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Here are the organizations supported by the Balloons Over  Vermilion and the Festival of Trees with Community Improvement Awards.

 Impact Award Recipients

• Balloon Federation of America – Provide summer camp scholarships for aspiring young pilots – Grant of $1500
• Schlarman Academy – Our 2023 Student Ambassador Class – contact ShellyErickson– (217-442-2725) - Grant of $2500
• Keep Vermilion County Beautiful – Purchase collection equipment and youth outreach activities – contact Brenda Adams (217-304-7541- Grant of $2000
• Birth to Five Illinois – Provide support for outreach efforts to inform new/young families of social service support network in place in Vermilion County – Grant of $1000
• Danville Municipal Band – Provide support for family quality of life events / recruit young band members – Grant of $2000
• Vermilion Valley Fellowship of Christian Athletes – Provide support for camps,devotional materials, special events – Grant of $2500
• Westville Santas Anonymous – Provide support for 2024 fund drive – Grant of $3000
• Danville AMBUCs – Provide support for new Super Soccer program – Grant of $4000
• Fair Hope Children’s Ministry – Provide support for underclothing, shoes, general inventory –Grant of $5500
• Vermilion County War Museum – Provide support to restart student tours and construct new youth area  – Grant of $6000
• United Way of Danville Area, Inc.- Provide support for Dolly Parton Imagination Library – Grant of $6000
• American Legion Youth Baseball – Provide support for new field equipment and a fee waiver program – Grant of $6000
• STEP Recovery Center – Provide support for construction of new teen activity space – Grant of $5000
• Oakwood Grade School – Provide support for new playground equipment –– Grant of $6000
• Winterview Youth League – Provide support for new heavy duty trash collection equipment – Grant of $6000
• Oakwood Area Food Pantry – Provide support for Bags of Hope food program – Grant of $6000
• Project Success of Vermilion County, Inc. – Provide support for extended program hours – Grant of $7500
• Roxy’s House – Provide support for speech/autism therapy program along with animal upkeep –  Grant of $7500
• OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center – Provide support for 4 th floor renovation projects – Grant of $20000

The 2024 Host Student Ambassador class; Ms. Tiffany Johnson’s 4th graders from Oakwood Grade School.

The organization also annouced $20,000 toward a Memorial Ron Crick scholarship at DACC. Crick was the event coordinator for the original hot air balloon event in Danville.