The Alpinees Advisory Committee is a permanent committee of the Gorge Community Foundation which makes recommendations on grants to the Foundation.  Committee members meet the following minimum eligibility requirements:

- Personal involvement in outdoor recreation activities

- Past leadership experience with organized outdoor education or activity

- Residence in the Columbia River Gorge area

 

Current committee members are:

- Mark Flaming

- Carroll Davis

- Ken Earle

- Dee Holtzman

- Peg Bogard

 


Sherman County Sixth Grade
Outdoor School

Outdoor Education Funds

ALPINEES/HOOD RIVER CIVIL AIR PATROL OUTDOOR EDUCATION FUND
and THE JACK BALDWIN MEMORIAL OUTDOOR EDUCATION FUND

These two important endowment funds promote outdoor education for the benefit of the residents of the Columbia River Gorge.  You can learn about the origin of these funds here.

There are currently no permanently established dates or dollar amounts for grant cycles.  We will keep this site posted with the most up-to-date information.

The first grant cycle for the Alpinees/Hood River Civil Air Patrol Outdoor Education Fund ended February 15, 2010. Grants were approved by the Foundation on February 22, 2010.

 

>> Grant Guidelines

 

The grants—a total of $12,368.00 awarded are as follows:

Hood River County Community Education
Project to secure USFS permits for the school district

$840.00

Hood River County Community Education
Hiking/caving project for K-5 afterschool program

$403.00

Sherman County Elementary School
6th Grade Outdoor School project

$1,215.00

Wy’east Middle School
Wy’east Outdoor School Environmental Camp project

$2,200.00

Center for Alternative Learning
Deschutes River rafting trip

$2,000.00

Hood River Middle School
Cooper Spur Fire Restoration Study

$4,710.00

Hood River Valley High School
HRVHS vegetable garden

$1,000.00


Center for Alternative Learning 2009 Rafting Trip



Gorge Community Foundation