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Junior Service League awards $35K to nonprofits | Western Colorado

The Junior Service League (JSL) doled out $35,000 to local nonprofit organizations this week.

In a ceremony at the Redlands Community Center on Wednesday, the JSL, a service club of women focused on volunteering and fundraising in the Grand Valley, passed out checks to 13 organizations, with donations ranging from $1,000 to $4,000.

CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Mesa County received $2,000.

“That goes to our scholarship program that helps kids in the foster kid system with medical necessities, therapeutic resources and educational equipment,” CASA of Mesa County Executive Director Joy Thompson told The Daily Sentinel. “As a nonprofit, we rely solely on grants and donations, so grant funding from Junior Service League really makes a huge impact in our budget and our ability to have this scholarship fund.”

Riverside Education Center (REC) received $2,500.

“That money’s going to go toward the academic supplies we use during our tutoring time. So much of that money’s going to go toward manipulatives, opportunities to gamify, and we always use the term ‘tricking kids into learning things’ after school hours,” said REC Executive Director Jack Curry.

“Junior Service League and our local support is vital for nonprofits because they’re the organizations that get to really see and feel the impact of the work of the nonprofits they’re supporting.”

The Diaper Depot, a Christian faith-based supplier of baby supplies, received $2,500.

“We’re planning on utilizing it to buy bulk purchases of diapers and wipes to sustain us for about six months on top of the discounted rate with the National Diaper Bank Network to be able to utilize their money for supplies to go further,” said Diaper Depot Executive Chair of Extended Ministry Jessica Mays.

“We’re a supply-based organization, meaning we go through so many at one time. They’re replenishing that and keeping them on the shelves, which is vital, and we need a lot of monetary gifts in order to be able to maintain that supply.”

Other organizations awarded were:

HomewardBound of the Grand Valley, $3,000;

HOPE of the Grand Valley, $3,000;

HopeWest, $3,000;

Good Samaritan Clinic of Western Colorado, $4,000;

Project 1.27 (faith-based family services such as foster care and adoption), $1,000;

Night Lights, Inc. (respite care for children), $4,000;

Kids Aid, $3,000;

Steppin’ It Up, Inc. (fitness and nutrition), $2,500;

Western Slope Blue Star Mothers, $2,275;

Colorado Discover Ability, $2,225.

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