Ruritan Community Momentum Award

For more than forty years the Mount Tabor Ruritan Club has been active in community service in the Blacksburg area. Each year through two fund-raising activities (five monthly Fish Fry events in the summer and apple butter sales in the fall) we provide over $10,000 in financial support for various community needs.

Now we want to provide a major one-time investment of up to $5,000 in our community, in addition to our regular on-going donations to community groups. But we’re going to give you, the community, the opportunity to help us choose the new major project.

For your project to be considered, the applicant must:

1. be a non-profit organization, church, or unit of local government such as a public school or library,

2. have a physical location (e.g., office, home of club president) in Montgomery County,

3. serve residents of the Blacksburg/Montgomery County area, as defined by zip codes 24060, 24061, 24062, or 24063, and

4. use the funds only for special, usually one-time, purposes, (i.e., applications to provide basic operating support for day-to-day expenses such as heat, lights, and supplies will be rejected).

Three major criteria will be used in selecting the project to be funded: the project will

1. respond to an important community need,

2. have an impact on the community, and

3. provide some visibility to the Mount Tabor Ruritan Club.

If you meet all of these criteria, choose and click on the button above for an application form to solicit ideas from community organizations.

• Choose the pdf version if you wish to print the form and attach the required typed information on a separate page.

• Choose the doc version if you wish to download the form, fill it in and print the entire application form as one document. (This document is in Microsoft Word 2003 format.)

So, if your community service organization has a need or sees a community need that can be solved with up to $5,000 in a one-time project, please submit your application. Applications must be postmarked by October 15, 2008.

We anticipate announcing the award at the Mount Tabor Ruritan Club meeting on December 4, 2008.

 For more information or answers to questions on this community investment, please contact Jim Moore (552-4688, jmm841@verizon.net). Applications must be typed.