Hazel Miller Grants to Holy Rosary, Driftwood Players, Olympic Ballet, ESD

The Hazel Miller Foundation, which serves Edmonds and south Snohomish County, has announced its latest round of grants.

They include for for anti-bullying education to Holy Rosary School, as well as another year of scholarships to be administered through Edmonds School District Alumni Association. Driftwood Players also received grant funding for building improvements, and Olympic Ballet Theatre will be funded for costs related to performing highlights of "Sleeping Beauty."

received $5,195 for the Rachel’s Challenge anti-bullying program that the Foundation also supported in the Edmonds School District. This program will be open to members of the general public who may have missed the program in Edmonds public schools.

The Edmonds School District Alumni Association has been approved for a scholarship grant of $30,000 to continue to offer the Hazel Miller Memorial Scholarships and Hazel & Morris Miller Memorial Scholarships in 2012 to qualifying students in the Edmonds School District. An additional Hazel & Morris Miller Scholarship was added this year for an exceptional male or female student.  Application information will be available in 2012 at www.esdalumni.org.

A $25,000 grant to Edmonds' will be used to buy a new energy efficient HVAC system to allow the company to continue to offer their performance program in 2012.

has received $7,000 to support the performance of "Highlights from Sleeping Beauty & Griffes." This funding will allow costume and scenic design as well as artistic contributions which will act as a forerunner to bringing the full production of Tchaikovsky’s "Sleeping Beauty" to Edmonds.

The Hazel Miller Foundation is dedicated to serving the citizens of Edmonds and South Snohomish County through programs and projects that serve the public's benefit.

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It will continue to review grants in the areas of education and youth services, poverty alleviation and hunger, civic and community services and amenities, the environment, and culture and the arts, so that charities most in need will grow in their contribution in the region.

Hazel and her husband, Morris Miller, were committed members of the Edmonds community.