Facebook data center awards grants

Published 12:00 am Thursday, March 5, 2015

The Facebook data center in Prineville on Wednesday announced the recipients of its 2015 Local Community Action Grants.

An employee committee picked 22 applications to receive a total of $100,000 in grants. The data center announced the recipients on its Facebook page:

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• Advantage Smiles for Kids — $3,000 for orthodontic treatment for low-income, at-risk children in Crook County. Brace Place of Central Oregon will match the award as in-kind treatment.

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Crook County — $2,520 to hire a local Web designer to update website, making it a user-friendly tool for volunteers, families and children.

• Central Oregon Trail Alliance — $7,500 to assist in construction of the new Prineville Bike Park and obtain additional grants from other sources.

• Christmas in the Pines — $5,000 for further enhancement of the lighting and speaker systems of the local holiday event.

• Crook County 4-H — $3,000 for tablets and accessories, which will enable 4-H youth to access educational resources, fulfill record-keeping requirements and more.

• Crook County Chamber of Commerce — $7,500 to help put on the 4th of July celebration and to develop a new website that highlights regional attractions in order increase tourism.

• Crook County Foundation — $5,000 to help hire performers and bands so the annual Picnic in the Park celebration can remain free to the public.

• Crook County High School — $2,500 for a venue for the alcohol- and drug-free 2015 High School Senior All Night Party.

• Crook County High School (Computer Science Class) — $2,000 to purchase 30 licenses so students can access the self-paced CODE HS program for the 2015/2016 school year.

• Crook County High School (Science Department) — $10,000 for equipment to add both a conceptual chemistry course and offer yearly physics classes.

• Crook County Historical Society — $2,621 to assist in digitizing the Crook County Journal from 1901 through 1921 so Crook County can participate in the Oregon Historic Newspapers program.

• Crook County School District (Special Education) — $4,000 to purchase the technology needed to help special education students learn alongside their nondisabled peers.

• Crooked River Roundup — $5,000 for national-level rodeo acts and athletes, to improve grandstand seating and to make electrical upgrades.

• Healthy Beginnings — $1,500 for support of two health and developmental screening clinics for Crook County children ages 1-5 years old.

• Heart of Oregon Corps Inc. — $9,000 to help fund four crews of local youth for eight weeks of summer employment.

• Humane Society of the Ochocos — $5,000 for security and floodlights at the shelter.

• Oregon Mayors Association — $2,700 for the “If I were Mayor” contest, which includes elementary, middle and high school students.

• Prineville Honey Bee Haven — $5,000 for the new Prineville Honey Bee Haven garden, a community resource that will offer learning opportunities to children of all ages.

• Redemption House — $3,500 for a security system for the organization, the only shelter for women and children in Crook County.

• Rimrock Trails Adolescent Treatment Services — $8,659 for four smart TVs for use in conference and group therapy rooms.

• Soroptimist International of Prineville Charitable Trust (Prineville Senior Center) — Donation of three computers for guests to use for research, Internet browsing and to connect better with family and friends.

• Younity (formerly Serendipity West Foundation) — $5,000 for bullying-prevention programming in Crook County Middle School and Powell Butte Charter School.

— Bulletin staff report

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