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| Organization Name | City of Fennville DDA/Fennville Women's Club |
| Please tell us the amount of funding you are requesting Aware to raise for your organization from the Aware annual fundraising event. | $500 |
| If your organization received Aware funding in the previous years, how many clients were serviced and/or how many services were provided with those funds. If you receive Aware funding this current year, how many clients will be serviced and/or how many services will be provided with these funds? | N/a |
| Please provide a listing of the Officers and Board members of your organization. | DDA Board: Tom Pantelleria, Claude Rummer, Gary Krier, Dawn Soltysiak, Nathan Green, Jody Martin, Jontae Yost, Andrew Schrock, Mark Schrock |
| Your Contact Information | Katie Beemer |
| Phone | 269-561-8321 |
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| 1. Description of the Organization (maximum 5 points, please limit to ½ pages) | The City of Fennville DDA exists to provide small business support and beautification of the downtown area. They do community events, improvements to physical elements, and support economic development. The Fennville Women's Club was organized a year and a half ago. The FWC's mission is to encourage new friendships (monthly informal gatherings) and to promote programs and projects to enhance the quality of living for Fennville residents. Our first year, we mentored "at risk" young women as they worked toward securing their high school degrees. We gifted two graduates with laptops and helped them get their driving licenses. The FWC partnered (curated) with the local district library and sponsored a well attended local women's history exhibit and FWC spearheaded a community wildflower garden effort with help from the City of Fennville. We are proud that we took on the very first of the 4th Friday Fennville programs that attracted hundreds of visitors to downtown and highlighted educational activities in celebration of Earth Day. We joined the community in raising funds for holiday food and gift baskets. This past February, we hosted a speaker from the American Heart Association to present an informative winter program on women's heart health. Volunteers recruited members and raised funds at community events such as the Goose Festival and the winter holiday market. $3000 was raised through the selling of caramel apples and paper hearts and the collection of personal donations. The funds were divided and given to two Allegan County non-profits for the purchasing of AED machines. |
| 2. Funding Request (maximum 35 points, total, please limit to 1 page) | Wildflowers support ecosystems and pollinators. They provide seeds, nectar, pollen and leaves as a source of food and life. They hold nutrients in the soil. They can improve soil health, prevent erosion and improve water quality. West Michigan and in particular Fennville, is dependent on pollinators to shore up its agriculture environment. The City of Fennville, in collaboration with the Fennville Women’s Club (local volunteer group in its second year) and the the Allegan Conservation District planted a wildflower garden within the Fennville City limits (corner of 58th Street and 89 -Main Street)) in April and May of 2023. FWC volunteers and City staff maintained the garden throughout the summer and fall. This summer, the City and FWC plan to expand the garden (investing in more seedlings etc...) and to purchase and install a pergola/gazebo to partially shade the area and make it more inviting for visitors. Plans also include the installation of a garden bench and signage which will include community partners and donors' names. The intent is to also name the garden after the first and only woman mayor of Fennville. The signage will underline the importance of wildflowers to our local ecosystem. The City of Fennville and the Fennville Women's Club are requesting funding for the purchase and installation of a pergola with a canopy. Lowe's Home improvement offers the Purple leaf Home and Garden 10-ftw x 10-ft L x 8ft H Terra Metal Freestanding Pergola with Canopy (Item # 6239882 /Model # LSMPG10-TR for $430.11. The remaining funds will go towards the actual installation. Whatever is not covered by the donation will be raised by FWC members who have committed to help with the costs of the bench and signage and installation not fully covered by grant. |
| 3. Funding Justification (maximum 40 points, please limit to 1 page) | The $500 requested is a small portion of the overall expenses relating to the garden. The $500 would help us obtain an installation that will enhance the garden immensely. If the donation is less than the $500 requested or not granted, we will seek funding within our community. The programs and projects sponsored by the Fennville Women's Club have been, up to this point, underwritten by FWC members. The club, open to all interested women, has no formal dues but when a project is selected, a chair is appointed and members vote to help underwrite or to find funding. Club members are underwriting the purchase of additional seedlings and fertilizer and the production of signage and the purchase of a bench. The City is helping provide water and is allowing us to use city property. The FWC is committed to this project. The Fennville Women's Club plans to grow its wildflower garden which was planted last spring. The original plans have always included the installation of a pergola, a bench and signage. These items will help enhance the garden's visibility and underline its importance to our agricultural environment. |
| 4. Summary | The City of Fennville and FWC are requesting funding for the purchase and installation of a pergola with a canopy. Lowe's Home improvement offers the Purple leaf Home and Garden 10-ftw x 10-ft L x 8ft H Terra Metal Freestanding Pergola with Canopy (Item # 6239882 /Model # LSMPG10-TR for $430.11. The remaining funds will go towards the actual installation. Whatever is not covered by the donation will be raised by FWC members who have committed to help with the costs of the bench and signage and installation not fully covered by grant. |
| Application Agreement | This is an application, otherwise known as a Request for Funding (RFF), from
West Shore Aware. This RFF is a request from your organization to Aware, for Aware to host a
Fundraising Event for your organization. By completing this RFF, your organization is requesting to be considered by Aware’s membership for an Aware fundraising event to be held during the summer of this year, also known as the White Party.
If your organization is chosen for a fundraising event by the Aware membership, your organization will agree to the following terms and conditions for the said fundraising event. 1. Aware will be given and provided full credit for the fundraising event in all of you organization’s publicity and advertising for said event, to include but not limited to event posters, newspaper advertising, handouts, radio and television advertising for the event, and organizational announcements concerning the event. 2. Your organization will only use the funds raised by Aware from said event for the purpose described in the RFF submitted to Aware. 3. Your organization understands that West Shore Aware is a philanthropic organization of LBGTQ+ individuals and their supporters, and that the funds your organization receives from Aware will be coming from the West Michigan lakeshore community. 4. The funds received from Aware as a result of the fundraising event will be net, after expenses for said fundraising event are paid. 5. Aware may use the name of your organization in its own advertising and publicity as a recipient of funds.. 6. Your organization will supply Aware with written approval to hold, or be part of a fundraising event held by Aware. 7. West Shore Aware reserves the right to audit any organization that receives funding to determine whether the funds were used as described in its RFF. 8. Your organization will allow West Shore Aware to use you organization’s name on the West Shore Aware website. In addition, if your organization has a website, you will link that website to the West Shore Aware website and allow West Shore Aware to link to your organization’s site. West Shore Aware’s web site link must remain on your web site for a full year from the date of the monetary disbursement. Failure to do so will disqualify you from requesting future funding. Once you have completed the RFF and agreed to the aforementioned, please submit it. Please sign this document below, indicating acceptance of the aforementioned terms and conditions. By signing the document, you acknowledge your organization is a registered 501(C) 3 Charitable organization. |
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| Date | 04/30/2024 |
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