Now in its 6th year, The Denver Foundation's Strengthening Neighborhoods Program (SNP)continues its partnership with the Whittier neighborhood. Providing small grants that support resident-conceived and resident-led projects from mural painting projects to community organizing efforts to multi-cultural festivals, SNP strives to work with residents to help them use the strengths and assets already present in their community to make the neighborhood a better place to live.
The 2002 Whittier grants are as follows:
Whittier Barbecue and Neighborhood Building Committee - $67 to plan and $2,000 to support a neighborhood barbecue to strengthen relationships between the community, schools, and churches
Mile High Youth Corps - $3,300 to support the planting of hundreds of trees throughout Whittier
Madam C.J. Walker Park Committee - $5,000 to support the redesign, renaming, and rededication of this neighborhood park
Mercy Ministries - $5,000 to support the youth NeighborServe Club – a community service program linking local youth to their neighbors
For more information about the Denver Foundation's Strengthening Neighborhoods Program, please checkout our website: www.denverfoundation.org