Ben Serafin Fund
Grants Awarded in 2007 and 2008
CASA of Douglas County (Roseburg) — $2,500
to enhance delivery of services to Latino families
Glide Booster Club (Glide) — $2,100
for the purchase of a log splitter to be used by parents and students
Glide Booster Club (Glide) — $28,000
to replace the bleacher system at the Glide Athletic Complex by constructing a covered grandstand with aluminum bleachers
Glide Booster Club (Glide) — $5,200
to purchase a new wrestling mat for use by middle school and younger students
Glide Booster Club (Glide) — $1,500
to replace the existing piano in the band/choir room with a Yamaha Digital Piano
Glide Booster Club (Glide) — $3,000
to purchase a Marimba for band and choir instruction and performances
Glide Community Club (Glide) — $3,000
to support the holiday food basket program coordinated through Troop #112 of the Boy Scouts of America
Glide Community Club (Glide) — $15,000
for construction of a new stage for community events and installation of new double-pane vinyl windows for the center's main building
Glide Community Club (Glide) — $2,500
to support the holiday food basket program coordinated through Troop #112 of the Boy Scouts of America
Glide Elementary School (Glide) — $8,000
for the purchase of furniture for the front lobby, bookshelves for the parent resource center, and the sprinkler system for the kindergarten garden area
Glide Helping Hands, Seventh Day Adventist Church (Glide) — $4,000
to purchase food for the pantry for 2009
Glide Helping Hands, Seventh Day Adventist Church (Glide) — $4,000
to purchase food from UCAN Food Bank and support community needs through the Glide Helping Hands food pantry for the 2007-2008 year
Glide High School (Glide) — $2,500
for the Glide Agricultural Sciences and Technology Program and FFA to replace the existing fiberglass greenhouse covering with new efficient polycarbonate
Glide High School (Glide) — $ 800
to acquire an all-weather cover for the recently upgraded pole vault landing system
Glide Rural Fire Protection District (Glide) — $15,000
to build a new fire station, providing for training and meeting space as well as enhanced fire protection and emergency services for the area
Glide SMART Program (Glide) — $5,500
for general support of the program, to help it meet the goal of reaching 60 children per year at Glide Elementary School
Riddle High School (Riddle) — $5,000
to subsidize the travel of the high school band to New York to perform at Carnegie Hall
Roseburg Rotary Foundation (Roseburg) — $5,000
for the Build Our Kids Initiative, a communications campaign to build awareness about what children need to grow up healthy
Sunrise Enterprises of Roseburg, Inc. (Roseburg) — $5,000
to relocate and make upgrades to a new facility that will house the organization
Toketee Falls Elementary School (Idleyld Park) — $5,500
to purchase library books and media materials
Toketee Falls Elementary School (Idleyld Park) — $7,719
to support Toketee Falls Elementary School by funding the school's greatest needs, which include a photocopier, sound system and outdoor amenitities
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