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2002 Grants

21st CENTURY ENDOWMENT FUND 2002 GRANTS
FOUNDATION FOR THE TRI-STATE COMMUNITY, INC.

  • CAMMACK PTO COMMUNITY PLAYGROUND.......................................................... West Virginia

    • $2,500.00

    • Cammack Community Playground
    • This grant will assist in providing handicap accessibility and ADA compliance for this community project in Huntington.
  • COMMUNITY HOSPICE.................................................................................................. Kentucky

    • $4,000.00

    • Hospice Care Facility
    • Medical equipment for the patients residing in this new inpatient care facility located in Ashland will be purchased with this grant.
  • GREATER HUNTINGTON PARK & RECREATION DISTRICT...................................... West Virginia

    • $2,000.00

    • Ritter Park Tennis Courts
    • With the assistance of this grant, three of the courts at Huntington's Ritter Park Tennis Complex will be resurfaced.
  • MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION .................................................................................West Virginia

    • $2,500.00

    • Wishmakers
    • This grant will assist in underwriting a wish of a child residing in Cabell or Wayne County who has been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness.
  • OPERATION BABY BUCKLE ..................................................................................................,Ohio

    • $1,000.00

    • City Sample Tours
    • Car seats, which will be distributed by the Lawrence County EMS fitting stations, will be purchased with this grant.
  • RUSSELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS............ ..................................................................Kentucky

    • $500.00

    • Staff and Community Wellness
    • This grant will provide funds toward the setup of an obstacle course to be used in this program benefitting the teachers, staff and community in the Russell Independent School District.
  • VOLUNTEER-WEST VIRGINIA ..................................................................................West Virginia

    • $500.00

    • 2002 West Virginia State Conference on Volunteerism
    • This annual conference, the only event of its kind in the state to address the needs of all service and volunteer organizations for training, inspiration and peer support, will be meeting in Huntington in June 2002. This grant will help offset the program expenses.
  • WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY West Virginia

    • $2,500.00

    • Fort Gay Public Library Expansion
    • The proposed 942 square foot addition to this one room library will give the staff an opportunity to provide much needed quality programming to the youth in the Fort Gay area during school hours and during the summer. This grant will provide funds for the fixtures and plumbing to make the restrooms ADA compliant.
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    • SECOND QUARTER FUNDING CYCLE

    MISSION WEST VIRGINIA, INC.. ..............................................................................West Virginia

    $2,500.00

    • Handicap Accessibility - Warehouse Restrooms
    • Mission West Virginia conducts an extensive computer literacy program in West Virginia. More than 1,600 computers have been refurbished and placed in more than 230 learning labs throughout the state from the organization=s Computer Assembly Workshop and Warehouse in Huntington. This grant will assist in providing handicap accessibility and ADA compliance for the warehouse.
  • NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION SERVICES......................................................... Kentucky

    • $2,500.00

    • Greenhouse
    • This grant will help purchase a greenhouse for the Jr. Master Gardner Program, which is a cooperative program between the Natural Resource Conservation Services, the 21st Century Learning Project, the Boyd County Youth Services Center and the Cooperative Extension Services.
  • Funded by the Boyd County Fund.

    • OHIO RIVER FESTIVAL OF BOOKS...................................................................................Tri-State

    $2,400.00

    • Ohio River Festival of Books
    • This two-day event celebrating the regional heritage of authors and artists, books and reading will be held in Huntington on November 8-9, 2002 (the festival will be held in Lawrence County, OH in 2003 and Kentucky will host the 3rd year). This grant will assist in underwriting the expenses required to bring invited Kentucky authors to the festival.
  • THE HUNTINGTON CITY MISSION............................................................................ West Virginia

    • $2,000.00

    • Strategic Planning Consultancy
    • This grant will assist in the cost of developing the Mission's five-year strategic plan.
  • YWCA OF ASHLAND.......................................................................................................Kentucky

    • $2,500.00

    • Door Renovations
    • The Foundation will match up to $2,500 toward the replacement of doors at the YWCA=s Main and Annex facilities.
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    • THIRD QUARTER FUNDING CYCLE

