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The Butte Strong Fund, a partnership of the North Valley Community Foundation, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. and the Aaron Rodgers NorCal Fire Recovery Fund, aims to provide long-term recovery to communities impacted by the Camp Fire.
Camp Fire Fund Grants (2024--25)
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Recipient | Amount | Description | Date | Funded Projects |
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The Camp Fire Collaborative | $56,071 | Ensure continuity for survivors still navigating complex recovery from the 2018 Camp Fire. | Feb. 2026 | Support through December 2026 |
Chico Project SAVE | $5,000 | For medical equipment to be used in the Camp Fire footprint | Dec. 2025 | Local Expansion Initiative |
Paradise Unified School District | $10,000 | A family support system focused on safety and wellness | Dec. 2025 | Positive Parenting Initiative |
Habitat for Humanity | $10,000 | Support for Habitat’s rebuilding projects | Dec. 2025 | Habitat Rebuilds in Paradise |
Moms of the Ridge | $10,000 | To continue to provide a safe space for Community Roots Ridge | Dec. 2025 | Community Roots |
Paradise Ridge Chamber of Commerce | $2,500 | For public relations campaign to attract people to relocate to Paradise | Dec. 2025 | Welcome to the Ridge |
Biochar Coalition | $2,500 | Sponsorship of the community fuels reduction and land restoration series | Dec. 2025 | Concow Biochar Symposium |
CHIP | $9,865 | Support to families living in two CHIP rental properties in Paradise | Dec. 2025 | Sustaining Hope |
Tiny Pine Foundation | $10,000 | To help finish five homes, mostly in Concow | Dec. 2025 | Tiny homes on Foundation |
Centerville Recreation and Historical Association | $4,000 | To remove hazardous trees at the Centerville Museum in Butte Creek Canyon | Dec. 2025 | Historic Preservation |
Blue Oak Collective | $5,000 | Sponsorship of Konkow TEK Training and Good Fire Fair, as well as Healing Post-Fire Communities program | Dec. 2025 | Event sponsorships |
Magalia Community Park | $5,000 | Ongoing support for Magalia Community Park and Community Center | Dec. 2025 | Operational Support |
Paradise Art Center | $5,000 | Therapeutic art programs | Dec. 2025 | Fostering Community and Healing Through Art |
Boys and Girls Clubs of the North Valley | $10,000 | To help purchase a van to transport Youth to and from Teen Center | Dec 2025 | Teen Center Van |
Paradise Stronger, Inc | $9,620 | For administration of the garden and recreational walking program | Dec. 2025 | Paradise Community Garden, Walking for Wellness |
Kastlerock Ranch Foundation | $2,500 | To support an equine therapy program in Paradise | Dec. 2025 | Group Equine Education and Training Program |
From the Ground Up Farms | $10,000 | Providing support for continuation of program | Dec. 2025 | Tool lending library |
American Association of University Women: Paradise Chapter | $1,500 | To support opportunities for girls through the Paradise chapter | Dec. 2025 | Organizational support |
Yankee Hill Fire Safe Council | $10,000 | To remove larger tree debris around vital evacuation routes | Dec. 2025 | Large Tree Debris Reutilization |
Far Northern Regional Center | $10,000 | Health and wellness program for Paradise area clients | Dec 2025 | Health and wellness |
Youth on the Ridge Community Foundation | $2,500 | Sponsorship of the Paradise Chocolate Fest | Dec. 2025 | Strengthening Programs on the Paradise Ridge |
HomeTech Charter School | $5,000 | For transportation to support students | Dec. 2025 | Ridge Recovery |
Valley Contractors Workforce Foundation | $10,000 | To support program that trains workers to build homes in Paradise | Dec. 2025 | Hands on Tools, Mobile Construction Training |
Regenerating Paradise | $5,000 | To help with tool purchases | Dec. 2025 | Paradise Tool Library |
Simple Unmet Needs | $100,000 | To provide timely, flexible financial support to Camp Fire survivors for recovery-related needs. | Dec. 2025 | Bridging the Gaps in Camp Fire Recovery |
Bright Futures for Kids Foundation | $3,000 | To aid in the Thanksgiving Basket Brigade | Nov. 2025 | Basket Brigade |
Magalia Community Park | $1,000 | To aid in the inaugural fundraiser and gala | Oct 2025 | Magalia Community Park Mardi Gras Fundraiser and Gala |
Magalia Community Park event sponsorship | $1,000 | For a sponsorship of their Mardi Gras Gala fundraiser | Oct 2025 | Mardi Gras Gala fundraiser |
