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By Jade Martinez-Pogue, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @MartinezPogue
January 31, 2021
| 9:30 p.m.
The fluid COVID-19 reopening guidelines and ever-changing restrictions have wreaked havoc on the small business community throughout Santa Barbara County, but local organizations have stepped up to act as a lifeline to help them in their time of need.
The Santa Barbara Better Together Fund is one example of how community organizations came together to lend a hand to struggling small businesses. The fund has already donated more than $1 million to 150 small businesses.
The fund, a partnership of Deckers Brands and the Santa Barbara Foundation, was created to “help small businesses thrive and prosper in times of turmoil,” said Tanner Begin, the fund’s public relations and marketing coordinator.
The Swiss Government project “For an Active Civil Society Together – ACT” announces a Call for
COVID-19 Rapid Response Grants for Monitoring the Work of Government Institutions, Advocacy, and Informing Citizens about the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The proclamation of the pandemic and the measures applied by the Government of Serbia in the fight against the coronavirus affected the respect for the basic human rights of all citizens of Serbia. In the period since the declaration of the pandemic, especially during the state of emergency declared by the Government of Serbia, the rights of Serbian citizens to freedom of movement and assembly have been restricted.
USF responds to the coronavirus pandemic
As COVID-19 turned the world upside down in the spring, USF quickly pivoted to protect the health and safety of students, faculty and staff while maintaining academic and business operations. During spring break in March, faculty and staff transitioned all courses – more than 5,200 – to remote instruction, together with all of the critical services the university provides to students. Throughout the summer, staff and faculty prepared for a phased return to campus in the fall semester. In addition to getting buildings and classrooms ready for a safe return, the effort included the complex process of developing a full schedule of courses with a mix of
After awarding 25 Rapid Response Grants to support classroom instruction during the pandemic, the Kokomo Public Schools Education Foundation awarded an additional $5,700 in teacher mini-grants to fund creative classroom projects.
More than 10 Kokomo School Corporation educators, representing five district schools, received grants during the fall mini-grant distribution cycle. The Education Foundation Board of Directors semi-annually (each semester) awards teacher enhancement mini-grants worth as much as $1,000 to Kokomo School Corporation teachers. In the past decade, the Foundation has written grant checks to Kokomo Schools teachers for more than $50,000. This fund is supported by donations.
The teachers who earned the fall 2020 mini-grants were awarded checks during American Education Week.