American Red Cross
(Portage County Chapter) - to help fund a program focused on engaging youth in leadership
positions that will prepare them to become Red Cross
instructors.
Bernie Kosar/Crestwood
Schools Scholarship Fund - to provide scholarship assistance to a student.
Boys and Girls Club
of Portage County
- to provide funds to assist with its after school and summer
programs to school age and at risk youth.
Child Health Services
of Portage County
- to help fund a Child Health Expo for Portage County.
Coleman Professional
Services -
to assist with the expenses to provide a Resident Health and
Safety Training Program.
Community Action
Council of Portage County - to assist with expenses associated with the its Even Start
program.
Family and Community
Services –
to provide support to its Healthy Start program and to provide
some of the funds needed to leverage a federal grant to build a
new Freedom House for homeless veterans in Portage County.
Portage Park District
- to assist with the expenses to develop a plan for Portage
County that will identify land conservation priorities and
development of parks, trails and greenways.
Robinson Memorial
Hospital Visiting Nurse and Hospice - to help provide services of the program to patients who
don't have insurance of any type and additional services that
may not be covered by insurance.
Salvation Army
- to assist with the costs to implement its LEAP (Life
Enrichment BY Accomplishing Priorities) program.
Sister Jordan Fund at
Family and Community Services - to provide support to this fund administered at F&CS, the
principal of which is managed through The Portage Foundation.
Skeels Improvement
Corporation
- to help purchase equipment and materials to be used in The
G.R.E.A.T (Grandparents, Reaching, Educating and Teaching)
Program.
Smart Community
Development Corporation - to assist with the expenses to develop a child friendly and
handicap accessible playground in Ravenna for all children in
Portage County.
Standing Rock
Cultural Arts
- to help support its new World Children's Theater program.
Summit/Portage
Leadership Institute
- to help support its leadership training program for high
school sophomores and juniors.
Townhall II
- to provide funds to assist its Medical Clinic for client
prescription assistance and capital needs. Also, to help fund a
project that will enhance partnerships among Windham Police, the
Windham community and local mediation center.
United Way of Portage
County -
to assist with the costs the agency had in its search for a new
Chief Executive Officer.