Rebuild Paradise Foundation | $2,500 | To educate Camp Fire survivors and current Butte County residents navigating the complex intersection of wildfire safety and home insurance. | September 2025 | Solving The Insurance Puzzle -Insurance Forum |
Healthy Rural California | $10,000 | To help students gain the confidence and knowledge necessary to pursue a career in healthcare. | September 2025 | MedEd Clubs in Paradise Pilot Program |
Magalia Community Park | $10,000 | To aid with operational expenses for the community park | September 2025 | Magalia Community Park |
Paradise Community Chorus | $2,500 | To aid in the Holiday in Paradise concert December 2025 | August 2025 | Holiday Concert
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Simple Unmet Needs Funding Pool | $100,000 | To provide timely, flexible financial support to Camp Fire survivors for recovery-related needs not covered by other sources. | May 2025 | Camp Fire Collaborative |
Paradise Recreation and Park District | $50,000 | To complete the build of a ropes course and adventure play zone at Bille Park, providing under served youth with transformative outdoor experiences | April 2025 | Adventure Play and Ropes Course to Serve the Ridge |
Camp Fire Collective | $100,000 | To provide timely, flexible financial support to Camp Fire survivors for recovery-related needs not covered by other sources | April 2025 | Simple Unmet Needs Funding Pool |
Honey Run Covered Bridge | $2,500 | To host the 60th annual pancake breakfast and the first on the rebuilt bridge, bringing together the community member and hundreds of visitors | March 2025 | 60th Annual Honey Run Covered Bridge Pancake Breakfast and Grand Opening |
Rebuild Paradise Foundation | $25,000 | To bolster the gravel grant program for defensible space for at least 50 homes. | March 2025 | Gravel Grant Program |
Paradise Community Chorus | $2,500 | To support the efforts of the Paradise Community Chorus to bring the community together with music of these choral performances, the first of two to take place May 4, 2025. | March 2025 | Spring Concert 2025 |
Oroville Southside Community Improvement Association | $12,500 | To support the continued services of the Haven of Hope on Wheels program, which will include establishing partnerships for service delivery efforts, conduct client survey to assess satisfaction and providing referrals to social services. | March 2025 | Continued Service of Haven of Hope on Wheels |
Tiny Pine Foundation | $12,000 | To support with additional funding to help offset a portion of the wages spent on time working on Camp Fire builds. | Feb. 2025 | Tiny Homes for Camp Fire Survivors |
Butte Strong Fund Grants (2018--23)
HOUSING
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Funded Projects | Grantee | Award | Date | Description |
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2023 Rebuild Project and Volunteer Recruitment | Hope Crisis Response Network, Inc. | $100,000 | Dec. 2023 | To support the completion of 18 home rebuild projects for low-income and single parent households, disabled and/or elderly households and veterans. |
Paradise self-help, 5 homes | Community Housing Improvement Program | $200,000 | July 2023 | For the purchase of lots to develop affordable housing solutions for Camp Fire survivors looking to return to the area. |
Hands on Tools Mobile Construction Whole Home Build Project | Valley Contractors Exchange | $150,000 | July 2023 | To launch the Whole Home Build Project which will require purchasing four lots. |
Habitat Rebuilds in Paradise - Lots for Homes Project | Habitat for Humanity of Butte County | $150,000 | June 2023 | For the purchase of five lots for homes for Camp Fire survivors. |
Camp Fire Defensible Space Recovery Project | Butte County Fire Safe Council | $249,583 | April 2023 | To create defensible space by removing hazardous dead and dying trees where vulnerable residents are living or rebuilding; to also provide education packets and phone guidance to residents |
Fuels Management for Housing Recovery, Safety and Wildfire Preparedness | All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc. | $200,000 | April 2023 | To support private home properties with defensible space and hazard tree removal |
Concow Defensible Space Project | From the Ground Up Farms, Inc - | $186,000 | April 2023 | To provide 100 feet of defensible space to fire families, financially or physically unable to do so, in the Concow area. Also to teach them to maintain and remind of available tools in Community Tool Lending Library.
