BUSINESS GIVING.Byline: The Register-Guard Donations The Willamette Resources and Educational Network, a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. that leads field trips and community programs in the wetlands, received a $10,350 grant from The Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation in Roseburg. The network will use the grant to develop two new outreach programs for elementary and middle school students in the Eugene and Bethel school districts. FOOD For Lane County received a $10,000 contribution from the Lane County commissioners, Arlie & Co. and Monaco Coach Corp. to provide holiday turkeys that went to 550 needy families. Organically Grown Company The Organically Grown Company (OGC) is a wholesale distributor of organic produce located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. The Organically Grown Company was started in 1982, and is the largest wholesaler of organic fruits, vegetables and herbs in the Pacific Northwest. donated vegetables worth $6,000, and Franz Bread donated $2,500 worth of stuffing mix. India Partners, an international, faith-based relief and development agency located in Eugene, recently received $12,500 from the International Foundation, based in Fairfield, N.J., and $20,000 from the Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation, based in St. Paul, Minn. The money will be used to start a school in India and to replace livestock and provide microloans to replant re·plant v. To reattach an organ, limb, or other body part surgically to the original site. n. An organ, limb, or body part that has been replanted. crops that were destroyed in the monsoon floods. The group also received a $25,000 matching grant matching grant Academia Non-peer-reviewed funding in which a commercial enterprise, foundation, or philanthropy, federal government, contributes a sum of money that 'matches' a financial contribution made by an institution, university or hospital. from Lake Oswego-based Mission Increase Foundation, which will pay for a staff development position in the Eugene office. The HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. Alliance will receive $1,000 because Public Safety Center Inc., a Eugene-based provider of equipment for fire, law enforcement and emergency medical services An Emergency medical service (abbreviated to initialism "EMS" in many countries) is a service providing out-of-hospital acute care and transport to definitive care, to patients with illnesses and injuries which the patient believes constitutes a medical emergency. , won the Oregon Bankers Association 2006 Community Applause Award. The award recognized Public Safety Center's contributions to the local community in the past year. The bankers association donated $1,000 to a nonprofit chosen by the center. The Lions Club Foundation, Eugene Kiwanis Foundation and the West Emerald Valley Little League each received $500 from the Allstate Foundation, as part of a broader Allstate program that gave $16,000 to nonprofit agencies in Oregon. Pacific Continental Bank made these donations: Volunteers in Medicine, $1,000; Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity, nonprofit ecumenical Christian organization that enables low-income people to own affordable, livable housing. Headquartered in Americus, Ga., it was founded in 1976 by businessman Millard Fuller and his wife. , $3,000; and Fifth Street Public Market's Night of 1,000 Stars, $1,500. |
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