Project Grant#:21-29 Robot Garden,Fixit Clinics for Training High School Youth,Livermore,East County,$16,000.00-
<br /> Funds from this grant will be used to recruit and train 50 high school students to participate in Fixit Clinics;teach 50 high school
<br /> students the basics of consumer electronics repair;assist 500 Alameda County resident to repair items and extend their useful life;
<br /> educate 12,500 high school students and their families about eWaste issues,educate 238,000 residents of Dublin,Pleasanton and
<br /> Livermore about e-waste issues;divert or delay an estimated 4,000 pounds of items and eWaste from local landfills;develop a
<br /> bilingual website and printed materials that provides info and resources related to eWaste.
<br /> Project Grant#:21-30 Nancy Deming,Striving for Zero Waste-Alameda County Wide K-12 School Support,Richmond,West
<br /> County,$30,000.00-Funds from this grant will be used to assist schools and school districts with sustainable methods to initiate and
<br /> continue waste reduction and sorting programs;identify and fmd ways to empower existing staff to take on an element of the program
<br /> to ensure longevity
<br /> Project Grant#:21-31 The Berkeley Food Network,Food Recovery Program Expansion,Berkeley,West County,$30,000.00-
<br /> Funds from this grant will be used to expand food recovery in Berkeley and surrounding municipalities to 750,000 pounds recovered
<br /> between July 1,2201 and June 30,2022;disseminate safe food handling protocols for donated food to donors,membership network
<br /> and volunteers;increase amount of food available to food-insecure residents in Berkeley,both housed and unhoused;provide
<br /> volunteer opportunities for Berkeley's youth.
<br /> Project Grant#:21-32 Go Green Initiative,Support for Pleasanton Unified and Hayward Unified School Districts,Pleasanton,
<br /> West County,$31,000.00-Funds from this grant will be used to implement a source reduction and waste diversion program that
<br /> ensures high-quality,uncontaminated streams of recovered materials,recycling and organics throughout Pleasanton Unified School
<br /> District and Hayward Unified School District.
<br /> Project Grant#:21-33 Fixit Clinics,San Ramon Repairs!,Berkeley,West County,$14,750.00-Funds from this grant will be
<br /> used to activate and empower Dougherty Valley High School students to lead the effort to deploy repair throughout San Ramon now
<br /> and into the future while building sustainability alongside the community and nurturing the ever-replenishing supply of local repairers
<br /> coming from Dougherty Valley High School.
<br /> Project Grant#:21-34 RRRComputer.org,Inc.,From Landfills to Learners: Closing the Digital Divide and Reducing E-
<br /> Waste in Alameda County Landfills,Oakland,West County,$20,140.00-Funds from this grant will be used to procurement of
<br /> reusable laptops from Bay Area companies to encourage a culture of waste prevention;continually improve efficiencies in the
<br /> refurbishment process to provide high quality reusable laptops safely to students;expand distribution outreach of reusable laptops;
<br /> enhance learning opportunities for students and their families by strengthening the educational component in relation to e-waste
<br /> prevention and digital competency.
<br /> Project Grant#:21-35 Earth Team,Adopt Three Bins: Mentoring Families to Reduce Household Waste,Richmond,West
<br /> County,$26,720.00-Funds from this grant will be used to recruit and train leadership teams made up of 4 teams of interns to lead
<br /> community members as 3 bin ambassadors and mentors;increase household awareness through hands-on education;increase
<br /> household actions by implementing in-home 3 bin systems in 200 low income households to reduce trash going to the landfill by 30%
<br /> after 1 year.
<br /> Project Grant#:21-36 Transition Berkeley,Essential Repair Skills Training,Berkeley,West County,$20,000.00-Funds from
<br /> this grant will be used to teach high school students basic problem solving skills;about ecology,waste-stream,product design,circular
<br /> economy and repair concepts;experience hands-on learning about how to diagnose and repair;how to perform simple repairs on their
<br /> own products;learn how existing products are made and analyze how they could be better designed and constructed;work directly
<br /> with the Berkeley community as a repair volunteer;learn about job/career opportunities.
<br /> The total 2021 Expenditure Plan budget of$230,000 for Project Grants was approved by the Board along with the option to
<br /> carry over all unexpended funds from previous grant years and expend if necessary. A total of$268,109.00 in Project Grants
<br /> was awarded.
<br /> Multi-Year Grants
<br /> The Education Advisory Board awarded 1 Multi-Year Grants in the 2021 cycle.
<br /> Multi-Year Grant#:21-37(1)Green Schools Challenge,Alameda County Green Schools Challenge,Alameda,West County,
<br /> $30,000.00-Funds from this grant will be used to offer increased support in their previous efforts in waste reduction as well as
<br /> assistance with complying with new laws such as SB 1383.
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