For Immediate Release 

The Cottage Grove Community Foundation announces fifteen Community Grant
Award Recipients for 2010

The Cottage Grove Community Foundation (CGCF) is pleased to announce
that fifteen non-profit organizations were selected as community grant
recipients for a total of $14,400.  ``This year's total funding exceeds
all previous year's funding,'' said Kathryn Porter, President.  ``We are
so thankful to our local community and our generous endowment holders
for their charitable giving.''  Funding for the grants are made possible
through donations from the Community Foundation Permanent Endowment
Fund, the CGCF Veatch Fund, the CGCF Carlton Woodard Advised Fund, the
Frank and Pamela Simpson Advised Fund, the CGCF Believe in Angels
Endowment Fund, the Drs. Harrison and Fuller Advised Fund, the Cottage
Grove Green Earth Advised Expendable Fund and a donation from Betty
Wright.  The grant recipients and projects are as follows:

Educational Grants:

Bohemia Community/Classroom  Garden - raised bed construction, $1,000

Community Sharing Program - Community Educational Garden - $1,500

Aprovecho - The Ecoliteracy and Practical Sustainability Program -
$1,000

Parent Partnership LTD - Ages & Stages Program - $1,000

Boys & Girls Clubs of Emerald Valley, Cottage Grove Branch - Arts &
Crafts Program - $750

Opal Free School - Opal's Free Summer Camp - $1,000

The Patrick McCurdy Education Foundation - Reaching Out Mentoring - Lion
Buddies - $1,000

Social Service Grants:

Stone River Community - Composting Bath House Project - $1,000

Womenspace, Inc - Cottage Grove Direct Client Aid Fund - $1,000

Cottage Grove Compassionate Ministries - Wednesday Night Suppers -
$1,000

Looking Glass Rural Program - Shower Program - $1,000

Cottage Grove Family Relief Nursery - Domestic Violence Support Work -
$1,000

Health/Medical Services

Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon - Medical Equipment for
Cottage Grove Health Center - $400

Cultural Grants:  

Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council - East Regional Park
Interpretive Sign - $1,000

Cottage Theatre - Scholarships for Summer Theater Camps - $750

The Cottage Grove Community Foundation will celebrate with these
outstanding non-profit organizations at a Community Grant Awards
ceremony on Tuesday, March 16 from noon to 1:00 pm in the Shepherd Room
of the Community Center.  The public is invited to attend.

The Cottage Grove Community Foundation is a public non-profit
organization to help improve the quality of life for residents of the
City of Cottage Grove and surrounding communities.  The Foundation is a
resource for citizens, private companies, and other foundations to make
charitable gifts and bequests that will provide financial support to
educational, medical, cultural, social, and civic organizations serving
our community.  The Foundation is exempt from Federal income tax under
Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code.  The Foundation is
affiliated with the Oregon Community Foundation, an Oregon non-profit
corporation for the counsel and management of funds.

Media contact:  Kathryn Porter - 942-1940 (home), 942-0014 (office).