These grants can be submitted at any time.
BCF’s Youth Advisory Council (YAC) has a mini-grant program. The intent of mini-grants is to introduce the concept of the Community Foundation and its purpose to Barry County youth. These grants, up to $300 for elementary and secondary level projects or programs, supply educational funding opportunities which will benefit youth through Barry County school systems.
The YAC sent Requests for Proposals (RFP’s) to each school in Barry County. The RFPs specified that proposals had to be written and submitted by the student(s), and then counter signed by an adult activity advisor, principal or teacher. Any grant request written by an adult was disqualified.
The YAC has received grants that exemplify their mission – “Representing the youthful voices of Barry County to better the lives of our generation and generations that follow.”
$100 to Delton Kellogg High School for a Senior Citizens Day event. Interested seniors in the Delton community could attend the school for a day of fun: bingo, singing gifts and lunch. This activity was provided by the Student Council.
$100 to Northeastern Elementary School for two clocks and indoor/outdoor thermometers to be placed outside each wing of the school. The students then can see them during recess and use the thermometers for daily information for their math and science classes.
$300 to Hastings High School to support the Saxon Science Show Team Club whose main mission is to spark elementary school students interest by making science fun.
$300 to Hastings Middle School to bring the Boarshead Theater Group to a Hastings Middle School Assembly for a one-hour presentation, including questions and answers.
$109.81 to Star School Elementary to purchase crates for each room to put recycled papers in, and purchase a big container with wheels to empty recycling crates.
$144 to Pleasantview Elementary School to purchase books on plays of fairy tales. These books will be used in Literacy groups.
$230 to Barry County Christian Elementary School to purchase supplies to do special art projects with the Kindergarteners.
$200 to Northeastern Elementary School to purchase incentives for a noon hour walking club to make exercising fun.
$300 to Pleasantview Elementary School to purchase an American flag and a Michigan flag for the school.
$300 to Page Elementary School to start a recycling program.
$300 to Page Elementary School to fund new books for their library.
$300 to Page Elementary School to fund the supply of paint to repaint the map of the United States that is on their playground.
$300 Hastings Middle School to fund the start up of a STAND (Students Taking a New Direction) group.
$300 Hastings Middle School to fund bus transportation, and uniforms for the Hastings Middle School Saxons Golf Club.
$232.85 Central Elementary School to fund a butterfly lab in the school that would be sponsored by the 1st grade and kept in their room.
$300 Barry County Christian School to fund materials for the kindergarteners to do projects for their adopted grandparents at Thornapple Manor and have hands on art experience throughout the year.
$200 to St. Rose School to pay for the 3rd and 4th grade music classes to buy recorders.
$300 to Page Elementary School to fund the supplies for a Christmas celebration at Carveth Village with the schools 1st and 4th grade classes.
$300 to LakeWood Middle School to fund their STAND group to bring in a speaker for a school assembly to talk about drug use.
$300 to Delton Kellogg Elementary School to fund low income students scholarships to participate in their class trip to Mackinac Island.
$300 to Page Elementary School to fund books for the library.
$275 Thornapple Kellogg Diversity Council to fund the TK Diversity Council to host a speaker on “Unintentional Intolerance.” This is a forum for a more accepting school environment.
$300 Thornapple Kellogg Diversity Council to fund a Gender Awareness project through training with the Woodrick Institute.
$300 to Lakewood Middle School STAND to pay for their group to attend the YMCA camp for a teambuilding experience.
$300.00 to Boy Scouts of America to pay for the Delton Troop to help the Gulf Coast troops reorganize and pay for supplies such as camping equipment, uniforms and handbooks.
$300 Page Elementary School to buy lower level reading books so that the students who need help in reading have more material to read. This will help them become better readers.
$300 Delton Kellogg Elementary School to start an Odyssey of the Mind program in the 3rd and 4th grades at Delton Kellogg Elementary School.
$236 Lakewood Middle School to implement a seatbelt safety program for all of the second grade classrooms in the Lakewood School District.
$150 Delton Kellogg Middle School – The purpose of the grant is to implement a Chess Club in the Delton Kellogg Middle School.
$300 Delton Kellogg Middle School – The purpose of the grant is to pay for fifth grade camp scholarships for those kids whose families can’t afford to send their fifth grader to camp.
$300 The Community Music School – The music school would like the grant to help pay for sets and costumes for a Spring production.