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Concow / Yankee Hill Strategic Fuel Breaks | Yankee Hill Fire Safe Council | $250,000 | March 2023 | To fund strategic fuel break to treat (170) acres, remove hazard trees, and complete (30) Residence Assistance for defensible space for low income, elderly, and disabled prioritized to treat (40) acres |
Fuel Reduction Assistance Program | Paradise Alliance Church | $245,286 | March 2023 | To complete tree and brush removal at 200 properties in hopes to reach many more |
Stand Down - 3-day event for veterans and service providers | Butte County Veterans Stand Down | $50,000 | March 2023 | To fund the Stand Down events which will support our unhoused and at risk veterans |
T25 Tiny Homes on Foundation in Camp Fire Burn Scar | Tiny Pine Foundation | $45,589 | Jan. 2023 | To fund the difference neeeded to build and provide 8-10 permanant tiny homes on foundations for survivors of the Camp fire over a two-year period |
Capacity Funding | Rebuild Paradise Foundation | $400,000 | Dec. 2022 | To fund staff salaries for Rebuild Paradise program coordinator, administrative assistant and executive director |
HEALTH & WELLNESS
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Funded Projects | Grantee | Award | Date | Description |
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Family Centers | First 5 Butte County | $3,000,000 | April 4, 2024 | To help the establishment and supporting the network of Family Resource Centers |
Moms of the Ridge Family Events | Moms on the Ridge | $5,000 | Nov. 2023 | To address the ongoing needs of our community by connecting and supporting mothers, caretakers and parents through a range of resources, activities, and events that foster a sense of belonging |
Basket Brigade | NVCF | $15,000 | Nov. 2023 | For the purchase of Thanksgiving meals for up to 800 families across our service area |
Butte Strong First Responder Wellness Unit | Butte County Mounted Sheriff Posse | $250,000 | Oct. 2023 | To fund the expansion of wellness services to a first responder community who has been deeply impacted by traumatic events and major incidents |
Resiliency Project with Paradise Stronger | Tula Therapeutic Collective | $25,505 | Oct. 2023 | For a resiliency project that will offer emotional and practical support for those who are still impacted by the Camp Fire, including skill-building groups, group counseling and individual counseling. |
Healthy Communities Collaborative (HCC) Phase II and III. | NVCF | $250,000 | Oct. 2023 | To continue the work outlined in the completed Phase I (Focus and Alignment) and planned for Phase II (Collaborate and Plan) and Phase III (Execute and Monitor) for the Healthy Communities Collaborative |
Holiday in Paradise | Paradise Community Chorus, Inc. | $5,000 | Oct. 2023 | To organize the community holiday concert. |
Trauma Informed Teaching Artists in the Schools Program for Paradise Area Schools | Butte County Office of Education | $25,000 | Oct. 2023 | To support the BCOE Trauma Informed Artists in the Schools program to support the mental health needs of children K-12 at no cost to schools. |
Enloe Comprehensive Cancer Center | Enloe Foundation | $500,000 | Sept. 2023 | To help fund the development of the Enloe Comprehensive Cancer center which will expand cancer services in the North State |
Donations Management Committee Collaboration | Feather River Health Foundation | $320,000 | Sept. 2023 | To support households in Butte County reach their recovery goals by fulfilling tangible unmet needs left by the 2018 Camp Fire |
Family Resource Center | Magalia Community Church | $10,000 | Aug. 2023 | To provide salary stabilization for the labor portion of Magalia Community Church contracts |
Balanced Brain Project | HomeTech Charter School | $11,692 | Aug. 2023 | To fund a 36-week curriculum designed to utilize creativity, self-awareness practices and enriching activities to benefit mental health for our struggling youth |
DIRECT ASSISTANCE
Funded Projects | Grantee | Award | Date | Description |
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Camp Fire Collaborative operations | Camp Fire Collaborative | $501,948 | May 17, 2022 | To continue to perform many fire recovery functions, mainly case management for fire survivors. |
Basic needs to fire survivors | Northern Valley Catholic Social Service | $7,000 | Nov. 2021 | To provide basic and immediate needs for Camp Fire survivors who were impacted a second time by 2021 fires. |
Food assessment study | Butte County Local Food Network | $ 43,340 | June 2021 | The organization hopes to complete the study by the end of
