A total of $46,413.00 was awarded to 31 Jo Daviess County not-for-profit organizations:
East Dubuque Police Department
$1,000 - update vehicles
St. Mary and St. Michael churches, Galena
$2,000 - needy family assistance
Stockton Library
$1,700 - eBook access
Galena Area Emergency Medical Service
$1,000 - radio project
Family T.I.E.S., East Dubuque
$500 - birth to three program
Apple River Fire Department
$1,000 - flashlights
Galena Community Garden
$150 - garden supplies
Stockton Police Department
$1,000 - update communication equipment
Galena Juvenile Justice Commission
$1,600 - character building program
Elizabeth Ambulance
$980 - radio replacement
St. Ann Church, Warren
$1,500 - needy family program
East Dubuque Library
$1,360 - teen and pre-teen events
Stockton Fire Department
$1,000 - pager/radios
Caring Neighbors Food Pantry, Warren
$2,000 - food purchases
Kreider Services, Jo Daviess County
$1,600 - wheelchairs
Galena Police Department
$1,000 - high fidelity microphones
St. Mary Church, Elizabeth
$2,000 - needy family assistance
Hanover Ambulance
$3,625 - radios
Midwest Health and Fitness, Galena
$600 - Kids on the Move summer camp
East Dubuque Fire Department
$1,000 - life jackets
St. Michael Church, Galena
$1,000 - ESL program
United Churches Food Pantry, Galena
$3,500 - milk and backpack program
Hanover Library
$1,700 - eBooks and audio books
Apple River Police Department
$1,000 - radios
The Workshop, Galena
$1,098 - continuing education
Jo Daviess County Sheriff's Office
$1,000 - portable radio replacement
St. Joseph Church, Apple River
$1,500 - needy family program
Stockton Ambulance
$1,000 - pager, radios and cots
Galena Elk's Lodge
$3,000 - Christmas food baskets
Riverview Center, Galena
$3,000 -prevention education program and probation skill building
City of East Dubuque
$2,000 - emergency notification system
The funds for these grants were made available from the proceeds of the 2011 Galena Country Fair event. None of the money from the profit of the fair was used toward administrative support of this group, it is strictly a volunteer organization.