Children benefit from special summertime grants
The Foundation awarded $29,183 to 16 local nonprofit organizations for Summertime Kids programs. Grants of up to $2,500 support creative, educational and fun-filled summer activities for hundreds of Richland County children each year.
Pictured here are children who participated in the Mansfield Y "Serving Up Summer" program. Children received a grocery bag for the past nine Fridays filled with fresh produce from the YMCA garden as well as nutritious snacks, cereal and other non-perishable food items to ensure no child goes hungry over the weekend.
Here are the other programs funded by a Summertime Kids grant:
City of Mansfield, Hooked on Fishing – Not on Drugs
Domestic Violence Shelter, Summertime Fun
First English Lutheran Church, FELCDS Summer Camp
Friendly House Association, Summer Fun Program
Harmony House Homeless Services, Kids Vacation
Hospice of North Central Ohio, KIDSCENE
Little Buckeye Children’s Museum, Access to All
Mansfield UMADAOP, Popcorn Movie Series
Mohican School in the Out-of-Doors, Connecting with Nature
Ohio Bird Sanctuary, Friendly House Nature Camp
Renaissance Performing Arts, Camp Broadway
Salvation Army Dewald Center, Summer Zone 2015 Space Explorers
Shelby Church of the Nazarene, Challenge with a Twist
Two summertime programs were funded from field of interest funds:
Raemelton Therapeutic Equestrian Center, Abilities Rising Camp
Richland Newhope, Summer Campership Program