summer, the start of a process to create a network to address food insecurity and
food distribution in the region. |
Gift vouchers and support | Yankee Hill Fire Safe Council | $ 50,000 | June 2021 | The grant supports businesses in the area through a
voucher program, with vouchers to fire survivors that are redeemable at
businesses in the Concow/Yankee Hill area. |
Food and necessities to fire survivors | Paradise Gleaners/Butte County Gleaners | $ 30,000 | Apr. 2021 | To provide food and other
necessities to fire survivors and at-risk populations. The grant was augmented by
$10,000 from NVCF’s North Complex Fire Grant Program and $10,000 from
NVCF’s Coronavirus Rapid Response Fund. The effort will take place over a
two-month to three-month period and hopes to serve more than 3,000 people. |
Food distribution center | Tzu Chi Foundation | $ 10,500 | Apr. 2021 | to build a food distribution center as part of
John and Teri Rubiolo’s “I AM’s Garden” meal service facility. The grant will pay
for the metal building, and Tzu Chi will fund the concrete foundation. |
Feed Butte County Direct | Butte County Local Food Network | $ 50,000 | Nov. 2020 | To provide 25 CSA share/boxes to families with children, the elderly or infirm, and/or those who are low or fixed income. Food share will be delievered to a few centrally located pickup points in both Concow and Magalia. |
Tool Lending Library/Food Pantry Power Upgrade | From the Ground Up Farms | $ 15,000 | Nov. 2020 | To upgrade the community tool lending library and to convert our sawmill garage to a “food pantry” or space that can be used by various agencies as a place to do giveaways in a comfortable environment. This would involve running electricity to the containers to allow for refrigeration and lights. |
Campaign Propane | Campaign Propane | $ 10,000 | Nov. 2020 | |
Love Delivers | Paradise Adventist Church | $ 5,000 | Nov. 2020 | To help a minimum of 250 Camp Fire Survivors who are living within the burn scar with daily grocery deliveries during this unprecedented time of the shelter-in-place mandate as a precaution to decrease the spread of the COVID-19 Pandemic currently facing our world. |
MCC operational expenses through December 2020 | Magalia Community Church | $ 50,000 | Nov. 2020 | To secure additional funding to keep our Resource and Recovery Center open until the end of 2020. |
Food Pantry Support | First Baptist Church of Paradise | $ 15,000 | Apr. 2020 | A $15,000 grant will allow the organization to continue to distribute food and other items for people affected by the Camp Fire. |
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Funded Projects | Grantee | Award | Date | Description |
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Magalia Community Park & Community Center | Magalia Community Park | $45,000 | Nov. 2023 | To free up the one-time and variable income streams for programming and other community services to better sustain the organization long term |
Fifth Anniversary Commemoration | Camp Fire Collaborative | $50,000 | July 2023 | To support community members directly affected by the Camp Fire by helping fund organizations and events commemorating the fifth anniversary |
Mechoopda Roundhouse | Mechoopda Cultural Resource Preservation Enterprise | $26,525 | June 2023 | To complete the building of a large traditional roundhouse that will be used as a multi-tribal ceremonial and healing center |
"HOME ON THE RIDGE" Animal Shelter Expansion Project | Paradise Animal Shelter Helpers (PASH) | $50,000 | June 2023 | To improve and renovate the Paradise Animal Shelter; improvements include renovation, expansion, provide proper separation of cats and dogs, providing more effective means of isolating sick animals and more. |
Making Connections 2023 | Magalia Community Park | $37,390 | May 2023 | This funding will help support their efforts toward making a thriving community park for fire survivors. |
Station 38 Revamp and Equip | Golden Feather Volunteer Fire Company | $49,183 | Jan. 2023 | For various needed repairs or improvements to Fire Station 38 to promote safe, efficient and functional use, including a space for training, meetings and fundraising activities |
2023 Staffing | From the Ground Up Farms, Inc. | $30,410 | Dec. 2022 | To fill key volunteer positions to oversee our critical operations for 2023 |
Brand Identity Campaign | Paradise Ridge Chamber of Commerce - | $50,000 | Dec. 2022 | To fund the development of a comprehensive brand/identity marketing campaign to attract new residents as well as drive business attraction and retention, energize current residents and position the Ridge Community as a desirable place for relocation, enhancing the general perception |
