Community Foundation of Cedar County 2018 Grant Awards

Chair of the Community Foundation of Cedar County (CFCC) Dawn Smith presented recipients certificates of grant approval for the 2018 Grant Award Cycle at the Cedar County Courthouse basement on Wednesday, April 25. Recipients included: city of Durant for Cedar County radios; city of Durant for a Community Center modernization project; Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Durant for Family Movie Night in the Park; Inland Firefighters, Inc. for personal protective equipment in Bennett; Bennett Public Library for an afterschool/summer program and launchpads; Bennett Community School for the purchase of an automated external defibrillator (AED); Lutheran Services in Iowa Healthy Families America program for a new parent program in Cedar County; and Rape Victim Advocacy Program for sexual violence prevention in Cedar County. In total, the CFCC awarded $103,430 in funding for area organizations.