Volunteers with the organizations that make up the Butler Collaborative for Families gather Thursday afternoon in the Monarch Institute at 100 Brugh Ave. for BCF's second Holiday Huddle event. ERIC FREEHLING/BUTLER EAGLE

Two new initiatives were awarded mini-grants Thursday afternoon at the Butler Collaborative for Families (BCF) second annual Holiday Huddle.

The Rise Up Riders program, a partnership between the Alliance for Non Profit Resources, Butler Health Systems and the Lighthouse Foundation, received a $5,000 grant from BCF. Rise Up Riders is an idea to assist people to obtain nonmedical transportation where transportation would improve their lives.

A second $5,000 grant, provided by Trinity Lutheran Church, will go to fund the Year of Family Fun partnership between the Institute for Nonprofit Leadership, Butler County Human Services, Butler YMCA and Butler Succeed.

The Year of Family Fun will provide low-cost or no-cost monthly activities to eight or nine families in the Broad Street School neighborhood in the hopes the activities will forge natural social connections.

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