Community Connection Grant Recipients
The Butler Rural Community Connection Board of Trustees met on March 9, 2020 and awarded $39,560 in grants to the following organizations and groups.
Community Connection Winners from March 9, 2020
| Animal Friends Humane Society | Animal treatments | $700 |
| Babeck Early Childhood Center | Books | $655 |
| Babeck Early Childhood Center | Phonics program | $500 |
| Badin High School Engineering Department | 3-D printer | $400 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | After school activities | $1,000 |
| Bogan Elementary School | Game carts | $500 |
| Butler Soil and Water Conservation | Ag Day supplies | $425 |
| College Corner Union School | Lunches, snacks and milk | $1,000 |
| Crosby Elementary School | iSpace field trip | $555 |
| Darrtown Memorial Day Association | Flags and programs | $300 |
| Fairfield Child Development Center | Classroom items | $500 |
| Girl Scouts of Western Ohio | Camp scholarship | $500 |
| Great Miami Valley YMCA | STEM materials | $1,000 |
| Hanover Township | Backup cameras and strobe lights | $591 |
| Hanover Township | Voltage detectors | $670 |
| Harrison Elementary School | P.E. equipment | $586 |
| Home is the Foundation | Project materials | $1,548 |
| League of Women Voters of Oxford, OH | Actor expense for celebration | $1,200 |
| Madison Township Fire Department | Gas detector | $695 |
| Make-a-Difference Kids Club | Kids event | $500 |
| Oxford Empty Bowls | Supplies for bowl making | $800 |
| Oxford Museum Association | Summer program | $301 |
| Oxford Parks and Recreation | Back to School Bash | $400 |
| PARACHUTE: Butler County | Volunteer training | $800 |
| Play in the Park | Play in the Park t-shirts | $400 |
| Power to the People (Open Hands Food Pantry) | Financial assistance | $1,700 |
| Prayer Quilt Ministry | Quilting materials | $300 |
| Preble Shawnee General Music Program | Ukulele | $180 |
| Preble Shawnee High School | Ellison machine and letters | $650 |
| Preble Shawnee Jr. High | Books | $278 |
| Preble Shawnee Jr./Sr. High School | Display boards | $786 |
| Preble Shawnee Jr./Sr. High School | Kitchen utensils | $355 |
| Preble Shawnee Local Schools | Chromebooks | $1,535 |
| Preble Soil and Water Conservation District | Day camp supplies | $500 |
| Queen of Peace School | Ukuleles | $763 |
| Reily Township Historical Society | Storage containers | $560 |
| Reily Township Trustees | A.E.D. | $2,000 |
| Ross Local School | Chromebooks | $1,560 |
| Ross Local Schools Choral | Raffle prizes | $400 |
| Ross Middle School | Nature trail project | $500 |
| Safe Haven Farms | Gardening equipment | $2,043 |
| Southwest Ohio Family Farm Safety | Farm safety materials | $312 |
| St. Clair Township Fire Department | Portable light | $600 |
| Talawanda Middle School | Non-D.C. student activities | $420 |
| Talawanda Middle School | Online math program | $480 |
| Talawanda Middle School | Field trip transportation | $500 |
| Talawanda/Butler Tech FCCLA | Farm to Table event | $350 |
| The Coleraine Historical Society | Projector case | $339 |
| Trenton Fire Department | IV fluid warmers | $530 |
| Twin Valley Community Local Schools | Chromebooks | $1,500 |
| Twin Valley Local Schools | Literacy materials | $800 |
| Union County 4-H Association | Lighting upgrade | $843 |
| Union County College Corner Joint School District | Chromebooks | $300 |
| Wayne Township Fire Department | Flashlights | $468 |
| West Elkton Intermediate | Chromebooks | $882 |
| West Elkton Intermediate | Chromebooks | $600 |