BUSINESS GIVING.

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India Partners, an international faith-based relief and development agency located in Eugene, recently received $5,000 from the Riverside Foundation, based in Warrenton, Va. The grant will be used to help a vocational training program for people with physical disabilities in India. The group also received $15,000 from the Patella Fund, based in Newark, Del., which will be used to help purchase a vehicle to transport social service teams to rural villages in India. And the group received $2,500 from the Central Lutheran Foundation, also based in Eugene. The grant will be used for general purposes.

Mainstream Housing, a nonprofit organization that provides affordable housing for people with developmental disabilities, received $3,000 from US Bank, Western Oregon Crest Region.

Assistance League of Eugene, a national nonprofit volunteer organization that supports community philanthropic projects, received the following grants for its Children's Dental Center project: Juan Young Trust, $8,000; Oregon Dental Foundation, $5,000; Northwest Health Foundation, $14,000. The group's Operation School Bell Project, which provides school clothes to needy students in the Eugene area, received the following donations: Chambers Family Foundation, $5,000; Robert Brady Charitable Trust, $3,000; Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation, $10,000; Herbert A. Templeton Foundation, $7,500; Spirit Mountain Community Fund, $5,000; Meyer Memorial Trust, $10,000.

The Lane County School District received $82,000 from Sterling Savings Bank, based in Spokane. The contribution is a result of Sterling's purchase of the 2006 Oregon Business Energy Tax Credits associated with a Lane County School District qualifying project.

Triangle Food Box, serving families along Highway 35 from Blachly to Deadwood, received $2,500 for delivery truck maintenance and support, plus $3,500 for food from the Coquille Tribal Community Fund.

The Oregon Pacific Chapter of the American Red Cross recently received the following donations: Buley Dental Laboratory, $500; Willagillespie Community Center, $1,000; Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, $2,016; Gateway Residential Care, $10,000; DR Johnson Lumber Co., $500; Fashion Expressions-For all Occasions, $959; Cow Creek Tribe of the Umpqua Indians, $1,000; Eugene Airport Rotary Club, $1,000.

Sheldon High School's video and TV broadcasting department received $10,000 from the Chambers Foundation for computers and software for editing and other projects.

Business Giving runs monthly. The column recognizes volunteer work, donations and other contributions by businesses, labor groups and others in the private sector. Fax items to Business Giving at 683-7631 or mail them to Business Giving, The Register-Guard, P.O. Box 10188, Eugene, OR 97440.