Community Foundation of Elko County Awards Inaugural Grants
After just one year the endowment fund generated $1,000 in available grant monies. In this inaugural year of funding, the Community Foundation of Elko County awarded $500 to North East Nevada NAMI, the local affiliate of National Alliance on Mental Illness; and $500 to LASSO, the Local Animal Shelter Support Organization, to help both organizations meet needs in the community.
North East Nevada NAMI funds will be used to train volunteers to lead a free six-session education program in Elko County developed specifically for a parent and other caregivers of children and adolescents who have either been diagnosed with a serious mental illness or are experiencing symptoms.
"Mental illness hits one in five Americans at one time in their life. We are grateful for the CFEC grant and thank you so much." – Flora Boyer, NAMI representative
LASSO will apply its grant funds to their spay/neuter program for all animals adopted from the Elko Animal Shelter.
"This grant will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the City of Elko." - Elko Animal Shelter Manager, Karen Walther