The Iowa West Foundation also awarded second quarter grants to these area groups or organizations. They include, but are not limited to:
• American Red Cross Loess Hills Chapter, general operating support for Council Bluffs site, $40,000
• Cass County (IA) Conservation, equipment for snowshoeing activities in local parks, $1,250
• City of Clarinda, construction of mile-long/multi-use community trail, $25,000
• City of Griswold, new community welcome signs, $8,000
• City of Lewis, playground equipment for city park, $7,400
• Golden Hills Resource Conservation & Development, Mormon Trail-related inventory of historic sites in southwest Iowa, $14,500
• Iowa Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health, “Embrace Iowa – Mental Health First Aid” training in southwest Iowa, $8,000
• Pottawattamie County Veterans Affairs, mediation services to address Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms, $29,000
• Southwest Iowa Families, Inc., family/parent education programs in Fremont and Page counties, $10,000
• The Danish Immigrant Museum, exterior restoration of historic house in Elk Horn, $10,000
• Visiting Nurse Association of Pottawattamie County, services for low-income first-time mothers, $29,000