2020 Grantees:
Avila Beach Civic Association
Project: Community Center Management & Apple Festival Support
Amount Funded: $8,000 (Matching)
- The purpose of this grant is to provide the ABCA resources to operate the Avila Beach Community Center. These funds will partially fund the Executive Director, whose duties are to provide leadership, manage and administer all functions of the organization to ensure that year-round programs, activities and services will be provided.
Project: Summer Program Support
Amount Funded: $5,000 (Matching)
- This grant will help fund the highly popular summer program that involves 200 youngsters annually by subsidizing costs associated with scholarships, equipment, transportation and storage.
Project: Mailing to Avila Beach Households
Amount: $4,000
- Funds to subsidize the mailing of the monthly Avila Beach Life News to households in Avila Beach and Avila Valley.
Project: Subsidize Free Trolley Rides
Amount: $3,700
- This is a continuation of the Foundation’s commitment to enable South County Area Transit to operate a trolley (during high season and Friday Farmers’ Market weekends) that is free to riders who want to come to Avila Beach in a loop that extends from Port San Luis to the Pismo Beach Outlets.
Project: Outdoor Seating Area
Amount Funded: $3,000 (Matching)
- Funding to help purchase outdoor seating tables, stands and umbrellas that provides shade for lunch, recess and outdoor classroom work spaces.
Project: Cancer Well-Fit Program
Amount Funded: $4,000 (Matching)
- Program provides nutrition, exercise and health coaching at Avila Bay Club to cancer patients living in the area.
Project: Microscope Upgrades
Amount Funded: $5,000
- This grant will pay for the repair of 16 microscopes and to purchase two new microscopes to support the educational and daily activities done at the Aquarium.
Project: Capacity-Building for Fundraising
Amount Funded: $3,500
- Funding would be used to help develop initial communication tools, both hard copy and digital, to help raise $2 million from the community to restore the Avila Pier.
Project: Avila Beach Transmitter Maintenance
Amount Funded: $1,800
- This grant would be used for the monthly maintenance of the Avila Beach radio transmitter located at Cal Poly Pier that allows residents of Avila Beach and the 5 Cities area clear reception of the KCBX channel.
Project: Subsidize Medical Services
Amount Funded: $3,700
- This grant would be used to subsidize medical services for uninsured SLO Noor Health Clinic patients who reside in Avila Beach.
Project: Program Support For Veterans
Amount Funded: $2,000
- This grant will be used for Operation Surf’s week-long program in Avila Beach scheduled for October 2020. The week will host up to 25 wounded veterans from across the nation for a curriculum that aims to help them overcome challenges and instill hope.
Project: Supportive Housing Case Management Services
Amount Funded: $2,000
- This grant covers most of the cost for case-management support for residents of the Lachen Tara Apartments, a subsidized housing complex in Avila Beach. Case management helps residents access community services and transition into permanent affordable housing.
Project: Oil House Restoration Project
Amount Funded: $1,847
Project: Fog Signal Building Maintenance
Amount Funded: $2,453
- This grant will be used to fund the costs of historically accurate gutters and downspouts to complete the restoration of the old oil house at the light station.
- This grant will help fund the costs of painting the exterior of the fog signal building at the light station as part of regular maintenance.
Project: Mutt Mitts
Amount Funded: $5,000
- This grant will fund the purchase of roughly 100,000 bio-degradable doggy waste bags to be placed in dispensers along high dog traffic beaches, pier and parking areas, thus making it easier for dog walkers to help keep our beach area clean.
Project: Pier & Landing Rehabilitation
Amount Funded: $10,000
- This grant will help fund the rehabilitation of the Avila Pier and its landing so that full and safe public access can be restored to the entire pier and its landing.
Project: Ocean Water Quality Testing
Amount Funded: $1,000 (Matching)
- This grant would help fund the Blue Water Task Force program to cover the costs for the testing equipment for weekly testing of the water quality at multiple sites in Avila Beach.