Community Foundation Grant Applications Due Oct. 6

Les Cheneaux Community Foundation is taking grant applications from nonprofit organizations for local projects and programs until Friday, October 6, at 4 p.m. The grants, typically between $100 and $500, will be awarded in late November.

This is the sixth year the Community Foundation will award grants to local organizations for the benefit of the community. Grant application packages can be ordered by calling Grant Coordinator Eric Cardwell at (906) 484-5150, Bob Smith at (906) 484- 2456, Joni Burger at (906) 484- 6050, or Todd Lysinger at (906) 484-2252.

The Foundation will offer grants from eight of its funds this fall.

+ Economic Development Fund, to promote business and commerce

endeavors within the Les Cheneaux Islands area, and limited to increasing the economic vitality of the community.

+ Islands Environmental Fund, which provides grants to projects that protect the environment of the Les Cheneaux Islands area.

+ General Fund, which provides grants to programs and projects that demonstrate that they will have a measurable positive impact on the community.

+ Geraldine Nayback Memorial Fund, to support programs and projects that promote education and/or early cancer detection. Also can provide grants for programs or services to assist people diagnosed with cancer or other terminal illnesses, programs and support services for families, or scholarships for people returning to college to study nursing or a related health field.

+ Great Lakes Environmental Initiative, which provides funding opportunities for programs that promote or enhance environmental initiatives.

+ Horween Fund, which offers grants for innovative education educational programs at Les Cheneaux Community Schools.

+ Mary Shapero Memorial Fund, to provide opportunities for organizations seeking to develop the youth or community of the Les Cheneaux Islands area.

+ Youth Fund, for which the Les Cheneaux Youth Advisory will review and recommend grants for projects that will benefit young people in the area. Priority will be given to projects that give young people something to do after school, on weekends, during summer vacations, or initiatives that provide a safe place to spend time with friends. Projects are recommended to the Community Foundation Board by the Youth Advisory Committee, a board of local teens.

Grants are not normally made for operating expenses, annual fundraising campaigns, political campaigns, loans, sectarian purposes, or deficit funding. Grants are not made directly to individuals.

Grant applications are available at Les Cheneaux Community Schools, the Les Cheneaux Welcome Center, Les Cheneaux Community Library, or can be downloaded from the Internet at the foundation's Web site: www.uplccf. com.

Mail finished applications or send application requests to Les Cheneaux Community Foundation, P.O. Box 249, Cedarville Michigan 49719.