Wayne County Community Foundation awards JANCO $10,000 to expand student impact
Spring community grants
Since 1978, the Wayne County Community Foundation has worked to strengthen the community by helping donors make a lasting difference with their philanthropic endeavors. The Foundation trustees approved spring competitive grants for 29 organizations totaling $520,937.45. Recipients are:
Buckeye Authors' Book Fair Committee received a $6,000 grant from the Earle & Ann Klosterman Family Community Fund to facilitate a weeklong enrichment camp customized for students in grades three-eight, to address enhanced literacy skills and a deeper appreciation for book.
Christian Children's Home of Ohio received a $24,297 grant from the Florence L. Rice Community Fund to upgrade and renovate the kitchen in the little girls cottage, including cabinets, countertops, sink and garbage disposal.
City of Rittman received an $18,322 grant from the Andrew Berkey Fund and the Marjorie B. Newland Memorial Fund to replace the old Rittman city sign.
Dalton Community Historical Society received a $15,000 grant from an anonymous community fund to restore the Eagle Hotel & Tavern building.
Doylestown Community Food Cupboard received a $20,000 grant from the Robert L. & Kathleen M. Polsky Foundation Community Fund to add one commercial cooler and renovate the garage and pantry space.
Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry received a $3,500 grant from the Harold W. Picking Charitable Fund to pay for processing of deer into ground venison. They donate the meat to food banks and ministries.
Girls on the Run East Central Ohio received a $5,000 grant from the Helen A. Sprowls Charitable Fund to provide financial assistance for girls ages 8-14 to participate in youth development programming from Norwayne, Triway, Wooster City, Chippewa, Rittman and Northwestern school districts.
Habitat for Humanity in Wayne County received a $50,000 grant from the Beaverson Foundation Community Fund to help to build five homes while providing matching funds for other grants.
Innovated Opportunity received a $990 grant from the Jeanne Heise Adams Community Fund to purchase digital tablets.
Junior Achievement of North Central Ohio received a $10,000 grant from the Beaverson Foundation Community Fund to impact more than 1,900 students in Wayne County with financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship programming.
Main Street Wooster, received a $2,975 grant from the Ruth M. Tieche Community Fund to hire an artist to design a utility box wrap that would be installed near the Lyric Theater as part of Main Street Wooster's initiative to procure artistic wraps for the 15 utility boxes in downtown.
OneEighty received a $25,000 grant from the Wayne County Community Foundation General Fund for one-time payments to help homeless individuals establish housing and to help those facing eviction to prevent homelessness.
Orrville City Schools received a $25,700 grant from the Carl E. Congdon, Jr. & Susanna Congdon McIntyre Memorial Fund to purchase supplies over three years for each building’s closet as well as a new large capacity washer and dryer for Orrville Middle School.
P. Graham Dunn Park received a $10,000 grant from the Robert L. & Kathleen M. Polsky Foundation Community Fund to purchase and plant 40 trees at the Silver Linden Park in Dalton.
Rails to Trails of Wayne County received a $10,000 grant from the Carl E. Congdon, Jr. & Susanna Congdon McIntyre Memorial Fund to offset construction cost increases for Closing the Gap between Allen Avenue in Orrville and Forrer Road on the Heartland Trail.
RePlay for Kids received a $2,686 grant from the Lloyd W. James Memorial Fund to partner with the Wayne County Public Library to establish an adapted toy lending program for children with disabilities.
The College of Wooster received a $25,000 grant from an anonymous community fund to help cover the cost for AMRE projects.
The Counseling Center of Wayne and Holmes Counties received a $50,000 grant from the Beaverson Foundation Community Fund for architectural fees to design a Mental Health Residential Treatment facility.
The Village Network received a $2,500 grant from the Charles R. & Henrietta Yenne Fund to provide pottery wheels for its art therapy program.
United Way of Wayne and Holmes Counties received a $20,000 grant from the Beaverson Foundation Community Fund to help cover the cost of the books children receive through the Wayne County Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
VANTAGE Aging received a $5,000 grant from the Edward, Arlene & Kaye Maibach Family Fund to replace kitchen and delivery equipment so Meals on Wheels of Northeast Ohio can continue to provide meals to Wayne County seniors.
Wayne County Historical Society received a $9,000 grant from the Margaret Hauenstein Memorial Fund and an anonymous community fund to help restore failing masonry, repoint bricks and repair damaged stonework of the Beall-Stibbs House.
Wayne County Schools Career Center-Aspire received a $7,590.45 grant from the Nolan & Elise Hite Community Fund to update and replenish its supply of laptops.
Wayne Growth Partnership received a $40,000 grant, over four years, from the Wayne County Community Foundation General Fund to help support business and workforce development and address barriers to growth. Current focus areas are childcare, workforce housing and workforce development.
West View Healthy Living received a $100,000 grant from the Beaverson Foundation Community Fund to improve the lighting in the Carrington Memory Care Unit at West View Healthy Living.
Wooster City School District received a $2,500 grant from the Donald G. and Marjorie Pixley Beane Fund and the Albert "Koby" Kobilarcik Educational Fund to provide Pioneer Valley In Tandem literacy intervention resources to be used with K-4 students.
Wooster City School District received a $12,284 grant from the John Kaylor Memorial Fund for a Student Recognition Digital Display to be installed at Wooster High School to recognize past and present athletic, art and academic students’ accomplishments.
Wooster-Wayne Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution received a $1,830 grant from the Charles R. & Henrietta Yenne Fund to pay monument companies to install new Veterans Association headstones on patriots’ graves in Wayne County.
Zion Lutheran Church received a $15,763. grant from the Robert L. & Kathleen M. Polsky Foundation Community Fund to install double man-doors on a outbuilding so AAUW and Kiwanis can move pallets of used books to the book sale location at the fairgrounds.
Source: Staff Writer, Wooster Daily Record
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