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        <ExplanationTxt>| Grants And Similar Amounts Paid:, Amount:| Beacon Grant - Donated to Healing Hoofsteps Equine Therapy Services for VETS. We sponsored a therapy horse for six months and paid for five veterans or children PTSD therapy for a year. Grant was $4000 and we spent $4000., $4000| Spotlight Grant - Donated to the Crestview area shelter for the homeless. We supplied various food items. Additionally we supplied sleeping bags. Grant was $2000 we actually spent $2197.77, $2198| Gratitude Grant - Donated to the Shelter House Inc which is a social services org for displaced women. We donated goods such as linens pillows hygiene items cold weather coats. Grant was $3000 and we spent $3077., $3077| Matched Beacon Grant - We renovated some rooms at the Crestview manor which is an assisted living home for veterans. $2679.78 spent., $2680|</ExplanationTxt>
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