payments; Lighthouse Community Center, pajamas and clothing for children; Oasis Shelter Home, gift certificates and food baskets; Oregon Coast Community Action, gifts for children; Our Daily Bread Ministries, gift and holiday meals; Outreach Gospel Mission, gifts and meals; Redwoods Family Worship Center, food baskets, toys and clothing;  Rural Human Services,  Santa’s Workshop; Smith River Rancheria Community and Family Services, holiday gift cards; Smith River United Methodist Church, toys and clothing for children;  The Common Good, Inc., turkeys, hams and chickens; Toys for Tots/Marine Corps League No. 578, toys for children.  

The total grant amount is $12,700.

The partnership includes participation by the following organizations, some of which are located outside our region: the Caldwell and Sund Family Trust; Cal-Ore Life Flight; The California Endowment; Coos-Curry Electric Coop; Gordon Elwood Foundation; Green Diamond Resource Company; The Martinelli Family Trust; PacifiCorp; St. Joseph’s Health System, Humboldt County; The Patricia D. and William B. Smullin Foundation; and Wild Rivers Community Foundation.

The Wild Rivers Community Foundation is a charitable organization founded to encourage charitable giving to support the region now and forever.  Tax deductible donations may be made to any of the existing Wild Rivers Community Foundation funds, or you may wish to consider establishing your own fund.  

For more information or to make a contribution, contact Wild Rivers Community Foundation, Mary Foote, program officer, 465-1238 or (541) 412-6277.