For over five years, 10 community members have come together to give out grants of $1,000 each to projects in Cass and Clay counties and beyond, that they deem awesome. The group is open to projects in nearly any category: art, invention prototypes, community development or outreach, anything that can be declared awesome. While many ideas submitted are serious in nature, the group is open to the surprising, the silly and fun, and the innovative. This kind of giving acknowledges that small problems are worth fixing, small joys can reap great benefits, and sometimes a small amount of assistance or resources is enough to allow a smaller idea to grow into a larger opportunity.
