A total of $37,835.00 was awarded to 30 Jo Daviess County not-for-profit organizations:
St. Michael Catholic Church, Galena
$1,000 - emergency assistance
St. Mary Catholic Church, Galena
$1,000 - emergency assistance
East Dubuque Fire Department
$1,500 - pager replacements
Stockton Ambulance
$2,000 - pediatric rescue bags
Warren Police Department
$1,000 - taser replacement
Galena Elk's
$1,000 - Christmas food basket program
St. Mary Church, Elizabeth
$1,000 - emergency assistance
Caring Neighbors Food Pantry, Warren
$1,000 - dairy and food assistance
Apple River Fire Department
$3,000 - vehicle stabilization kit
Senior Resource Center, Hanover
$1,000 - senior citizens direct assistance
Riverview Center, Galena
$1,375 - client basic needs assistance project
Knights of Columbus, East Dubuque
$1,000 - emergency assistance
Elizabeth Food Basket
$2,000 - purchase protein, fruit and vegetables
Warren Ambulance
$1,775 - pager replacement and upgrade
Knights of Columbus, Galena
$880 - Coats for Kids program
Mutual Aid Box Alarm System, East Dubuque
$825 - self-contained breathing apparatus fit test machine re-calibration
First Presbyterian Church, Apple River
$1,000 - a youth program
Stockton Township Public Library
$1,000 - AED (automated external defibrillator)
Galena Fire Department
$1,750 - water rescue/recovery sonar
Warren United Methodist Church
$1,000 - emergency assistance
St. Mark Youth Enrichment, Dubuque, Iowa
$1,000 - "Apples for Students" school supplies program (East Dubuque)
Stockton Community CPR
$480 - CPR trainer with visual training assistance
Galena Area Emergency Medical Services
$3,000 - medical equipment for health and public safety
Blackhawk Park District, Warren
$1,000 - rubber playground mulch
Galena United Methodist Church
$800 - youth group sunshine box
Hospice of Northwest Illinois, Stockton
$1,400 - service expansion program
St. Ann Catholic Church, Warren
$1,000 - emergency assistance
Kreider Services, Galena
$350 - supplies for raised garden beds
Stockton Police Department
$1,200 - communications equipment replacement
United Churches of Galena Food Pantry
$ 1,500 - back pack program
The funds for these grants were made available from the proceeds of the 2017 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.