AAA Minnesota/Iowa Awards Grants to Schools for Safety Programs
BURNSVILLE, Minn., July 27 -- AAA Minnesota/Iowa, through its Midwest Traffic Safety Foundation, awarded $100 grants to 100 schools across the two state region today. This is the fourth year AAA Minnesota/Iowa has made these grants available to public or private schools to be used for traffic safety activities including school, bus and bike safety.
"At AAA Minnesota/Iowa, we established the Midwest Traffic Safety Foundation in 1998 to educate, promote and advocate for traffic related safety issues," said Randy Williams, president of AAA Minnesota/Iowa.
"We educate using traffic safety materials for our School's Open campaign, child passenger safety, school safety patrol, bicycle safety, alcohol awareness and distracted driver issues. We promote traffic safety by offering a wide variety of driver programs, products and services including high quality publications and brochures complemented by our classroom and in-car equipment. We advocate for safer roads as a fundamental part of our responsibility to our members. We participate in coalitions with likeminded organizations to accomplish these goals," continued Williams.
Grant applications were sent to all public and private elementary schools in April. Schools were asked how the funds would be used and what impact the funds would have on children's safety.
The list of recipients is as follows: Akron-Westfield Community School Akron, Iowa Albertville Primary School Albertville, MN Alburnett Elementary Alburnett, Iowa Assumption Catholic School Hibbing, MN Atheneum Community School Inver Grove Hts, MN Barnum Elementary Barnum, MN Battle Lake Public School Battle Lake, MN Becker Intermediate Becker, MN Blackduck Elementary Blackduck, MN Canby Elementary Canby, MN Cedar Park Elementary Apple Valley, MN Centennial Elementary Altoona, Iowa Cokato Elementary Cokato, MN Coralville Central Elementary Coralville, Iowa Crosslake Community School Crosslake, MN Crucifixion School LaCrescent, MN Dover-Eyota Elementary Eyota, MN Essex Elementary Essex, Iowa Fairview Elementary Spencer, Iowa Farmington Elementary Farmington, MN Fellows Elementary Ames, Iowa Floodwood Public School Floodwood, MN Great Expectations School Grand Marais, MN Hinton Elementary Hinton, Iowa Immaculate Conception Charles City, Iowa Isaac Newton Christian Academy Cedar Rapids, Iowa John Glenn Elementary Donahue, Iowa Johnsville Elementary Blaine, MN Jordan Creek Elementary West Des Moines, Iowa Kanawha Christian School Kanawha, Iowa Kingsland Elementary Spring Valley, MN Lake Benton Elementary Lake Benton, MN Lawson Elementary Johnston, Iowa Littlefork-Big Falls Elementary Littlefork, MN Lone Tree Community School Lone Tree, Iowa LuVerne Community School LuVerne, Iowa Luverne Elementary Luverne, MN Lynd School Lynd, MN Mater Dei School Sioux City, Iowa McKinley Elementary Davenport, Iowa Milaca Elementary Milaca, MN Minneota Elementary Minneota, MN Mississippi Heights Elementary Sauk Rapids, MN Moulton-Udell Elementary Moulton, Iowa Nevelin Elementary Austin, MN Nicollet Public School Nicollet, MN Norman County West Elementary Hendrum, MN North Park Elementary Fridley, MN Northeast Elementary Ankeny, Iowa Orange City Christian School Orange City, Iowa Osakis Elementary Osakis, MN Oviatt Elementary Norwalk, Iowa Park Elementary LeSueur, MN Parkers Prairie Elementary Parkers Prairie, MN Pekin Elementary Packwood, Iowa Pleasantview Elementary Lakefield, MN Prairie City Elementary Prairie City, Iowa Prairie View Elemntary Cedar Rapids, Iowa Red Pine Elementary Eagan, MN Ridgeway Community School Houston, MN Riverdale Heights Elementary Pleasant Valley, Iowa RLCC-Plummer Public School Plummer, MN Robert Asp Elementary Moorhead, MN Roosevelt Elementary Detroit Lakes, MN Roosevelt Elementary Virginia, MN Sacred Heart Maquoketa, Iowa Sacred Heart Area School Staples, MN Sand Creek Elementary Coon Rapids, MN School of St. Peter Canby, MN Sebeka Elementary Sebeka, MN Sleepy Eye Elementary Sleepy Eye, MN South O'Brien Elementary Primghar, Iowa South Winneshiek Elementary Ossian, Iowa Southgate Elementary Austin, MN Southwest Star Elementary Heron Lake, MN St. Anne School LeSueur, MN St. Bernard Catholic Cologne, MN St. Clair St. Clair, MN St. Francis of the Lakes Brainerd, MN St. Francis Xavier Dyersville, Iowa St. John the Baptist Vermillion, MN St. John the Baptist Jordan, MN St. Joseph School Red Lake Falls, MN St. Mary's Sleepy Eye, MN St. Mary's Morris, MN St. Paul's Lutheran School New Ulm, MN Staples Elementary Staples, MN Stratford Community School Stratford, Iowa Terrace Elementary Ankeny, Iowa Tripoli Schools Tripoli, Iowa Victory Christian Academy Hibbing, MN Weber Elementary Iowa City, Iowa West Delaware County Community School Manchester, Iowa West Elementary West Liberty, Iowa Whittier Elementary Brainerd, MN Whittier Elementary Sioux City, Iowa William Kelley Elementary Silver Bay, MN Wilson Elementary Anoka, MN Wings Park Elementary Oelwein, Iowa