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Mountain View Kiwanis Club Presenting Grant Awards to 31 Nonprofit Groups

The Kiwanis Club of Mountain View Foundation will be presenting grant awards to 31 local nonprofit organizations on Wednesday, January 22, 2014.

The Kiwanis Club of Mountain View Foundation Grants Committee considered grant requests that met a critical health or human care need in Mountain View and adjacent communities and addressed the needs of low-income children, adolescents or seniors over 60 years of age. Eligible organizations submitting grant requests had federal 501(c)(3) status.

The Mountain View Kiwanis have awarded well over $1 million in community service grants in the last ten years.

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Grant applications are accepted from October 1st through December 1st each year. The deadline for submission of applications is December 1st of each year, and guidelines are posted online.

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This cycle of grants will be formally awarded to the selected groups on Wednesday, January 22nd from 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. at Ristorante Don Giovanni, 235 Castro St., Mountain View.

The Mountain View Kiwanis Club meets every second and fourth Wednesday of each month from 12 noon at Ristorante Don Giovanni, 235 Castro St., Mountain View.
E-mail any questions regarding Mountain View Kiwanis Club or the grant application process
to mvkiwanis1@gmail.com

The following organizations are receiving grant awards:

Alzheimer’s Association
American Youth Rugby Union
Avenidas - Rose Kleiner Center
Challenge Team
Community Health Awareness Council (CHAC) Community School of Music & Arts Community Services Agency
Cops & Gobblers - MVPOA
Crittenden School Music Dept.
Day Worker Center of M.V.
Friends of Deer Hollow Farm
Hidden Villa
Just READ
Kiwanis Family House
Living Classroom Program
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Mountain View High School
MV/LA Adult School
MVPD Dreams & Futures
MVPD PAL Program

Partners for a New Generation                                                 Peninsula Oral School of Deaf                                                Peninsula Youth Theater                                                           Positive Coaching Alliance                                                        Quadre                                                                                    Senior Adults Legal Assistance                                                   Silicon Valley Faces.                                                                    Taylor Family Foundation.                                                            Tech Trek - American Association of University Women              Westwind 4-H                                                                            YWCA - Support Network 

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