AARON RODGERS
NORCAL FIRE RECOVERY
GRANT PROGRAM
This grant program is focused on efforts that address health and wellness for youth in Butte County, especially in the Camp Fire footprint. The annual grant program accepts applications at the beginning of the year and awards grants in April.
Aaron Rodgers NorCal Fire Recovery Grant Program
El Fondo de Recuperación de Incendios de Aaron Rodgers NorCal se estableció inmediatamente después de Camp Fire para apoyar los programas que ofrecen estabilidad a los jóvenes frente a la crisis, respaldan la infraestructura local de deportes juveniles y respaldan el proceso de devolver viviendas permanentes y transitorias a los quemados. zona.
Fondo de recuperación de incendios de Aaron Rodgers NorCal
El Fondo de Recuperación de Incendios de Aaron Rodgers NorCal se estableció inmediatamente después de Camp Fire para apoyar los programas que ofrecen estabilidad a los jóvenes frente a la crisis, respaldan la infraestructura local de deportes juveniles y respaldan el proceso de devolver viviendas permanentes y transitorias a los quemados. zona.
Recipient | Description | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
NorCal Mavericks Athletic Development | To secure equipment and offset costs for indoor athletic facility to allow additional teams for practice, trainings, meetings and tryouts. | $25,000 | 03/27/2019 |
Chico Westside Little League | To fund repairs and refurbishment for their fields and facilities to accommodate their increased use. | $25,000 | 03/21/2019 |
Cedarwood Elementary School Grizzlies Vax IQ Robotics Team | To purchase gasoline and lodging to attend the robotics state championship finals. | $400 | 03/05/2019 |
Paradise High School Athletics Department | To develop and equip a modular athletic training room to provide sports medicine care for student athletes. | $50,000 | 03/05/2019 |
Paradise High School | To replace two sets of graphic novels for the use of the Social Science program. | $1,600 | 02/26/2019 |
Paradise Intermediate School | To fund a trip for their student leadership team to attend a leadership and team building rope course event. | $1,915 | 02/26/2019 |
Paradise High School | To replace physics classroom equipment that is not currently eligible to be replaced by the district. | $4,560 | 02/26/2019 |
Ponderosa Elementary School | To purchase replacement recess play equipment for their kindergarten classes, comprised of 75 students. | $1,700 | 02/26/2019 |
Paradise Unified School District | To fund an annual trip to the Shady Creek 6th Grade Environmental Camp for 106 students. | $25,000 | 02/19/2019 |
Paradise Elementary | To provide funding for an overnight field trip for fifth grade students in their last year at Paradise Elementary. | $14,300 | 02/12/2019 |
Cedarwood Elementary School | To provide a therapeutic art project for each of the grades K-6. | $4,500 | 02/12/2019 |
Paradise High School | To provide 2019 yearbooks for its current students free of charge. | $24,900 | 02/12/2019 |
El fondo se estableció con una generosa contribución de $ 1 millón de la Fundación Aaron Rodgers, que fue igualada por State Farm y Walmart. El fondo se ha visto reforzado por miles de donaciones adicionales, tanto grandes como pequeñas. El fondo ha otorgado más de $ 700,000 desde que comenzó, apoyando a más de 40 organizaciones y financiando docenas de programas para ayudar a promover un sentido de normalidad para los niños que perdieron tanto en Camp Fire, además de apoyar varias iniciativas de vivienda colaborativa.
The Aaron Rodgers NorCal Fire Recovery Fund was established in 2018 with $1 million from the Aaron Rodgers Foundation. The fund has been bolstered by thousands of additional donations, including contri-butions after Aaron hosted “Jeopardy” as well as proceeds from a celebrity golf event.
The fund has supported dozens of organizations and programs to help promote a sense of normalcy for young people as well as supporting several housing initiatives. The fund continues to issue grants for recovery from several Northern California wildfires, including $50,000 for relief efforts after both the Thompson Fire and Park Fire in Butte County in 2024.
Grants from the Aaron Rodgers NorCal Fire Recovery Fund have totaled $1.9 million.
Las subvenciones del año pasado apoyaron la renovación y expansión de parques. y áreas de juego en Gridley y Concow, un programa de actividad física dirigido a los afectados por Camp Fire para ayudar con los impactos físicos y mentales del desastre, un programa separado que coordina múltiples organizaciones en el condado de Butte para ayudar a los jóvenes a lidiar con el trauma al hacer que interactúen con la naturaleza de nuevas maneras. y un gran programa de colaboración para proporcionar y construir cobertizos en el área de la cicatriz de la quemadura para ayudar a quienes perdieron sus hogares a proteger su propiedad.