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Organization: Serendipity West Foundation
Organization Description: Created in 2007, this organization works to create programs
for youth in Central Oregon that empower them to create positive change for themselves
and their community focusing on issues such as depression, peer pressure, conflict
resolution, harassment and substance abuse. More than 1,900 middle and high school
students and 600 adult volunteers have participated in these programs. The organization
seeks to reach more than 900 youth in the 2010-2011 school year.
Project Name: Challenge Day at Mountain View High School
Project Description: Challenge Day is a national youth program focusing on creating
change through intense three-day workshops in which middle and high school youth and
school staff learn positive ways to interact with one another and deal with issues in their
lives. These grant funds will be used for the program costs associated with Challenge
Day. These workshops are expected to include 300 youth and 100 adult staff.
Project Period: February 28 — March 2, 2011
Amount of Request: $1,500
Previous Grants: None
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Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
1300 NW Wall St., Bend, OR 97701-1960
(541) 388-6570 - Fax (541) 385-3202 - www.deschutes.org
DESCHUTES COUNTY DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION
Direct Application to:
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Commissioner Denni3 R. Luke
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On a separate sheet, please briefly answer the following questions:
1. Describe the applicant organization, including its purpose, leadership structure, and activities.
2. Describe the proposed project or activity.
3. Provide a timeline for completing the proposed project or activity.
4. Explain how the proposed project or activity will impact the community's economic health.
5. Identify the specific communities or groups that will benefit.
6. Itemize anticipated expenditures*. Describe how grant funds will be used and include the
source and amounts of matching funds or in-kind contributions, if any. If the grant will
support an ongoing activity, explain how it will be funded in the future.
Attach:
Proof of the applicant organization's non-profit status.
* Applicant may be contacted during the review process and asked to provide a complete line item budget.
Tammy Baney: Amount: Signature:
Dennis Luke: Amount: Signature:
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Serendipity West Foundation
Proposal to Deschutes County Commissioners Discretionary Grant Program
Questions
1. Describe the applicant organization, including its purpose, leadership structure, and
activities:
Serendipity West Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in Bend, Oregon. The
organization was created in 2007 by Carol Oxenrider, a retired school teacher, with the goal of
bringing programs to the youth of Central Oregon that help empower them to create positive
change for themselves and their communities. To this end, Serendipity West Foundation
sponsors day programs and experiential workshops for youth that focus on issues such as
depression, peer pressure, conflict resolution, harassment, and substance abuse. Youth
participants focus on addressing these issues through lessons of diversity and truthful expression
with themselves and their peers. Beyond the scope of its programs and workshops, Serendipity
West Foundation supports long-range teen leadership by providing support for students to create
community-based projects as well as working toward the creation of a teen center in Central
Oregon. To date, Serendipity West Foundation has sponsored programs that have reached over
1,900 middle and high-school students and 600 adult volunteers. It is the goal of the organization
to reach over 900 more youth in the 2010-11 school year and to continue to support them as they
become leaders for positive change in their schools and communities.
2. Describe the proposed project or activity:
Based on previous success sponsoring Challenge Day workshops for middle and high schools
throughout Central Oregon, Serendipity West Foundation is focusing on increasing its efforts to
bring this program to all of the youth and schools in Central Oregon. Challenge Day is a
nationally -recognized youth program that focuses on creating change through intensive three-day
workshops in which middle and high-school youth and school staff learn positive ways to
interact with one another and deal with the issues surrounding their lives. As mental health
issues, substance abuse, and violence increase in schools, it is critical that students are provided
with the skills needed to deal with these situations without succumbing to negative outcomes.
After attending the three-day program, students and adult volunteers are able to set and move
toward achieving goals that positively impact their lives and the lives of those around them.
Among the outcomes achieved by participants are realizations of self-limiting thoughts and
behaviors, a greater understanding of the impact of their actions on others, a greater respect for
all diversity, and the desire to lead service-oriented lives. Serendipity West Foundation has
witnessed the results of the Challenge Day workshops and wants to expand its reach throughout
Central Oregon. Serendipity West Foundation is seeking $1,500.00 in funding support from
Deschutes County for program costs to bring Challenge Day to Mountain View High School in
February and March 2011. These workshops will reach an expected 300 teens and 100 adult
staff.
3. Provide a timeline for completing the proposed project or activity:
The Challenge Day workshops at Mountain View High School will take place on February 28th,
March 1St, and March 2nd of 2011.
4. Explain how the proposed project or activity will impact the community's economic
health:
The Challenge Day workshop is not simply a program that provides youth with the skills needed
to manage their lives and confront the struggles that face them daily. Challenge Day is also
centered on building an inclusive and cooperative community and instilling in youth a sense of
service toward those around them. Developing these skills and sensibilities at an early age will
allow the young people of Central Oregon to be better prepared to transition into roles as
productive, committed members of their neighborhoods and communities. The skills that young
people learn from participation in the Challenge Day workshop are the very same skill sets that
will make them successful in their careers. Having a workforce -ready generation of young
people is critical to the sustained success of the Central Oregon area. As the economic health of
any community is directly linked to the ways in which it seeks to serve and develop its younger
generations, it is certainly in the best interest of Deschutes County to support programming such
as Challenge Day which fosters the growth of youth into future leaders and community
supporters.
5. Identify the specific communities or groups that will benefit:
Through the Challenge Day events carried out to date in Central Oregon schools, the wide-
ranging effects and impacts for a number of groups have already been seen. Obviously
Challenge Day has directly impacted students and their schools. Following the workshops,
school officials and safety personnel have reported fewer incidences of conflict among students.
While the immediate impact of this result is evident in a safer, more accepting school
environment, a reduction in violent and non-violent conflict among young people has the added
benefit of decreasing the burden on community juvenile justice departments and personnel. A
safer community is also beneficial to the economic vitality of the area. In fact, community
business owners have also experienced the positive outcomes of the workshops. These
businesses have reported decreases in crimes committed by teens during school breaks, lunch
periods, and afterschool hours. Challenge Day workshops also incorporate the use of adult
volunteers who participate along side students. These volunteers represent a cross-section of the
community and have consisted of parents, business owners, police officers, therapists, and school
administrators. Adult volunteers are able to bring the mission of Challenge Day back with them
into the community to support young people and add to the value of the program. Giving young
people the ability to understand the ramifications of their actions on others and providing them
with ways to positively deal with adversity is of benefit to the entire community, as these young
people will soon make their way into the community. To ensure that these young people are
community supporters, rather than a community burden is of the utmost importance and should
be the goal, not only of the Serendipity West Foundation, but of all of the citizens and leaders of
Central Oregon.
6. Itemize anticipated expenditures. Describe how grant funds will be used and include the
source and amounts of matching funds or in-kind contributions, if any. If the grant will
support an ongoing activity, how will it be funded in the future:
The Challenge Day program cost is $3,200 per day. Therefore, the cost for the three-day
workshop at Mountain View High School will be $9,600. Grant funds from Deschutes County
will directly support the cost of the Challenge Day workshop at Mountain View. Below is a
listing of current funds and in-kind donations received for the Mountain View High School
workshop:
Matching Funds:
Carrera Motors - $500.00
Anonymous Donor - $500.00
Anonymous Donor - $2,000.00
TransCanada - $3,600.00
First Story Grant - $1,000.00
Macy's Shop for a Cause - $590.00
Total - $8,190.00
In -Kind Donations:
Comfort Inn & Suites - $791.92
Total - $791.92
Future Challenge Day workshops are supported by committed funding from corporate
sponsorships, grants, school collaborative fundraising, and annual fundraisers.
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