October 27, 2006
News Releasefor Immediate Release
WCF Announces Fall Grants
- Arts Partners, Inc.: $5,000 to underwrite an arts/literacy project for the public
schools which will allow children living at poverty level to understand the arts.
- Catholic Charities, Inc.: $10,000 to provide food for homeless children and adults
through the Food Pantry program.
- Dress for Success, Inc.: $9,800 to provide educational and marketing tools for their
client base, teaching young working women career advancement skills, financial planning and home ownership.
- FUNdamental Learning Center, Inc.: $9,930 to underwrite a new children’s literacy
program with Rainbows United designed to give 3 to 5 year old children the skills
they need to become successful readers.
- GraceMed: $10,000 to underwrite colposcope equipment for the clinic to detect ovarian
cancer thereby avoiding delays in treatment for indigent patients.
- Healthy Options for Planeview: $10,000 to establish a child care program at the
Planeview clinic designed to serve Hispanic and Vietnamese children.
- Mental Health Association: $9,968 to underwrite the PATH program in Title 1 schools,
promoting emotional stability and reducing aggression in elementary school children.
- National Forensic League: $1,000 for general underwriting support of national
forensic tournament to be held in Wichita in 2007.
- Planned Parenthood: $9,968 to underwrite sex education for juvenile offenders,
specifically addressing issues of HIV, abusive relationships and healthy concepts
of masculinity.
- South Central Kansas Roots and Shoots: $10,000 to underwrite salaries and supplies
for children’s environmental program, teaching care and concern for all living things.
- Victory in the Valley, Inc.: $9,485.37 to purchase identification badges, t-shirts
and training for volunteers assisting cancer patients, engendering a level of
trust and security.
- Wichita Lifeline, Inc.: $5,000 to underwrite monthly personal monitoring services
for elderly indigent clients.
- Grant Total: $100,151.37
Wichita
Community Foundation
200 W. Douglas, Suite 250
Wichita, Kansas 67202
Phone: (316) 264-4880
Fax: (316) 264-7592
e-mail: wcf@wichitacf.org
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