| Organization information | |
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| Organization Name | Children First on the Lakeshore |
| Please tell us the amount of funding you are requesting Aware to raise for your organization from the Aware annual fundraising event. | $10,000.00 |
| 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? | We provide approximately 10,000 meals per year to children affected by hunger. |
| Please provide a listing of the Officers and Board members of your organization. | Glen McNeil, George Stoutin, Joseph Blodgett, Sharon Shanahan, Janet Schmidt, Jim Sellman, Lois Tuttle |
| Your Contact Information | Joseph Blodgett |
| Phone | 5865319617 |
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| Scoring Criteria | |
| 1. Description of the Organization (maximum 5 points, please limit to ½ pages) | Children First Lakeshore (CFL) is a Saugatuck Douglas Area 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed in 2017. The mission of the organization is to raise funds to help feed children in Allegan County impacted by hunger. Currently we are helping children meet their nutritional needs who attend Saugatuck Middle School, Fennville Elementary & Middle Schools, Douglas Elementary, and Innocademy Allegan. In addition to the main weekend backpack meal program during the school year we have an afterschool snack program and a summer meal program. |
| 2. Funding Request (maximum 35 points, total, please limit to 1 page) | The funds received will be used to purchase food to help children impacted by hunger in Allegan County. We are a 100% volunteer organization with one goal in mind - help those children in need of nutritional support. |
| 3. Funding Justification (maximum 40 points, please limit to 1 page) | As the need for funding is great the funds received from West Shore Aware will help pay for a part of the total cost needed to make our goal of feeding children impacted by hunger in Allegan County. The remainder of funding will be from other organizations and the very generous individuals in our communities. We have no government grants and approximately 95% of our funding is from private donations. |
| 4. Summary | Children First Lakeshore (CFL) is a Saugatuck Douglas Area 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization formed in 2017. With our weekend backpack program, summer meal program, and after school snack programs we are able to provide food to children in Allegan County impacted by hunger. Last year we provided approximately 10,000 meals. |
| 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. |
| Signature | |
| Date | 04/12/2024 |
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