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| Organization Name | Fellinlove Farm |
| Please tell us the amount of funding you are requesting Aware to raise for your organization from the Aware annual fundraising event. | $10,000 |
| 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? | Upwards of 13,000 guests will benefit from Fellinlove Farm's tours and adaptive field trips. |
| Please provide a listing of the Officers and Board members of your organization. | Cheryl Kaletka - Chairman •Secretary/Treasurer - Susan Hardman, Holland, MI |
| Your Contact Information | Cheryl Kaletka |
| Phone | 6162837555 |
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| Scoring Criteria | |
| 1. Description of the Organization (maximum 5 points, please limit to ½ pages) | With a mission of enriching the lives of people of all ages and abilities, Fellinlove Farm, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in Holland, Michigan, near Saugatuck, is a unique small farm and community hub. Located on 11 ¾ wooded acres, with pastures, ponds, and a ¾ mile nature trail, Fellinlove Farm’s beautiful, serene setting provides opportunities for guests to connect with nature and interact with the many gentle and diverse animals who live there. Since 2012, Fellinlove Farm has specialized in providing adaptive field trips/tours to people with unique needs—emotional, developmental, intellectual, or physical. To ensure our guests’ well-being and to create a truly magical experience for everyone who visits Fellinlove Farm, we collaborated with persons with disability, caretakers and families, and professionals (therapists, social workers, educators, and clergy) to create an adaptive curriculum and design accommodations that meet the unique learning styles and physical needs of each of our guests. We also have a robust volunteer program--including our collaboration with MOKA, an organization that supports and enhances the lives of those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Our volunteers, many of whom have unique strengths and abilities, not only benefit from being a part of our Fellinlove Farm family and contributing to our success, they are integral in helping us create a welcoming and enriching place for all. Fellinlove Farm’s inclusive and accepting atmosphere provides an important place for those in our community who are often excluded, marginalized, or isolated to make meaningful connections to new human and animal friends, to learn in meaningful ways, and to try new things in a risk-free environment. Everyone is welcomed and embraced at Fellinlove Farm! |
| 2. Funding Request (maximum 35 points, total, please limit to 1 page) | Fellinlove Farm is home to our namesake beautiful Fell Ponies, horses, mini horses, two miniature donkeys, two miniature llamas, two Zebu cattle, KuneKune pigs, goats, chickens, rabbits, tortoises, and the beautiful koi and goldfish swimming in our ponds. We also have bearded dragons, ferrets, chinchillas and more. Each of these beloved animals is gentle and intuitive to our guests' needs, and we could not do the important work we do without them. The $10,000 funding will help Fellinlove Farm offset the actual cost per guest by covering essential expenses such as animal care, maintenance of facilities, and utilities. By alleviating these operational burdens, the farm can offer its experiences at a more affordable rate for guests while ensuring the sustainability of its operations still maintaining high-quality standards in these programs: In addition, these funds will support the MISSION STATEMENT of Fellinlove Farm to improve our guests' quality of life through: |
| 3. Funding Justification (maximum 40 points, please limit to 1 page) | Fellinlove Farm is seeking $10,000 in funding from West Shore Aware to strengthen its operational capacity. This financial support will enable the farm to provide its program offerings and cover the true cost per guest. With this assistance, Fellinlove Farm can continue providing enriching experiences to its visitors while ensuring sustainability and growth. In 2023, 15% of Fellinlove Farm's organization's operating funds came from a government grant, while 13% came from foundation and business grants. |
| 4. Summary | Fellinlove Farm's funding request of $10,000 seeks support for general operational funding to enhance its program offerings and offset the actual cost per guest. This support is crucial for maintaining high-quality animal care, ensuring a diverse range of educational experiences, and creating a welcoming environment for ALL visitors. By investing in Fellinlove Farm, funders can directly contribute to improving guests' quality of life through hands-on interactions with diverse animals, socialization opportunities, educational experiences, and outdoor discoveries of nature in a serene farm setting. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our volunteers and staff invest in their work represent a significant part of not only our culture, but our reputation and mission as well. We embrace our stakeholders to include guests, volunteers, members, staff, donors, etc., differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status and other characteristics that make us unique. Whether you are a child or an adult, we focus on the unique strengths and abilities you bring to Fellinlove Farm! |
| 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 | 04/28/2024 |
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