CLARKSTON, WA – The Clarkston Heights branch of the Asotin County Library is one of T-Mobile’s latest 25 national recipients of a $50,000 Hometown Grant. The cellular company and library held a community event this afternoon at the 4th Avenue location to announce the gift. Officials say there were over 800 applicants.
The grant will be used to build a Learning Garden that will include a concrete patio, a smart-scaped garden, raised garden beds for youth community gardening, and a StoryWalk™ book reading path. Officials say this project will provide an outdoor space to enable educational and recreational programs for all ages and promote healthy habits and environmental responsibility.
Asotin County Library Board of Trustees Chairman Bryce Kammers spoke at this afternoon’s event.
Two Idaho projects were also selected:
- Fairfield, Idaho: Build an adaptive, accessible playground at Idaho’s Medical Camp through Camp Rainbow Gold, an organization that aims to provide emotionally empowering experiences for children with cancer and their families.
- Salmon, Idaho: Replace fabric mesh ceiling panels at the Whitewater Therapeutic and Recreational Riding Association’s indoor riding arena to ensure continued access for recreational, cultural and therapeutic activities to the community’s youth, elderly and those with special needs.
T-Mobile says it has provided more than $13 million in Hometown Grants since it kicked off its five-year commitment to small towns and rural communities in April 2021. Approximately 300 communities across 47 states have received funding to kickstart local development projects.
“Hometown Grants is T-Mobile’s way of giving people in small towns a chance to build a more resilient future, and it’s incredibly inspiring to see the impact it’s had on 300 communities knowing there’s many more to come,” according to T-Mobile’s Consumer Group President Jon Freier. “When we started this program three years ago, we knew it had the power to make a difference, but to see so many people come together for their towns is truly extraordinary.”
To select Hometown Grant recipients, T-Mobile partners with Main Street America to oversee the grant program and assess applications based on their level of detail, community impact, feasibility, and other considerations.
