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Elyria, OH, December 22, 2013 The Board of Directors of the Community Foundation of Lorain County voted to approve grants totaling $707,557 at its December 18 meeting. Thirty-five local agencies including the Lorain County Free Clinic, LCADA, Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio, and El Centro de Servicios Sociales, Inc. received grants benefiting Lorain residents. A complete list of grantees follows:
Arts & Culture $65,050
The Beck Center for the Arts
Spotlight on Learning in Lorain County $5,000
Firelands Association for the Visual Arts
General operating support $22,000
Lorain County Historical Society
Community Educational Outreach XII: Challenge Grant $13,050
Northern Ohio Youth Orchestras
General operating support $5,000
Oberlin Heritage Center/O.H.I.O.
History Education Outreach and Organizational Effectiveness $20,000
Civic Affairs $149,382
American Red Cross, Lorain County Chapter
General operating support $10,000
Foundation Center Cleveland
Information + Education = Knowledge for Making Change $4,000
ideastream
Be Well $10,000
Leadership Lorain County
Summer Internship $18,500
Lorain County Habitat for Humanity, Inc.
General operating support $18,882
Lorain County Heritage, Inc.
Lorain County Beautiful Awards $5,000
Lorain County Urban League
Save Our Sons Diabetes Prevention Project $23,000
Main Street Amherst
General Operating Support $10,000
Main Street Elyria
Downtown Revitalization: Challenge Grant $15,000
Main Street Wellington
General Operating Support $15,000
Oberlin Business Partnership
General Operating Support $10,000
Team Lorain County
General Operating Support $10,000
Education $36,025
Baldwin Wallace University
Conservatory Outreach Summer Programs for Lorain County students $5,250
Invent Now, Inc.
Camp Invention and Professional Development in Lorain County $24,875
Scholastic Games of Lorain County
Scholastic Games of Lorain County Radio Quiz $5,900
Health $115,500
Children’s Developmental Center
Resource Bank $30,000
Lorain County Free Clinic
General Operating Support $45,000
Lorain County General Health District
Car Seat Program $3,000
Mercy Health Partners Foundation, Lorain Region
Parish Nursing Program $37,500
Social Services $341,600
Avon / Avon Lake Community Resource Services
Senior Assistance Program $5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lorain County, Inc.
General Operating Support $50,000
Blessing House
General Operating Support $35,000
El Centro de Servicios Sociales, Inc.
El Dorado Senior Program and Strategic Planning $36,600
Lorain County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services, Inc
General Operating Support $50,000
Oberlin Community Services Council
Emergency Services $25,000
Salvation Army Elyria Corps
Lorain County Social Services Program $39,000
Save Our Children, Inc.
After School Program $20,000
Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio
Increasing Resources to the Hunger Network $50,000
United Cerebral Palsy Assoc. of Gr Cleveland
Project Search $15,000
Youth Challenge
Lorain County Programs $16,000
Founded in 1980, The Community Foundation holds a $100 million endowment, the funds of which will benefit Lorain County now and forever. For more information on the Foundation or to create a Fund that will fulfill your charitable legacy, visit www.peoplewhocare.org.
Informational Only Total Grants = $707,557