LIHU'E, Kaua'i — Kaua'i County has awarded 29 grants to Kaua'i organizations involved in a range of anti-drug, education and youth activities programs.

The money is from a $32,600 grant by the 2005 state Legislature, which was placed in the county's "Healing Our Island Community Fund." Grants were made to a maximum of $2,500.

One recipient, the Family Club Core Group of Waimea, got a $1,275 grant to help pay for a camping trip for families on Father's Day at Waipa Valley.

"The major benefit of having a campout is it helps to bring families closer," said Family Club Core Group's Elwood Machado.

The Kaua'i Lifeguard Association used a $1,000 to repair and replace equipment and to help defray the cost of sending children ages 13 to 17 to the Junior Lifeguard State Championships.

Other organizations receiving support included All Saints Episcopal Church, Aloha Peace Project, Family Club Core Group, Hale Halawai 'Ohana 'O Hanalei, Ho'oikaika Volleyball Club, Ho'ihi Hui, Juveniles Use Media Power, Kanuikapono Inc., Kapa'a High School — Project Graduation, Kapa'a Pop Warner Association, Kaua'i Good Beginnings Alliance Council, Kaua'i High School — Project Graduation, Kaua'i Police Activities League, Kaua'i Police Department Youth Services — D.A.R.E. program, and Kaua'i Underground Artists.

Also receiving money were the Kekaha Pop Warner Football Association, Kekaha Youth Baseball Organization, Kilauea School, Koloa Pop Warner Association, Lihu'e Pop Warner Association, Love the Journey Inc., Punana Leo O Kaua'i, Sacred Steps, Special Olympics Hawai'i-Kaua'i area, The Kaua'i Lifeguard Association, Tres Hermanos de Kaua'i, Waimea Project Graduation, YWCA Girlz Zone, and ZZ Youth Basketball Program.