The board of directors of the John T. Vucurevich Foundation recently awarded nearly $965,000 in grants at their February meeting.

Among the recipients are:

Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmen's Health Board, Rapid City - $24,000 for medical-records equipment supporting the Healthy Start Program, which provides high-risk pregnant women and infants on South Dakota reservations with individual case management, including home visits.

Adams Museum & House, Deadwood - $250,000 towards the completion of the new Homestake-Adams Research & Cultural Center, which will archive the Homestake Mining Co. collection. The Homestake-Adams Research & Cultural Center will provide public access to this collection, which details the Homestake Mining Co.'s 126-year history, allowing natural history, science and cultural programming.

Black Hills Workshop & Training Center, Rapid City - $100,000 for start-up costs related to staff, furnishings and equipment for the new Community Transitions Head Trauma facility and program.

Community Food Banks of South Dakota, Rapid City - $50,000 to assist the Food Pantry in obtaining more food in Rapid City because of rising transportation costs.

Community Health Center of the Black Hills, Rapid City - $35,000 for a capital/building project-planning grant to help meet the health-service needs of the underserved in the community by increasing their capacity, providing a One Stop Health Care Center, and the establishment of a children's health clinic at General Beadle School in Rapid City.

Oglala Lakota College, Kyle - $24,000 in scholarship funding for nursing students for the 2008-09 school year.

Rapid City Area School District - $154,197, for start-up staffing and equipment at the new General Beadle School and Community Center.

Rushmore Music Camp, Keystone - $1,500 for scholarships to students attending summer music camp.

Salvation Army, Rapid City - $50,000, providing 2,817 food baskets for families during Christmas.

South Dakota School of Mines & Technology - $30,000 in scholarship support for Native American students and $30,000 for South Dakota students for the 2008-09 school year for science, technology, engineering and math degrees.

Working Against Violence, Inc., Rapid City - $98,000 for domestic-violence and sexual-assault programs, Children's Advocacy Program, Project SAFE (Security, Advocacy and Family Empowerment, which provides case management, and a 1-1 matching grant up to $100,000 for their facility debt retirement.

YMCA South Dakota General Convention, Dupree - $18,215 for Director of Entrepreneurship, which will establish an economic link between the Sioux YMCA Arts & Crafts Project, the "outside" world and artisans of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation.

For more information, visit the John T. Vucurevich Foundation Web site at www.jtvf.org or call the John T. Vucurevich Foundation office at 343-3141.