Camp Fire Memorial Gathering | From the Ground Up Farms, Inc. | $1,500 | Nov. 2022 | For a remembrance gathering in Concow to honor and remember those lost in the Camp Fire |
4th Annual Paradise Revival Festival | Regenerating Paradise | $5,000 | Oct. 2022 | To provide support for the 4th annual Paradise Revival Festival that will honor the loss that is associated with November 8th and the historic moment that was the Camp Fire, as well as celebrate the recovery and a hopeful future |
Quilters' Camp Fire Recovery | Ridge Quilters' Guild | $20,000 | Sept. 2022 | To continue and expand the guild’s textile arts displays and shows, community outreach and quilt making and distribution as a charitable service to the community. |
Facility Update and Remodel for Golden Feather Pool | Golden Feather Union Elementary School District | $100,000 | July 27, 2022 | Facility Update and Remodel for Golden Feather Pool |
EDUCATION
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Funded Projects | Grantee | Award | Date | Description |
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Band Instruments | Palermo Middle School | $10,000 | Jan. 2023 | To purchase new instruments for generational music program |
Art Alive | Hearthstone School | $10,000 | Jan. 2023 | Funds will support working together with the Rainforest Art Project to create a mosaic emblem of our school emblem, a large campus mural, field trips to museums and to purchase equipment for outdoor learning environment
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Nourishing Butte County Youth through Mindful Farm to School Experiences | Mindful Littles | $15,000 | Dec. 2022 | To fund the Farm to School Experience which is a hands-on learning opportunity to empower TK-8th grade students to connect to food as nourishment and learn how to make healthier choices for themselves and their community |
CHS PBIS Community Honor Scholar | Chico High School | $10,000 | Dec. 2022 | To provide ongoing support and training for all students to rebuild and develop new positive behaviors both on campus and in our community |
Library Alternative Learning Area (LALA) | Durham Intermediate School | $10,000 | Dec. 2022 | to create an alternative seating (chairs) space that is inviting and comfortable for students and staff, and upgrade the academic computer and printer in the Library Alternative Learning Area |
Implementation of Integrated Student Supports | Blue Oak Charter School | $2,670 | Dec. 2022 | To continue working with author and educator Kim John Payne to increase the effectiveness of the behavior work through integrative student support, |
Culture and Career Experience | Prospect High School and Community Day School | $10,000 | Dec. 2022 | To fund the Culture and Career project which strives to create and provide students with work experience, cultural growth, and build self pride; by implementing a self sustainable food-cart project |
STEM Lab | Achieve Charter School of Paradise | $10,000 | Dec. 2022 | To fund the purchase of furniture and supplies for a STEM Lab |
Outdoor Classroom | Achieve Charter School of Chico | $10,000 | Dec. 2022 | To fund the purchase of outdoor classroom furniture for an outdoor classroom |
Math Deep Dive Project | Nord Country School | $10,000 | Dec. 2022 | For professional development, where the majority of the thirty-member staff made a commitment to receive training in the MTSS pathways, a program that supports the development of cohesive systems to support students in a holistic manner |
Breaking Barriers With Student Work Experience | PUSD Ridgeview High School | $8,000 | Dec. 2022 | To train one of the teachers through the California Association of Work Experience Educators, to provide one-a-week class that will allow students to work local jobs |
Rainforest Art Project Makers Program | Sherwood Montessori | $9,840 | Dec. 2022 | To support students working with the Rainforest Art Project to create a stunning mosaic medallion, excel their creative and problem-solving skills, and build relationships and connections |
ECONOMIC RECOVERY
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Funded Projects | Grantee | Award | Date | Description |
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Rediscover the Ridge: the communities of Paradise and Magalia, California | Youth on the Ridge Community Foundation, Inc. | $50,000 | June 2022 | To collaboratively showcase and promote the various amenities and opportunities for recreation and to increase the public perception of the Paradise Ridge communities; to provide economic stimulus to events and the business community |
