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Published May 28, 2008 09:55 pm - CARTHAGE, Mo. — Thousands of dollars in grants, including a special disaster-relief grant in the wake of recent tornado damage, were presented Tuesday by the Community Foundation of Southwest Missouri. Foundation awards thousands in grants By Susan Redden
sredden@joplinglobe.com CARTHAGE, Mo. — Thousands of dollars in grants, including a special disaster-relief grant in the wake of recent tornado damage, were presented Tuesday by the Community Foundation of Southwest Missouri. The grants were awarded in ceremonies at Carthage City Hall. The presentation brings to nearly $119,000 the total amount of grants made through the foundation since 2002, according to Bill Putnam, executive director. The foundation and The Carthage Fund it oversees awarded a $2,000 grant to the Joplin office of the American Red Cross for its work in tornado relief. Other grants from The Carthage Fund went to: Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland Council, $574 for a cardiopulmonary resuscitation training program. Youth Empowerment Program, $1,000 for youth-run programs selected by high-school students. Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center, $500 for program scholarships for low-income youths. Alliance of Southwest Missouri Teen Scene, $500 for school supplies for low-income families. Carthage Crisis Center, $1,000 for a budget and endowment seminar. Powers Museum, $295 toward a chautauqua presentation by the Missouri Humanities Council. Community Theater of Southwest Missouri, $900 toward a summer theater workshop for children. Grants from the Carthage Arts Council Fund went to the Carthage Council on the Arts, $1,000 for arts programs in Carthage schools; and to Carthage Historic Preservation, $1,000 for heating and plumbing repairs at historic Phelps House. Grants from the Dr. W. Russell Smith Family Foundation were awarded to: 
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