Grants Distributed to 25 Non-Profits
by: Leslee Dennis
The Aultman Foundation Distributes $126,000 in Grants to 25 Nonprofits
CANTON, Ohio (June 9, 2008) – The Aultman Foundation has announced 25 area nonprofit organizations will receive the organization’s second round of grant funding totaling $126,000 to help further the Aultman Foundation’s mission with their own services in Stark, Wayne, Holmes, Carroll and Tuscarawas counties.
The following organizations – whose services focus on health, education and human services for the underserved, especially the poor, elderly and children – are receiving grants for the specified amount:
- Bolivar Fire Department, $5,000 for Fire Safety House education program
- Canton Calvary Mission, $5,000 for healthy meals at Loaves and Fishes Café
- Coming Together Stark County, $6,000 for a diversity training initiative
- Community Services of Stark County, $6,000 for a school-based wellness initiative
- CYC (Community Recreation Center), $5,000 for Learn to Swim summer program
- Faith in Action of Central Stark County, Inc., $5,000 for a health, safety and wellness program for seniors
- Girl Scouts of North East Ohio, $6,000 for Positive Futures program for teen girls
- Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland and E. Central Ohio, Inc., $4,500 for Assistance Dog Scholarship program
- Guardian Support Services Inc., $3,500 for Volunteer Guardian program
- Hartville Migrant Council, $5,500 for coordination of a health care program
- J. Babe Stearn Community Center, $13,000 to help establish a Canton Youth Football League
- Lighthouse Visions, $4,100 for Gatekeeper Transitional Life Skills Training program
- Multi-Development Services of Stark County, $3,500 for SNETII healthy programming events
- NAMI (National Alliance of Mental Illness) of Tuscarawas County, $1,800 for Family-to-Family education programs
- Neighbors Helping Neighbors, $3,000 for The Anchor Project for ex-offenders
- Next Step Mentoring, $4,000 for Steps to Physical Fitness and Health program
- Pathway Caring for Children, $4,000 for Preparing Foster Children for Life After Foster Care program
- Personal & Family Counseling Services of Tuscarawas Valley, $1,300 for Older Adult Outreach program
- Siffrin, Inc., $2,500 for a physical fitness program for persons with disabilities
- Stark County Hunger Task Force, $11,000 for food programming assistance for children and seniors
- Stark County Out of Poverty Partnership, Inc., $4,000 for Family Economic Success program
- The Voyager Program, $7,500 for a teen violence prevention program
- Urban League of Greater Stark County, $7,100 for Kid Fit Fitness program
- YMCA of Central Stark County, $4,000 for CPR/first aid training materials
- YMCA of Western Stark County, $3,700 for Water Safety Education program
The Aultman Foundation will distribute a second round of grants in 2008. Applications will be accepted July 28-August 15. To learn more about the organization, contribute a charitable gift or apply for a grant, go to www.aultmanfoundation.org or call 330-363-2366.
About The Aultman Foundation
Aultman Health Foundation announced The Aultman Foundation in May 2007 to improve the health of the community using a two-fold process: targeted grant funding to area non-profit organizations and the acceptance of charitable gifts to the foundation and hospital.
About Aultman Health Foundation
Aultman Health Foundation is a not-for-profit health-care organization serving Stark and surrounding counties. The vertically integrated institution includes Aultman Hospital, the locally managed health-insurance provider AultCare, The Aultman Foundation and the Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences. With 682 beds, 530 active physicians and a staff of more than 5,000 employees, Aultman is Stark County's largest hospital. For more information, visit www.aultman.org.
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