GLENDALE : Grants Aid Schools and Sheriff’s Group

Several charitable organizations in Glendale have received grants totaling more than $8,000 from the Glendale Community Foundation’s board of trustees.

The Glendale College Foundation received $541 for a paper shredder needed to destroy old health records of past students.

“Health records are confidential and must be destroyed seven years from the student’s last visit,” said Ann Ransford, the foundation’s executive director. “Each year this amounts to over 2,000 records that must be shredded. This grant will increase the efficiency of destroying those records.”

In a matching grant, $1,500 was awarded to the R.D. White Elementary School for a classroom computer for students in the first through sixth grades. The foundation held a walk-a-thon to raise funds toward the purchase of the computers.

A grant of $2,500 went to the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Support Group toward the purchase of a mobile command post vehicle to handle community needs during major disasters and emergencies.

“This grant will help us toward our goal of purchasing this vehicle to support a variety of field operations, including structure fires, wildfires, major floods, toxic spills and search and rescue efforts,” said Richard Harris, the support group’s president.

Other grants totaling $3,081 were given to the Glenoaks School, Chandler School and La Canada Flintridge Educational Foundation.

The Glendale Community Foundation has an endowment of $3 million that makes contributions to public charitable organizations every two months in Glendale, La Crescenta, Montrose and La Canada Flintridge.

“By making grants every two months, we are able to deal with needs and issues as they arise,” said Randall Melby, president of the 37-year-old foundation.