In addition
to yesterday’s community garden grant from Annie's Homegrown and also in addition to Lowe’s own Toolbox for Education
grant comes Lowe's Keep America Beautiful Community Improvement Grants.
Maximum
Grant: $20,000; Deadline: March 16, 2012
The program
will award $900,000 in grants to Keep America Beautiful Affiliates* (see below for CT list) or you can form your own for community improvement projects to be completed
in 2012.
The Lowe's/Keep America Beautiful Community Improvement Project and
Spotlight Grant Partnership Program consists of:
* One-hundred
(100) Lowe's/Keep America Beautiful Community Improvement Grants of $5,000
each. Grants will be awarded as a $4,500 check with a $500 follow up check to
be awarded once project completion report is submitted and accepted.
* Twenty (20)
Lowe's/Keep America Beautiful Community Improvement Spotlight Project Grants of
$20,000 each. Grants will be awarded as an $18,000 check with a $2,000 follow
up check to be awarded once project completion report is submitted and
accepted.
Applications
should be for a high impact project in your community and you are strongly
encouraged to involve your local Lowe's Heroes, stores and its employees.
The Lowe's/Keep
America Beautiful Community Improvement Grants will be awarded in 2
Phases:
Phase 1:
Applications must be received by March 16, 2012. Winners will be announced
April 14, 2012. (please note that only Keep America Beautiful Affiliates in
good standing are eligible)
Phase 2:
Applications must be received by April 27, 2012. Winners will be announced May
15, 2012.
Connecticut Keep America Beautiful Affiliates:
Keep New Milford BeautifulLaurene Beattie, Executive Director
New Milford, CT 06776
Email:
lbeattie@newmilford.orgPhone: 860.355.6040
Keep Norwalk BeautifulDavid Shockley, Executive Director
Norwalk, CT 06854
Email:
dshockley@norwalkct.orgPhone: 203.854.7810
Keep Stratford BeautifulJeffrey Thompson, Executive Director
Stratford, CT 06615
Email: c3jt@optionline.net
Web site:
www.townofstratford.com
Phone: 203.378.6674