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2010 GRANTS AWARDED: WHO gives $126,000 to 10 recipients!
Through the general grant process, the W.H.O Foundation recently awarded $126,000 to 10 non-profit organizations dedicated to serving the needs of women and children. The following organizations were this year’s deserving recipients.
Project Night Night
Keeping homeless children warm and comforted is what Project Night Night is all about. Their Operation Dream Big program provides Project Night Night packages to children from birth to pre-teen in the San Francisco area. Each tote bag contains a blanket, book and stuffed animal. They plan to serve 5,000 children in 2010, and with a recently awarded grant of $5,000 from the W.H.O. Foundation, will enable them to reach their goal.Shelter Health Services
Shelter Health Services provides free healthcare and health education to homeless women and children in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The $12,000 awarded by W.H.O. will be used for their Project: Doing More initiative in which they are converting current hard-copy medical records to an electronic system. With this new system, they can treat more women and children in need.Waste Not, Inc.
Every day millions of pounds of food are wasted. Waste Not, Inc. in Scottsdale, Arizona is doing their part to provide a creative response to the waste of wholesome food by restaurants, resorts and caterers. They collect 5,300 pounds of perishable food each week, and with the help of W.H.O.’s $10,000 grant, they can cover the cost of refrigerated delivery trucks for four months.Rebuilding Together Philadelphia
For 20 years, Rebuilding Together Philadelphia has been partnering with the community to rehabilitate the homes of elderly, disabled, and low-income homeowners so that they may continue to live in warmth, safety, and independence. The $20,000 grant awarded by the W.H.O. Foundation will be used to purchase materials and cover expenses to help rebuild 30 homes in the spring Block Build program.Street Teens, Inc.
Breaking the cycle of crime and vulnerability among youth in the Las Vegas area, Street Teens, Inc. serves 25-30 homeless teens a day. They offer hot showers, washers, dryers, beds and educational resources. The $30,000 grant awarded by W.H.O. will provide food for the pantry, hot meals, clothing, hygiene items, shoes, backpacks, employment cards, bus passes, GED testing, and identifi cation and phone cards.Restoration of the Heart
Restoration of the Heart’s mission is to provide individuals in crisis with educational, spiritual, vocational, and life-skills instruction in a residential setting through a 100% volunteer organization. The W.H.O. Foundation granted $2,000 to the organization to provide 160 bed/nights for women in need of transitional and emergency housing.CASA for Children
Each year, thousands of children in Multnomah and Washington Counties in Oregon become wards of the juvenile court system because they have been victims of abuse and neglect. CASA for Children helps speed up the process of finding permanent homes for these abused children. The W.H.O. Foundation awarded the organization a $10,000 grant to recruit and train four new CASA volunteers.The Haven of Grace Ministries
Empowering men and women to overcome poverty is the focus of The Haven of Grace Ministries in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The Haven of Grace Ministries houses 18 homeless women at any time. With so many women in the shelter, they turn away 3-5 women daily. The $13,000 W.H.O. grant will allow them to help these women transition out of the shelter, helping them live a better life and creating space for more.My New Red Shoes
Nearly five thousand school-age children are homeless in the San Francisco area. Since 2006, My New Red Shoes has supported these underserved homeless youth by providing new clothing and shoes for them. The $15,000 grant from W.H.O. will go toward clothing 300 homeless and low-income youth.The Equine Therapy Center
The Equine Therapy Center in Guthrie, Oklahoma helps at-risk children develop skills necessary to make positive choices by using the equine experience as a tool for emotional growth and learning. The $9,000 W.H.O. grant will be used for program expenses to help them continue to reach youth at risk for drug abuse, incarceration, and gang involvement.
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