Program Gets Boost From Adult Generation Enterprises

Wed., June 10, 1998

Adult Generation Enterprises (AGE), a non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds to support Aging and Adult Services missions (AAS), has awarded $1,891 to North Idaho Community Express (NICE) for its senior transportation program.

AAS has raised more than $38,000 since 1993 to help support programs such as home delivered meals, transportation, homemaker services, ombudsman, and respite for the elderly.

GTE recently awarded more than $107,000 in grants to charitable organizations in North Idaho and Eastern Washington. Outstanding employee volunteers were also honored with cash grants for their favorite organizations through the company’s Volunteer Initiatives Program (VIP).

Marse Shobe and other Sandpoint GTE employees earned $3,000 for the Employees Combined Humanitarian Organization (ECHO), which supports various local education and human service causes.

Scott Hoskins earned $500 for United Way of Kootenai County; Larry Sumner was awarded $300 for North Idaho Youth Volunteers; Robert Granger earned $300 for the 1st Judicial District Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program; and Lorine Munn, a Moscow employee, was awarded $300 for the Girl Scout Council of the Inland Empire.

Aside from the VIP grants, United Way of Kootenai County and the First Judicial District CASA Program received $6,700 and $1,000, respectively.

Educational grants were also awarded. Lakeland School District received $10,000 for a two-way distance learning system for Spirit Lake, Athol and Bayview, and the University of Idaho received a $10,000 grant for its Idaho Science Camp residential workshop.

Washington State University received the largest grant, $25,000, which was a second payment on a two-year gift to promote self-sufficiency and literacy for at-risk adolescents through computer instruction at Camp Larson on Lake Coeur d’Alene.

Gonzaga University received $15,000 to complete a two-year grant enhancing the school’s distance learning partnership with the Coeur d’Alene Tribal School in Plummer, Idaho.

The Pullman Education Foundation earned $10,000 for a school-to-work curriculum that helps students find career opportunities via the Internet.

Garfield-Palouse Education Association was awarded $9,996 to educate teachers on the use of technology in the classroom. Other grant recipients are listed by county.

Benewah: Greater St. Joe Development Foundation, St. Maries Community Food Bank and Hospice of Benewah County.

Bonner: Bonner Community Food Center and Bonner County Homeless Task Force.

Kootenai: ABC Food Bank and The Children’s Village.

Latah: United Way of Moscow.

Whitman: United Way of Pullman.

Spokane: Junior Achievement-Inland Northwest, Lilac Blind Foundation and United Way of Spokane County.

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