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Friendship Club Receives Community Initiative Award of $15K

Posted: Jul. 11, 2014 5:17 PM PDT

Support for a group that supports school age girls in Nevada County.
Using Community Initiative Fund (CIF) dollars, Nevada County and the Adult and Family Services Commission (AFSC), has awarded a 15,000 grant to The Friendship Club. Club Director Jennifer Singer says the funds will go towards health education for girls in the Friendship Club.

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Singer says there are three main components to the We Choose Health Project. Two components are Nutrition and Fitness.

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And new this year is Gardening.

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Singer thanks the Sorptomist of the Sierra Foothills and Soroptomist of Nevada City for contributing to the garden project.
The Friendship Club is a community-based non-profit, which provides a year round, youth development curriculum for over 500 area girls. To learn more about the services The Friendship Club has to offer, visit their website at friendshipclub.org.

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