The MFA Oil Foundation recently announced $46,350 in grants to 24 organizations during its most recent meeting in April. The full list of recipients and how they plan to use their grants follows:
Brashear Boosters Club, Brashear, Mo. – Mobile media lab
Open Door Service Center, Inc., Sedalia, Mo. – Storage shed
Northwestern R-I Agriculture Education, Mendon, Mo. – Welding tools, metal to construct working/welding table
Magic City Clovers 4-H Club, Moberly, Mo. – Safety fence & non-slick surface for agility practice
Scotland Co. Agricultural & Mechanical Society, Baring, Mo. – Materials to reinforce barn roof at Scotland County Fairgrounds
Kinsey Volunteer Fire Department, Bloomsdale, Mo. – Portable foam application equipment
Faith Lutheran School, Kirksville, Mo. – Chicken coop materials, chickens, soil, seeds, plants, etc.
Vernon County Youth Fair Rabbit/Poultry Committee, Nevada, Mo. – Assist with building new poultry/rabbit barn
Chariton County Cupboard, Brunswick, Mo. – Two new freezers
Knox County R-I, Edina, Mo. – Automated plasma cutting table
Boy Scout Troop 98, Cairo, Mo. – Storm shelter generator, electrical supplies, concrete, fencing and roofing
Town of Keota, Okla. – Playground equipment
Kirksville Child Development Center, Kirksville, Mo. – Outdoor learning garden
City of Paris, Mo. – Playground equipment
myTeam Triumph of the Ozarks, Clever, Mo. – Two ADA running chairs
Grand River Entertainment, Chillicothe, Mo. – Expansion of concession stand
The Salvation Army of Hannibal, Mo. – Refrigerator and chest freezer
Pryor Youth Baseball Organization, Pryor, Okla. – New netting for baseball fields, purchase dirt and gravel
Sullivan County Exposition Center & Fairgrounds, Milan, Mo. – Water access for new fairgrounds
Neighbor’s Helping Neighbors, Boonville, Mo. – Funds to seal and coat the existing building’s roof
Linn Co. Council of Aging, Brookfield, Mo. – Window replacement in their building
Trinity 4-H of Adair Co., Kirksville, Mo. – Update electrical system in NEMO hog barn
Centralia High School Baseball, Centralia, Mo. – Baseball equipment
Central Missouri Cancer Memorial Park, Boonville, Mo. – Construction of Cancer Park
The MFA Oil Foundation provides cash grants to support nonprofit organizations that are working to improve communities where MFA Oil has a significant concentration of members and employees. The Foundation’s mission is to assist rural communities in MFA Oil Company’s market area by donating resources that help develop and strengthen organizations dedicated to education, youth, human services or civic endeavors. The Foundation is primarily funded by pre-tax, non-member income. Since its inception in 1998, the MFA Oil Foundation has awarded more than $1 million in grants.