The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe Donations Committee allocated over $31,000 to non-profit agencies during the second quarter of 2006.

Organizations that received funding are: Volunteers of America, Task Force for Children?s Arts, Rapides Reading is Fundamental, Pineville Fire Department, Operation Help, LaSalle Associate for Developmentally Delayed, Jobs for American Graduates, Holy Ghost Catholic Church, City of New Roads, First Harvest Community Garden, Cottonport Lions Club, Cottonport Volunteer Fire Department, Christus Cabrini Foundation, Children?s Miracle Network, Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebarb, Chateau des Amis, Cenla Roadrunners, Avoyelles Council of Aging, Alexandria Alumni Chapter, American Cancer Society, American Red Cross, American Legion Auxiliary, Pediatric Therapy Center, and Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

The tribe also administered a collective total of $4,000 in scholarships to Marksville High School, St. Joseph School, Avoyelles High School, Bunkie High School, LaSAS, LSUA and ULL. Interested organizations must formally apply for a donation through an application process. Administered by Paragon?s public relations department, applications are screened and forwarded to a donations committee to review applications for funding on a quarterly basis. For more information about the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe?s grant