Alcohol & Chemical Abuse Council |
Kids-N-Character: Building Hearts of Character Summer Program |
Kids-N-Character program uses creative and performing arts to build character and promote positive summer activities. This grant provides support for the musical needs of the program, i.e. scripts, scenery, props, costumes, DVDs of the performance. |
$1100 |
| Boys/Girls Club of Hamilton |
Express Yourself with Art |
Kids need opportunities for creative expression. Throughout the summer Boys & Girls Club offers art classes to promote this expression. This grant provides support to purchase art supplies needed to offer this program to all participants |
$2500 |
| Butler County Educational Services Center |
TIP Summer Adventures (Therapeutic Interagency Preschool) |
This program offers summer activities for preschoolers who have been abused and neglected. TIP hopes to counteract the depression existing from the poverty, domestic violence and abuse the children have experienced. This grant was given to support the cost of the summer activities that are provided. |
$700 |
| City of Hamilton Police Department |
F.R.O.G.S. - Future Role Models of G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Resistance Education and Training) Respect for Law Camp |
The FROGS summer program is a continuation of the skills learned in GREAT, but also includes community service projects and activities. The program is designed to instill leadership skills within the youth so they can become leadership in their school and community. This grant supports the summer activities as well as provides support to send additional students to the Respect for Law Camp. |
$4466 |
| Great Miami Valley YMCA |
Summer Quest for Discovery |
This program is a part of the summer intervention program offered to underprivileged youth ages 5-13. This grant will assist in providing a lifetime of memories, fun and educational activities by supporting the cost of transportation and field trip admissions for 50 youth. |
$5000 |
| Hamilton Living Waters Ministry |
DIVE Into Summer |
Hamilton Living Waters offers free year round educational and recreational programs to hundreds of children. They are a safe haven for children in the 4th ward left unsupervised & lack transportation or money to go anywhere but just “hang out in the neighborhood.” This grant was given in support of transportation for their summer field trips and other activities. |
$1970 |
| Kelly's House of Love |
Feed the Children |
Kelly’s House of love is a safe haven for children 6-18 years of age living in the Northend area of Hamilton. The focus is on offering programs to keep the children off the street, teach them to make smart choices and gain self-confidence. This grant was provided to support food and summer activities for these youth. |
$3460 |
| MetroParks of Butler County |
Art in the Park/Health Nuts Program |
Art is in the Park is a nature-inspired art adventure with a focus of astronomy. Each program will explore the aspect of the night skies followed by a take home project. Health Nuts is a program that combines environmental and health education. The program is designed to address the obesity epidemic and lack of physical activity. The program ends with the ever popular mud obstacle course, Mud Mania which has been extended to an all day event to accommodate all the families that attend. These programs are offered free and open to the public. |
$1150 |
| One Way Farm Of Fairfield, Inc. |
Youth Activities |
One Way Farm provides a secure, loving environment for children who are abused, abandoned, troubled or neglected. This grant provided funds to support summer field trips for the youth living at this facility. |
$1652 |
| Sojourner Recovery Services |
Herland Family Center Play Space |
Sojourner Recovery Services – Herland Family Center provides housing, childcare and addition treatment services for mothers and their children. This grant provided funds to purchase play equipment/storage shed for the new outdoor play space. The children did not have a safe, outdoor space to play thereby the need for this project was great. |
$3400 |
| YWCA |
Book Bag Project |
This project will provide book bags filled with educational materials and will be distributed to children in the one-to-one tutoring program at Madison, Ross, New Miami and Living Waters. This grant will purchase the book bag as well as the materials. The primary goal of the program is to work to improve reading and writing skills, learn letter sound relationships, and improve word recognition and comprehension. Thus improving self-esteem and provide self confidence as readers and give them the motivation to read. For children ages 5-12 years of age. |
$5000 |
