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FALL 1997 DISCRETIONARY GRANTS <br />Stone Circles $10,000 <br />To create greater focus and concentration, stronger relationships and more <br />effective teamwork, better crisis management, and renewed commitment to <br />mission among 15 nonprofit staff, board members, and /or volunteers by <br />supporting "Ripples," a two-year pilot project that will train attendees to <br />facilitate spiritual and reflective practice within their organizations. <br />Michael Warner and ,�lizabeth Craven Fund, InSight Fund <br />— Strengthening the Black Family, Inc. $13,776 <br />To improve academic performance, provide a safe after - school environment, <br />and encourage comiqunication among teachers, parents, and children in <br />southeast Raleigh by expanding the Crosby After- School/Summer <br />Enrichment and Tutprial Program. <br />Michael Warner and plizabeth Craven Fund <br />Teer House $3,100 <br />To promote healthy behaviors and increase self - esteem among at -risk <br />preadolescent girls by providing educational information, experiential <br />learning activities, aqd mentoring. <br />E. and E. Chanlett FXnd, Tyler /Berger Family Fund, Carolyn Underwood Fund <br />Triangle AIDS Organizations $28,000 <br />To support the final hases of the Strategic Workgroup, which will <br />consolidate the AI IService Agency of Orange County, the Triangle AIDS <br />Interfaith Network, And the AIDS Service Agency of Wake County. <br />Magnolia Fund <br />Wake Friends of the Romeless, Inc. $15,000 <br />To provide educatiolal opportunities to homeless youth in Wake County <br />through Project Dis overy, an after - school program that promotes creative <br />learning and ipereasfd self - esteem through tutoring and mentoring sessions, <br />counseling, and seminars. <br />American Airlines Kills Are Something Special Fund, Jon and Jane G Cook <br />Fund <br />FALL 1998 <br />AIDS Community Residence Association $2,000 <br />To improve the quality of service to residents of this AIDS -care facility and <br />permit access to electronic resources by upgrading the Association's computer <br />and software techno'ogy. Magnolia Fund <br />Arc of Durham Con ty $10,000 <br />To provide appropriate care during school closings for pre - school and school -age <br />children with mental rgtardation and other disabilities by offering adapted <br />recreational and learning opportunities such as field trips, music appreciation, arts <br />and crafts activities, and physical exercise. Michael, Fotini, and Otis Capsalis <br />Memorial Endowment Fund; Bobbie Fletcher Fund; Glaxo Wellcome Endowment <br />Fund; George Watts Dill Fund, Peoples Security Insurance Endowment Fund,• <br />Regional Community Endowment Fund, Carl G. Ward Fund and Ajinomoto <br />U.S.A., Inc. Fund <br />Arts Together $10,001 <br />To offer stimulating and creative opportunities for 100 children with developmental <br />disabilities by sponsoring educational activities involving music, art, dance or <br />creative movement, cgoking, and science through a partnership among Arts <br />4 of 14 8/16/99 7:19 PM <br />