Kiwanis Major Projects Committee Presents Two Grants to the Desert Hills Community School of Music and The Holland Community Center
The grant to Desert Hills School of Music will include over a dozen new instruments and the grant to the Holland Community Center will provide for the refurbishment of the interior spaces.
The Kiwanis Major Projects Committee (The Committee), a project-based committee formed by the Kiwanis Club of Carefree, is pleased to announce the awarding of two grants totaling $200,000 to the Desert Hills Community School of Music and the Holland Community Center.
“After receiving so many deserving applications, we were proud to be able to select two organizations for this grant,” said Kiwanis Major Funds Committee Chairman, Tom Pozarycki. “Not only will these grants support their organization, but others within our community.”
Partnering with Cactus Shadows High School and their certified teachers, Desert Hills Community School of Music’s request was for new instruments, typically beyond the budget of most families, and for a portable recording studio for students to learn the technical skills required in creating unique music, music mixing, and recording of school music programs.
“The Committee recognizes the need for greater support of local music education with the reduction in State funding for the arts and music, and was particularly focused on the importance of music in the holistic education of our students,” said Pozarycki. “Mathematics and music seem to be partners in life and the committee is hopeful that this music grant will add depth to the education of our children.”
The grant to The Holland Community Center, a 15 year-old facility and recognized local institution in the community, supporting children, seniors, and a broad range of educational and arts activities, will provide for new carpeting, furniture, and fixtures, to make the center more inviting and accessible for seniors. In addition, The Holland Center will now be the venue for the neighbors of the Foothills Caring Corps, and The Committee supports the request of the Foothills Caring Corps to provide a social venue for home-bound senior activities.
This is the second time grants of this size have been awarded to the Carefree/Cave Creek/North Scottsdale community with the first taking place in 2020 to the Desert Foothills Family YMCA for the renovation of The Kid Zone.
The donations on behalf of The Committee are made possible through the generosity of donations and sales at the Kiwanis Marketplace. In the latest round, the Kiwanis Major Projects Committee solicited community proposals for potential projects receiving $3.3 million in grant requests.
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