At the June 23rd Regular Board Meeting, the Western Elmore County Recreation District moved to award $12,000 to seven Mountain Home Sports organizations.
The Let’s Play grant program was formed by the WECRD in the spring as a way to help deserving sports programs for youth in the greater Mountain Home area. At a special meeting on April 8th, the WECRD Board approved allocating $12,000 to fund the program for 2010. A committee of local residents was then formed to oversee the selection process for awarding grant applicants. The committee consisted of John Cristobal, Scott Mederios, David Freer, Brion Bethel and Lynn Knudson.
Seven youth sports organizations applied for the grant. After review of the applicants, the grant committee determined that all seven organizations fulfilled the criteria set forth in the application process. These organizations, with their combined efforts, have reached approximately 670 kids in the last year. The committee felt that all of the organizations that applied for the grant were in need of and deserving of financial assistance. The committee recommended that the WECRD distribute the funds evenly to each organization.
At the June 23rd Board Meeting, the WECRD approved adopting the recommendations of the Let’s Play committee. The following organizations each received $1,714.28 for 2010:- Mountain Man Wrestling Club
- Elmore County Youth Baseball
- Mtn. Home Youth Soccer Association
- Mtn. Home Youth Sports
- Mtn. Home Sting ASA
- Elmore County Girls Fastpitch
- Elmore County Optimist
These organizations, upon receipt of funds, will be required to prepare a final report to the WECRD on how the funds were used.
The WECRD has announced that their new office at 245 East South Street (the former Calvary Chapel building) has meeting rooms available for the public to use. The rooms available are one large and one small meeting room with kitchenette and restroom facilities. Groups interested in using the rooms should come into the WECRD office and fill out a Facility Use Application Form . This form can also be downloaded from our website. Certain restrictions will apply that are standard for most public meeting places. Those desiring to use our facilities will also need to read our Facility Use Policy, which is in our office. Groups interested in reserving rooms can apply no earlier than two months before their reservation date and no later than two weeks before the requested date. That time period may be waived if the facility is available for the appointed time.
