Initiatives & Projects

Cultural Initiatives

Nominations Open for Sisters Saving Hearts Award to Honor Community Heart Leaders and Organizations

Deadline: March 15, 2009

Cheerios, a General Mills brand, is accepting nominations for the Cheerios Sisters Saving Hearts Award to honor individuals or service organizations that have made a difference in the African-American community.

Now in its third year, Sisters Saving Hearts will honor five individuals or service organizations that have dedicated their time and talents to fight heart disease in their local communities. Honorees will each be awarded $5,000 to benefit the charity of their choice.

Nominees must be at least 18 years of age. Nominations may be made by a friend, family member, colleague, or organization. Self nominations are also accepted. The five honorees will be selected by a panel of judges based on the nominee’s community impact, activities to address heart disease and cholesterol issues, and number of individuals helped/served by the honoree’s actions.

For further information about Cheerios Sisters Saving Hearts grants and nominations, visit the program’s Web site.

For more information about this initiative, visit Sisters Saving Hearts.

Save Our History Invites Applications for Community Education and Preservation Projects

Deadline: June 5, 2009

Save Our History, a program of The History Channel and The American Association for State and Local History, is a national initiative that supports local history education and historic preservation efforts in communities across the United States.

Each year, Save Our History awards a total of $250,000 to history organizations that partner with schools or youth groups on preservation projects that engage students in learning about, documenting, and preserving the history of their communities.

Eligible applicants must be nonprofit 501©(3) history organizations (e.g., museums, historical societies, preservation organizations, historic sites, libraries, or archives). Other eligible applicants include local government agencies such as parks and recreation commissions, historic commissions, departments of local history, or other local government agencies that own and/or operate a historic site or property. Applicants must be located in one of the fifty states or the District of Columbia.

Applicants must partner with a local elementary, middle, or high school(s), or organization(s) that provides educational programming for children of similar ages to design a historic education and preservation project. Organizations that have received a Save Our History grant in the last three years are not eligible to apply.

For complete program information and descriptions of previously
funded projects, visit the Save Our History Web site.

For more information, visit Save Our History.