2014 Awards

Row 1 (left to right): Karess Knudtson, Dickinson County Conservation Board; Susan Ramhorst, Early Childhood Iowa – Love & Logic; Rachelle Fratzke, Pearson Lakes Art Center; Carol Johnson, Freedom Rock; Amy Radcliffe, Lakes Area Hockey Association; Annette Kalkhoff, Spirit Lake Middle School; Tina Sherrill-Range, Iowa Lakes Corridor; Holly Zinn, Pearson Lakes Art Center. Row 2: Kristen Jostand, Okoboji Elementary School; Jenni Cunningham, Time Out Nursery; Nan Woods, Spenser’s Underground Ministries; James Kessler, Freedom Rock; Judy Brueggeman, Harris-Lake Park Schools, Amy Peterson, Voluntary Action Center; Wes Hunziker, Okoboji Middle School; Jon Pausley, Cherish Center; Norm Johnson, Bedell Family YMCA; Kari Jacobsen, Joyful Journeys; Morgan Aalgaard, Pearson Lakes Art Center.

Row 1 (left to right): Karess Knudtson, Dickinson County Conservation Board; Susan Ramhorst, Early Childhood Iowa – Love & Logic; Rachelle Fratzke, Pearson Lakes Art Center; Carol Johnson, Freedom Rock; Amy Radcliffe, Lakes Area Hockey Association; Annette Kalkhoff, Spirit Lake Middle School; Tina Sherrill-Range, Iowa Lakes Corridor; Holly Zinn, Pearson Lakes Art Center.
Row 2: Kristen Jostand, Okoboji Elementary School; Jenni Cunningham, Time Out Nursery; Nan Woods, Spenser’s Underground Ministries; James Kessler, Freedom Rock; Judy Brueggeman, Harris-Lake Park Schools, Amy Peterson, Voluntary Action Center; Wes Hunziker, Okoboji Middle School; Jon Pausley, Cherish Center; Norm Johnson, Bedell Family YMCA; Kari Jacobsen, Joyful Journeys; Morgan Aalgaard, Pearson Lakes Art Center.

The 2014 grantees include:

Organization

American Legion Post #371

Project Detail

Freedom Rock – second & third phases

Grant Amt

$ 4,000.00

Prevention through Mentoring

$ 4,000.00

School-age – after school transportation

$ 3,000.00

Expansion Project

$ 7,500.00

No Apologies 2015

$ 3,000.00

Pollinator’s Paradise

$ 6,200.00

Parenting with Love & Logic

$ 4,300.00

Engaging Students in Learning

$ 7,500.00

Manufacturing Careers Training

$ 9,000.00

Volunteer Cuddlers

$ 500.00

Locker room construction

$ 7,500.00

Creating Proficient Readers

$ 5,000.00

ACT Prep Course

$ 3,000.00

Biking for a Healthy Life

$ 3,359.86

Ed Classroom Interactive SmartBoard

$ 3,213.88

Programming for Children & Young Adults

$ 2,500.00

Dickinson County All School Show

$ 2,442.77

2015 Kids Carnival

$ 5,310.30

Quilting – Project based learnnig

$ 573.00

Young Adults with SUM

$ 1,500.00

Underground Club

$ 3,500.00

Library Shelving

$ 3,487.50

Time out Nursery

$ 3,000.00

Dickinson County Meals on Wheels

$ 6,500.00

 

Total:

$99,887.31