To: MEDICAL EDITORS Contact: Kenya Harris of The American Diabetes Association, +1- 312-346-1805, ext. 6571, kharris@diabetes.org
The way organizers from Boonville Middle School see it, the Fitness is Fun 5K is a way to encourage exercise not just for one day, but all year round. The race, planned for May 21, will take runners and walkers through parts of Boonville, beginning and ending at the middle school. And the proceeds from the event will help fund healthy initiatives at the school and at the Studio Bee community center.
Three Columbia social service agencies will learn Friday whether they will receive state help next year when the Missouri Housing Development Commission considers applications for help from the state Housing Trust Fund. Because of the continuing contraction in the housing market, the fund has only $3.7 million available to meet the needs expressed in $16 million worth of applications statewide. That's the lowest figure in the trust fund's history, said Heather Bradley-Geary, Trust Fund and Community Initiatives manager for the commission.
All donors want to know that their investment is making a difference. And we certainly should be channeling more of our scarce charitable resources into what we know gets better results. Several high-profile federal initiatives, such as the Social Innovation Fund, prioritize funding to community-based solutions that can demonstrate evidence of success. The Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative is one local beneficiary of this approach, thanks to a $600,000 grant made possible through the combined efforts of the federal government, the Abell Foundation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation and others.
Big gift to Paul's Place The board of directors of Paul's Place Inc., a community services center serving 6,000 low-income residents of the Washington Village/ Pigtown neighborhood of West Baltimore, announced their acceptance of a $2.85 million gift from Open Gates Inc., a Baltimore-based nonprofit health care organization. The donation includes the building and grounds of the Open Gates Health Center, a 15,000- square-foot facility at 1111 Washington Blvd. in Baltimore, and a $250,000 grant for operations. Paul's Place plans to use the funds to institute a capital reserve for the building and create a Health and Wellness Fund supporting future community health initiatives.
We'd like to close the gap with our customers by getting organic produce onto menus and through our normal distribution channels," says Earthbound's sales manager, Jon Kiley. "Our food service customers are currently buying conventional produce," Kiley says. "And though their customers are asking for organic, they don't know what to carry and what's going to sell. So CSUMB is a pilot project for us with Sodexho and with all of our national customers. The project began last year, when [Daniel Kaupie] met with Kari Bernardi, director of the nonprofit Farm to School (full disclosure: founded by Weekly Community Fund) which is based at CSUMB's Watershed Institute. The two discussed some initiatives that could be implemented to promote sustainability. At the same time that Kaupie and B...
Retailer's recent donations address hunger, education, workforce development and more throughout the state RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 10, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Walmart Foundation announced today the donation of $755,000 to Virginia charities and organizations as part of its ongoing commitment to assist individuals in need in communities across the state. Twelve Virginia-based organizations received funding to help support community initiatives through the retailer's State Giving Program. The various grants will help fund several programs addressing hunger, education, workforce development, sustainability, and health and wellness.
The media also met with Pamela Alexander, director of community development and fund operations for Ford Motor Company Fund, one of the largest corporate foundations in the country. Alexander has responsibility for Ford Fund's community development and outreach initiatives with key communities and organizations at the local and national level, as well as for the fund's business operations. Under her leadership, Ford returned as a major sponsor of the 2005 Congressional Black Caucus. Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, manufactures and distributes automobiles in 200 markets across six continents. With nearly 325,000 employees and 110 plants worldwide, the company's core and affiliated automotive brands include Aston Martin, Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover,...
WASHINGTON, March 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Trust for America's Health (TFAH) applauds the action of the United States House of Representatives, which passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act late last night. The bill expands coverage to millions of uninsured Americans, establishes a national prevention strategy, and creates a reliable funding stream through the creation of a Public Health Investment Fund. This fund will support core public health functions, community prevention initiatives, an increased public health workforce, and public health prevention and research activities. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100204/TFAHLOGO)
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