Mobile Training Force | Valley Contractors Exchange | $326,000 | Sept. 2021 | To recruit new workers and develop skills of existing workers to help fill a gaping need for skilled workers in building trades such as electricians, plumbers and concrete finishers. |
Business Assistance Loan Fund | 3 CORE | $ 400,000 | Aug. 2019 | This grant is a local match requirement for a federal revolving loan fund to support small-business lending. |
Economic Impact Analysis | 3 CORE | $ 100,000 | This grant serves as a local match for a U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration (EDA) revolving loan fund application for up to $2 million for business recovery. | |
Business Assistance Fund | 3 CORE | $ 750,000 | The funding is allocated into two focus areas: 1) funding the 3CORE community resource manager over two years; and 2) consulting for recovery work for two years. |
MISC. (CAPACITY-BUILDING GRANTS)
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Funded Projects | Grantee | Award | Date | Description |
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Clerical and gardening staff | From the Ground Up Farms | $49,400 | Feb. 2022 | To hire clerical and gardening staff for the nonprofit organization that has been immersed in fire recovery work. |
December community concert | Paradise Community Chorus | $5,000 | Sept. 2021 | To help the organization stage a December community concert |
Recreation and Play Voucher Program | EveryBody Healthy Body | $ 25,000 | Oct. 2020 | A $25,000 grant will fund the organization’s Recreation and Play Voucher Program. EveryBody Healthy Body’s overall goal is to help 400-500 children get involved in some type of play or recreation. This grant will allow 100 kids the opportunity to participate in a community recreation program or an opportunity through an equipment voucher to start participating at home. |
Yankee Hill Historical Society Grant | Yankee Hill Historical Society | $5,761 | Sept. 2019 | To rent toilets and handwashing stations at the restored Messilla Valley Schoolhouse. |
Community Wildlife Preparedness | Butte County Fire/Town Paradise Fire | $ 25,000 | July 2019 | Funds to create a surplus stock of community evacuation plans and wildfire preparedness pamphlets for distribution throughout the county. |
Organizational Support | Oroville Hope Center | $ 50,000 | July 2019 | For staffing, a warehouse lease and other infrastructure support for the organization that supplies food, water and goods to more than 10 sites in Butte County in response to the Camp Fire. The organization supports on average 1,500 families or individuals per month out of the Paradise Hope Center. |
St. John's Facilities Support | St. John's Episcopal Church | $ 22,200 | June 2019 | To help pay for maintenance at the facility in Chico. St John's has housed several fire-related groups that meet at its facilities regularly, including the Camp Fire Long-Term Recovery Group, the American Red Cross and others. |
Campus-Community Liaison | CSU, Chico Foundation | $ 50,000 | June 2019 | Provides funding to cover a portion of the campuscommunity liaison position for Chico State. This coordinator works with community, campus and out-of-area partners, as well as the Camp Fire Long-Term Recovery Group, to encourage collaboration in recovery efforts. |
Yearbook Reprints | Herff Jones Yearbooks | $ 25,000 | Apr. 2019 | Herr Jones Yearbooks requested assistance to do a professional scan of past yearbooks and then print and sell discounted yearbooks to those who lost theirs in the Camp Fire, going back as far as 1962. |
Yearbook Reprints | Herff Jones Yearbooks | $ 25,000 | Apr. 2019 | Herr Jones Yearbooks requested assistance to do a professional scan of past yearbooks and then print and sell discounted yearbooks to those who lost theirs in the Camp Fire, going back as far as 1962. |
Yearbooks | Children's Community Charter School | $ 4,150 | Mar. 2019 | Children's Community Charter School requested assistance to provide yearbooks for their students at Children's Community Charter School. The money will go towards the cost for 175 copies. This includes several for interested students who have had to leave the area due to the fire. |
Healing Trauma through Nature | Paradise Recreation & Parks District | $50,000 | Jan. 2019 | This grant supports a comprehensive program to develop and deliver expanded outdoor experiences designed to help heal the Camp Fire related traumas experienced by the residents of Paradise, Concow, Yankee Hill, Magalia and Butte Canyon. |
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