Recent Grant Awards
2008 Grant Awards
Hamilton-Fairfield Symphony Orchestra
$2,500
Voice of America's "Concert on the Lake"
The event scheduled for July 13, 2008 is open to all members of our
community and will feature music from the Hamilton-Fairfield Symphony
Orchestra, as well as the West Chester Symphony. At the end of the evening,
guests will enjoy a firework display.
American Red Cross
$2,000
Mass Care Disaster Program
To support their Mass Care Disaster Responder Program in Butler County.
Hearing, Speech and Deaf Center of Greater Cincinnati
$7,500
Increasing services to West Chester and Liberty Residents
To support speech pathology and speech mapping services at the West
Chester/Liberty Twp. Area.
Mid-Miami Healthcare Foundation
$2,600
Improving Heart Health
To support the Atrium Medical Center's Heart Center facility. The Heart
Center provides state-of-the-art care to patients in our area.
2007 Grant Awards
Big Brothers/Big Sisters
$5,000
Lakota One to One Mentoring Program
Funding of this project expands the site based mentoring program that helps
to find, train and supervise new mentors for students in West Chester and
Liberty Townships. The program provides a positive difference in the lives
of children through professionally supported one-to-one relationships with
an adult volunteer. In addition to working with students to increase their
self-esteem and develop new skills, volunteers provide tutoring and other
academic support.
People Working Cooperatively
$5,000
Emergency Home Repairs
This grant provides funds to offset the costs of essential home repairs for
low-income residents in West Chester and Liberty Townships. Repairs are made
to homes that threaten the immediate health and well-being of the resident
or the structural integrity of their home. The repairs allow for citizens to
remain safe and independent in their own home.
Reach-Out Lakota
$5,000
Hydraulic Lift
Support was provided to purchase a hydraulic lift that will allow volunteers
the ability to increase their productivity in sorting and organizing the
generous donations from the community.
S.E.L.F.
$5,000
Project 2 Empower
This grant was awarded to enhance the program that continues to link
individuals and families with the skills and resources that encourages them
to become more self-sufficient. The program strengthens a family's ability
to withstand stress while working to improve their economic stability.
Participants develop an individualized service plan that sets financial,
emotional, and physical goals.
West Chester Township Historical Society
$2,500
Station Road School House Renovation Project
The West Chester Township Historical Society leveraged their donation from
the Foundation and other supporters to help renovate the Station Road
Schoolhouse. Foundation support was earmarked to help off-set the cost for
the materials to restore the windows of the historic schoolhouse.
West Chester Township Police Department
$1,000
Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs
The West Chester Police department invites youth from the Lakota School
District to participate in an outdoor activity with police officers. While
teaching them the sport of fishing, the officers discuss the dangers of
drugs, alcohol and delinquent behaviors with the students. Funds are used
to support the purchase of fishing gear for the participants.
2006 Grant Awards
Boys & Girls Club of Hamilton, Inc.
$1,436
Summer Fun at the Boys & Girls Club
To provide summer program opportunities for 35 youth from West Chester
Mother Teresa Catholic Elementary School
$6,300
Expanding the Arts
To support the purchase of a portable sounds system and construction of
a new theatrical stage.
Parachute: Special Advocates for Children of Butler
County
$1,500
Sponsor a Volunteer
To recruit and train Court Appointed Special Advocates from West Chester.
The West Chester Friends of the Library
$2,200
Summer Reading Program 2006: Paws, Claws, Scales and Tails
To enhance the reading program at the library with a new sound system and
improved incentives for children of all ages aspiring to read during the
summer season.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Butler County, Inc.
$2,000
Lakota Site Based Programs
To provide mentoring sites children in grades 1-6 at Lakota Pointe and
North Pointe Town Home complexes to continue in 2006.
Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy: Student Organized
Service
$1,036
Shawnee Elementary ESL
To provide after-school enrichment for English-as-a-second-language (ESL)
students and their families in grades K-6 at Shawnee Elementary.
Lakota City Schools
$3,200
Adult Literacy Program for ESL Parents
To develop a pilot program for adult ESL residents of West Chester / Liberty.
Support To Encourage Low-income Families (SELF)
$7,000
Project 2 Empower for West Chester/Liberty
To work with 40 low-income families in West Chester/Liberty Townships to
create an opportunity for self-sufficiency by enhancing the family’s
ability to withstand stress, while improving their economic stability and
overall well-being.
2005 Grant Awards
LifeSpan, Inc.
$11,000
TIME (Teaching Independent Money Management Education) Program
To provide training on money management and budgeting to Reach Out Lakota
clients.
American Heritage Girls, Inc.
$1,500
HUGS Program
To purchase duffel bags to fill with items for children who have been
rescued from abusive and neglectful home and placed in foster care. Each
bag is filled with blankets, stuffed animals, toiletry items, school supplies,
etc.
Reach Out Lakota
$6,000
Operating Support
To assist in maintaining children’s clothing needs and keep food
shelves stocked for summer.
West Chester Police Department
$2,500
Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs
To provide local youth an opportunity to learn the sport of fishing while
learning the dangers of drugs, alcohol and delinquent behavior.
Butler County Chapter of the American Red Cross
$1,724
Expansion of Direct Service in West Chester/Liberty Township
To help purchase needed supplies for the local disaster vehicle.
American Diabetes Association
$3,100
Camp Korelitz
To help support a residential camp for children ages 9-15 with diabetes.
Junior Achievement
$2,500
Junior Achievement Lakota School Initiative
To provide students education on economics and free enterprise systems
S.E.L.F
$7,000
Project 2 Empower
To provide self-sufficiency case management while building assets to break
the cycle of poverty.
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