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Article: Sycamore helps fund riders, meals
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- Courier News (Elgin, IL)
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- May 21, 2009
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SYCAMORE - Despite its budget crunch, the city has reached into its pocket to fund grants aimed at helping its most vulnerable residents and encourage philanthropy.
This week, the city council approved $38,000 in grants to various agencies providing services such as Meals on Wheels.
Aldermen approved a $17,000 grant to the Voluntary Action Center to defray organizational expenses associated with TransVAC, which provides about 19,000 trips per year for city residents; MedVac, which provides about 400 trips per year to regional hospitals and other health care facilities; and the Meals on Wheels program, which provides about 11,000 meals for senior citizens and disabled persons.
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