亚马逊社区基金发放150,000美元：密苏里州16家本地机构获资助，单笔最高12,000美元
位于美国密苏里州蒙哥马利县（Montgomery County, Missouri）的社区10月30日迎来一笔本地资助：亚马逊蒙哥马利县社区基金（Amazon Montgomery County Community Fund）宣布向16家非营利机构、学校与社区组织发放共150,000美元资助，单笔最高12,000美元，受助机构已于10月29日在赫尔曼市（Hermann）华盛顿街圆顶大厅举行的庆祝活动上获得表彰。
资助方向按当地居民提出的优先事项分布，涵盖食品供应、STEAM教育、劳动力发展、数字技能与退伍军人支持等领域。食品方面，赫尔曼社区食品储藏室获得该基金最大一笔资助以扩大服务能力，另有组织着手处理食物不安全问题、种植食物森林，县卫生部门则将启动一项尿布计划，减轻年轻家庭负担。
教育与就业方面，韦尔斯维尔-米德尔敦R1学区将开设「老虎机器人」竞赛机器人项目，蒙哥马利县4-H理事会扩展青少年STEAM活动，Per Scholas提供技术培训帮助居民进入科技行业，赫尔曼地区商会则着手制定住房与劳动力战略。
社区场所方面，两家狮子会将修缮社区建筑，韦尔斯维尔社区体育联盟改善球场，老年中心升级设施，蒙哥马利市纪念退伍军人协会4436分会为其服务退伍军人家庭的商店提供资金。
亚马逊表示，该基金是其在密苏里州更广泛投资的一部分；公司自2010年以来已在该州投资逾90亿美元，并已宣布计划在蒙哥马利县投资数十亿美元建设数据中心园区。
Amazon Community Fund Awards $150,000 to 16 Local Organizations in Missouri, With Grants of Up to $12,000
Communities in Montgomery County, Missouri, received a round of local funding on October 30, as the Amazon Montgomery County Community Fund announced $150,000 in grants of up to $12,000 to 16 nonprofits, schools and community organizations. Recipients were recognized at a celebration on October 29 at The Rotunda at Washington St. in Hermann, Missouri.
The grants follow priorities identified by county residents, spanning food access, STEAM education, workforce development, digital skills and veterans support. On food, the Hermann Community Food Pantry received the fund's largest grant to expand its capacity, other grants address food insecurity and plant a food forest, and the county health department will launch a diaper program for young families.
On education and jobs, the Wellsville-Middletown R1 district will launch a Tiger Robotics competitive robotics program, the Montgomery County 4-H Council will expand STEAM programming, Per Scholas will deliver technology training, and the Hermann Area Chamber of Commerce will develop a housing and workforce strategy.
Community-space grants will help two Lions clubs reinvest in their buildings, the Wellsville Community Athletic League improve its ballpark, the senior center upgrade its facility, and Montgomery City Memorial VFW Post 4436 fund its store supporting veterans and their families.
Amazon said the fund is part of its broader investment in Missouri, where it has invested more than $9 billion since 2010, alongside a planned investment of several billion dollars in a data center campus in Montgomery County.
Amazon press release on the community fund awards
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