Gackle, ND

Community Arts Access…..Attention: GAAG - Gackle Arts Advisory Group

As a community-based grant program, Community Arts Access is designed to benefit nonprofit organizations that present arts programming in small and rural communities in North Dakota. It also supports nonprofit organizations in communities of all sizes whose arts programming makes a deliberate and focused effort to serve a special constituency or an under-served audience in that community.

Maximum Grant: $2,000
Deadline Dates: November 1 and April 1 (submitted electronically or postmarked)

Examples of Supported Activities. Can include, but is not limited to:

• Creation of a public work of art, such as a mural or installment piece, that incorporates talent within the community.
• Public performances of music, dance, or theatre.
• An exhibition.
• Arts festival or performance series.
• To book a touring performance or exhibit.

Complete information: North Dakota Council on the Arts Community Access Grant

North Dakota Council on the Arts Grant Deadline Approaching!

Teacher Incentive Grant

The Teacher Incentive program is a means of providing financial assistance to teachers who wish to explore new and creative ways of incorporating the arts into the non-arts curriculum of a classroom. Projects may involve the visual arts, poetry/fiction writing, performing arts, architecture, folk arts, or any combination of artistic disciplines.

Maximum Grant: $300
Deadline Dates: April 1 (for projects occurring between July 1 and June 30 of the upcoming school year)
November 1 (for projects occurring between January 1 and June 30 of that school year)

Eligible Activities:

• Arts supplies and materials for the project described in the proposal.
• Consumable supplies that directly relate to the specified arts project/activity.
• Arts consultants or artists.

Gackle School is also able to apply for an Artist In Residence Grant

More information on all the grants can be found at the North Dakota Council on the Arts Web Site.

KEEP OUR AMBULANCE SERVICE IN OPERATION!

The Gackle Ambulance needs local help to continue operation and service. “The only way that is going to happen is to add more people to the Squad. The Squad needs EMTs, Divers, and EMT Assistants.”

Some time ago you may have heard that the Gackle Ambulance Service received a grant to provide training and pay for Squad staff. Receiving this grant was a huge achievement and a tremendous amount of work for all who worked so hard to receive this funding. (See Tri-County article at left).

Thanks to this funding, a training series is scheduled to start on March 24, 2008 and we need people participate. The details are in the attached Tri-County article. Please contact James or Melody Owen at 485-3238.

Yes, it’s a big commitment to train and then serve on the Squad but it is worthy one that everyone should appreciate. I can say from experience, that having a well-trained local ambulance service can mean life or death to someone who is injured.

There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well - Walter Philip Reuther