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Causes: Sports
Mission: The glenview park foundation was formed with the goal of supporting the glenview park district in the delivery of recreation programs, services, and facilities, as well as providing healthy recreational events for the community. Financial contributions are generally used to assist the glenview park district, including its cooperating public interest organizations and projects, to improve or expand the facilities and services for the benefit of the public.
Programs: The glenview park district has a scholarship fund to assist low-income children to attend park district programs. The foundation helped support this program in 2017 by donating 22,003. The park district's fiscal year begins may 1st, which is different than the foundation's fiscal year which begins january 1st, but the park district has assisted 122 families between may 2017 and january 2018 with items such as camp fees, program fees, and outdoor pool passes, and have spent approximately 29,700 during that time.
this program provides matching dollars for patrons of the glenview park district's farmers market held at wagner farm. These patrons must be using a link card to be eligible to receive matching funds for items purchased at the farmers market (link cards are electronic cards used to purchase items under the supplemental nutrition assistance program - "snap"). During 2017, this program was utilized 569 times by 161 patrons at an average matcing transaction amount of 21. 57. The 12,000 was granted to the park district to assist in this program.
this program provides miscellaneous funding grants to schools with limited resources for admission and transportation to the glenview park district's wagner farm. In 2017, this program assisted fifteen schools with transportation and admissions costs to wagner farm.
a) glenview park district flick park synnestvedt arboretum sculpture 50% down payment 8,825 b) glenview park district golf club clock tower remaining costs to complete 7,346 c) glenview park district wagner farm: various improvements and program support 6,735 d) glenview park district fourth of july celebration (parade and fireworks) donation 5,000 e) glenview park district donation in support of sponsorship program development 5,000