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FAF grants have helped finance these area community projects...

2003
$12,662 - Martin County Sheriff's Department seven Automated Defibrillators
$15,000 - Fairmont Opera House roof repairs
$1,700 - COL Behavioral Health Services computers
$3,380 - Fairmont Area Kinship equipment and supplies for the Home of Kinship
$10,000 - Martin County Historical Society display modules
$1,950 - Boy Scout Troop 57 trailer
$2,500 - Trimont Historical Society museum roof repair

2002
$10,831 - Fairmont Police Department six Automated Defibrillators
$5,000 - Fox Lake Sports Commission construction of new baseball and softball diamonds
$5,000 - St. Paul's Lutheran School playground equipment
$6,475 - Martin County Conservation Club acquisition and development of 43.9 acres on North Silver Lake
$238 - Fairmont Area Youth Council member shirts
$4,619 - Fairmont Opera House aerial work platform
$2,500 - Heritage Acres repave the main driveway
$850 - Welcome Historical Society installation of a handicap ramp
$2,500 - Fairmont Kids Camp office equipment and toys

2001
$10,000 - Fairmont Downtown Association to install a vintage street clock
$5,000 - City of Northrop to help purchase playground equipment for a child's recreation area
$4,000 - East Chain 4-H club to purchase playground equipment for a county park in East Chain
$2,200 - Fairmont ITV, Inc., to purchase and install a camera system for the classroom
$2,100 - Fairmont City Band for a new public address / sound system for Sylvania Park band shell
$2,000 - Cedar Township / School District #1067 to help relocate the old school house from fairgrounds to Trimont
$1,991 - Truman Historical Association for shelves and cabinets for display area
$1,600 - Martin County American Red Cross for CPR Resusci-Annie Dolls and two Automated External Defibrillators for training

2000
$17,000 - Twin Valey Boy Scouts for major renovating at Cedar Point Scout Camp
$5,500 - Martin County Agricultural Society toward the new 2400 seat grandstand at the fairgrounds
$5,000 - Heritage Trails, Inc. (Heritage Acres) for modern restroom facilities
$5,000 - Truman Ambulance Service toward the purchase of two-way radios
$4,390 - Fairmont Baseball Association for two scoreboards
$3,600 - Senior Citizens Center for paint, carpet and linoleum
$2,500 - Civic Summer Theatre for body microphones and receivers
$2,500 - Galena 4-H Club for playground equipment at Cedar (Hanson) Park in Trimont
$2,500 - St. John Vianney School toward the final phase of playground equipment and basketball goals
$1,750 - Community Options & Resources for equipment and supplies for CPR and first-aid training
$1,500 - Chain of Lakes Juvenile Resource Center for lawn mowers and hand tools

1999
$7,500 - Habitat For Humanity of Martin County to help provide long term housing
$16,200 - Fairmont Opera House to provide new and improved electrical lighting equipment
$3,500 - Fairmont Lakes Foundation for new water monitoring equipment
$5,569 - The Compassionate Friends, Inc., for a computer system and copier
$6,750 - STEP, Inc., towards purchase of a new copier
$1,500 - Fairmont Soccer Association to provide additional soccer goals
$1,500 - AARP Tax Aide to purchase laser printer and computer system
$4,500 - Fairmont Youth Hockey Association for equipment kits for first year skaters
$1,000 - Kiwanis Club of Fairmont to purchase a second baseball pitching machine

1998
$6,100 - C.R.E.S.T. for the purchase of a computer, fax machine and copier
$30,000 - The Fairmont Fire Department for a Cairns - Tris Thermal Imaging System
$800 - Fairmont Opera House to provide four personal microphone systems
$750 - Martin County Humane Society to purchase cat cages and kennel decking material
$2,586 - Interlaken Heritage Days Festival for 18 new street light banners
$750 - Martin County Genealogical Society to purchase a copy machine
$500 - Minnesota Commonwealth Fund to help fund the Belarussian State Dance Company visit to Fairmont
$1,500 - Dale A. Gardner Aerospace Museum to purchase a computer work station for CD-ROM science and space research
$2,500 - Sidewalk Restoration Committee for a permanent marker explaining historical information about Fairmont
$5,000 - Upward Bound 5th Street Express for an educational video used for public awareness
$1,500 - Fairmont Soccer Association to provide additional equipment for kids ages 4 through 18

1997
$2,500 - Martin County Preservation Association for a handicapped bathroom in the Chubb House
$4,000 - Fairmont Baseball Association to relocate and improve the "B" baseball field
$3,150 - Martin County Red Cross for computer, CPR equipment and disaster kits
$2,500 - Lutheran Retirement Home in Truman for an updated aviary
$1,000 - Fairmont Area Parents Encouraging Parents for computer, VCR and tapes
$6,000 - Fairmont Hockey Assocation for new public address system at the Martin County Ice Arena

1996
$2,500 - Lakeview Methodist Health Center for aviary
$3,000 - Salvation Army to update its' kitchen
$3,000 - Frisbee disc "golf course" at Cedar Park
$5,000 - Martin County Fair Society towards security lighting
$5,000 - Fairmont Community Hospital's C-arm x-ray unit
$8,200 - Martin County Hospice room furnishings

1995
$500 - Fairmont schools' nature preserve planting project
$3,350 - matching challenge to Martin County Humane Society for animal shelter
$3,500 - Fairmont Lakes Foundation for aeration equipment

1994
$1,000 - Senior housing study
$5,000 - Gomsrud playground equipment

The Fairmont Area Foundation has awarded grants from 1994 through 2003 totaling $314,541.

Fairmont Area Foundation
PO Box 704
Fairmont, MN 56031
P (507) 235-5547
F (507) 235-8841

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