    ARTS RESOURCES FOR THE TRI-STATE................................................................. West Virginia

    $2,500.00

    • Rigging – For Safety's Sake
    • This grant will assist in the repair/replacement of rigging hardware in the Huntington High Renaissance Center Theatre. This grant is contingent upon receiving full funding for the project.
  • CHILDWATCH, CASA OF BOYD COUNTY ........................................................................Kentucky

    • $1,480.00

    • Recruiting and Training Court Appointed Special Advocate Volunteers
    • This grant matches the national CASA grant and will fund the purchase of a CD writer and video equipment, which will enable the director and volunteer coordinator to produce materials for recruiting and training. Funded, in part, by the Putnam Agency Fund.
  • HOSPICE OF HUNTINGTON ......................................................................................West Virginia
    • $1,000.00
    • Children and Grief, Learning To Cope
    • This grant will fund the purchase of copies of the book "When Someone Very Special Dies", which will be used in Hospice's children's support group and in the school system to work with children who have experienced a loss.
  • HOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF HUNTINGTON .................................................West Virginia

    • $3,000.00

    Linen Replacement

    • This grant will assist in the replacement of linen for Hospitality House, which provides temporary shelter for relatives and friends of seriously ill adult patients and qualified adult outpatients all of whom live beyond fifty miles of Huntington and are receiving treatment at area hospitals.
  • HUNTINGTON PEDIATRIC CLINIC............................................................................. West Virginia

    • $2,000.00

    • Furniture Replacement
    • New lobby and exam room chairs and cabinets for the nursing station will be purchased with this grant.
  • JESSE STUART FOUNDATION........................................................................................Kentucky
    • $2,520.00
    • Improving Climate Control System
    • This grant will pay for the cleaning and reconditioning of the condensors and cooling tower of the climate control system at the Foundation. This grant is funded, in part, by the Boyd County Fund.
  • MOUNTAIN HEART FOUNDATION.............................................................................West Virginia

    • $2,000.00

    Camp Mountain Heart

    • This grant will provide scholarships for up to five children to attend Camp Mountain Heart in the summer of 2003. Grant is contingent upon receipt of documentation that children from Cabell or Wayne Counties, WV, Boyd or Greenup Counties, KY or Lawrence County, OH are registered to attend.
  • FOURTH QUARTER FUNDING CYCLE

    • COMPASS PROJECT........................................................................................................Tri-State

    $5,000.00

    Compass

    • The Foundation partnered with the United Way of the River Cities to update a community needs assessment to be used by area funders as well as Cabell, Wayne, WV and Lawrence County, OH non-profits to secure other sources of funding.
  • IRONTON CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT...................................................................................Ohio

    • $1,000.00

    Operation Face-Lift

    • This grant will allow the health department to purchase new chairs for the lobby.
  • KIWANIS DAY CARE CENTER ...................................................................................West Virginia

    • $1,425.00

    • Freezer Replacement
    • This grant will help the day care in the purchase of a new freezer. Funding is contingent upon the Center receiving the additional funds necessary to complete the project.
  • RIVER CITIES COMMUNITY HEALTH COALITION..............................................................Tri-State
    • $2,000.00
    • Web-Site Design
    • This grant will assist the Coalition in developing a web-site to promote its programs, including Nurse-on-Call and MedConnex.
  • SHELTER OF HOPE..........................................................................................................Kentucky

    • $1,500.00

    Daily Living Skills Education

    • This grant will provide funds to allow the Shelter to operate extended hours to administer this new program, which will educate guests on various life-skills. These include: the importance of education; skills required to get and keep a job; parenting; health and nutrition; cleanliness; being a good tenant; budgeting and financial management. Funded, in part, by the Putnam Agency Fund.
  • WV KIDS COUNT FUND.............................................................................................West Virginia

    • $2,500.00

    • Investing in Early Learning
  • This grant will provide $1,500 to daycare centers in Cabell County (Barnett Child Care Program, Inc. and the Child Development Academy) and $1,000 to daycare centers in Wayne County (Playmates Pre-School & Child Development Centers, Inc. - Bison Center and the Westmoreland Child Development Center). These funds will be used to purchase specific items needed toward the facilities' national accreditation.

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