The Book Across the Bay Community Grant Program is our way of giving something back to our home community, and supporting the values that the Book Across the Bay event was created to promote. Each year, we make grants using proceeds from the previous winter's race. The amount of money we can give varies year by year, depending on the event's success.

Book Across the Bay 2011 Community Grant Program Guidelines

Guidelines:

1. Applicants must be located in Ashland, Bayfield or Douglas Counties, and the proposed project must serve the residents of Ashland, Bayfield or Douglas Counties.
2. Applicants must be 501(c)3 organizations, or else the proposed project must have the support of a 501(c)3 organization.
3. Grant-funded projects should be consistent with Book Across the Bay's mission, which is to encourage physical and mental wellness among residents of the Chequamegon Bay region.
4. In general, Book Across the Bay encourages requests to be made for specific projects or items that can be entirely funded from the grant.
5. Certain exceptions may be made to these policies under extraordinary circumstances.

 To Apply:

• Applicants should submit a letter of no more than one page that describes the proposed project. The letter also should include the following:
   
  • Name, address, phone number and email address of a contact person representing the applicant organization.
  • If the applicant is a 501(c)3 organization, provide the organization’s full name and tax-exempt number. If the applicant is not a 501(c)3 organization, provide the name, address and tax-exempt number of the 501(c)3 organization supporting the request. In addition, provide the name and contact numbers for an individual representing that 501(c)3 organization.

In addition to the letter described above, a  project budget of no more than one page should be attached to the request.

• Proposals must be postmarked no later than July 1, 2011. Send applications to Book Across the Bay Community Grant Program, P.O. Box 307, Ashland WI 54806.
• Awards will be made by September 15, 2011.

Questions:

Please direct any questions to members of the Book Across the Bay Community Grant Committee:

• Lisa David: la_david@charter.net
• Julia Trojanowski: jtrojan@northland.edu
• Laurence Wiland: laurencewiland@gmail.com

Book Across the Bay 2011 Community Grant Program Recipients

• New Day Shelter: $500 to support the NDS Client Needs Fund

• Reins of Inspiration, Inc: $1,800 for a handicapped accessible ramp for the Equine Assisted Therapy program

• City of Ashland: $2,000 in support of construction of a public outdoor hockey and ice skating rink

• Bay Area Swim Team: $2,500 for purchase of supplies and training equipment

• Alzheimer's Association, Ashland Chapter: $700 for purchase of educational handouts, posters and banners for Memory Walk 2010

• Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Inc: $400 for purchase of materials for public education and public programming

• School District of Ashland: $496 to purchase equipment for use in maintaining public walking trails on and around school district grounds

• Washburn Soccer Association: $1,900 for purchase of two heavy duty soccer nets to be installed in a public park in Washburn

• Chequamegon Bay Area Special Olympics: $1,511 to purchase cross-country ski equipment

• Friends of Copper Falls State Park, Inc.: $2,400 for purchase of cross country ski equipment for the Mellen Schools after-school ski club

• School District of Ashland: $2,000 for purchase of bicycles for use in 3rd - 5th grade physical education programming

• Friends of the Washburn Public Library: $2,000 to support public programming.

• Tri-County Medical Society: $2,000 to support health and wellness programming in the community.

See our 2009 grant recipients

See our 2008 grant recipients

See our 2007 grant recipients

See our 2006 grant recipients

See our 2005 grant recipients

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