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Recipients - Spring 2008

Organization Name    Project Description    Grant Amount
Shawnee County Medical Society Foundation    To support a program for improved oral health for low-income, uninsured residents of Shawnee County.    $25,000.00
Kansas City Kansas Community College    To provide workshops designed to increase minority student involvement in health careers through a science and math focused learning experience.    $25,000.00
Inter-Faith Ministries Wichita    To support the Street Outreach Program in providing services to chronically homeless persons with the goal of assisting them in moving into permanent housing.    $25,000.00
Score 1 for Health    To provide access for children needing vision or dental treatment.    $25,000.00
Reno County Health Department and Home Health Agency    To conduct a behavioral risk survey in Reno County adults.    $25,000.00
Eisenhower Foundation    To support an experiential-learning leadership program for middle and high school students.    $25,000.00
NAMI Kansas    To support an educational program designed to help mental health consumers gain knowledge and skills for living successfully with mental illness.    $25,000.00
Prairie Travelers    To provide materials for development of another section of the Prairie Sunset Trail in western Sedgwick County.    $25,000.00
Pawnee Mental Health Services, Inc.    To provide a summer camp adventure for youth with serious emotional disturbances.    $25,000.00
YouthFriends    To expand mentoring opportunities for youth with a caring adult.    $25,000.00
Botanica    To provide programs for children that foster an understanding of the environment, nature and gardening.    $25,000.00
Sedgwick County Health Department    To provide equipment and supplies for a program designed to decrease premature and low birth weight babies.    $24,950.00
Hesston College dba Dyck Arboretum of the Plains    To train Kansas teachers in the Earth Partnership for Schools program, which engages students in hands-on learning about the natural environment.    $24,882.00
E. C. Tyree Health and Dental Clinic    To provide a nutrition education program for the congregations of 30 African American churches in Sedgwick County.    $24,880.00
Marshall County Community Resource and Education Center    To promote healthy nutrition and physical activity for children attending preschool and child care programs.    $24,817.00
Partnership for Harvey County Families, Communities in Schools    To increase the number of parent education classes offered.    $23,893.00
Konza Prairie Community Health Center    To provide portable equipment and supplies for preventive oral health services delivered to children on-site at schools, health fairs and early childhood sites.    $22,392.00
Fort Hays State University    To support a program for reducing high-risk behaviors and community disengagement among youth in northwest Kansas through leadership development and collaborative partnerships.    $22,348.00
Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority    To support an intergenerational, community-based health and wellness program for low-income families.    $22,282.00
United Methodist Western Kansas Mexican-American Ministries    To improve clinic patients access to medications and provide appropriate Spanish or English medication information and instruction.    $22,100.00
Douglas County Dental Clinic    To expand on-site preventive dental hygiene services to additional elementary school children, senior citizens and developmentally disabled adults in Douglas County.    $21,600.00
Arc of Sedgwick County    To expand a mentoring program that links special education students with regular education peers.    $20,000.00
Guadalupe Clinic    To expand services for uninsured health needs.    $20,000.00
Prairie Advocacy Center    To support victim advocacy and crisis counseling to children.    $17,293.00
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Health Center    To provide diabetes prevention education to the Native American communities of northeast Kansas.    $15,655.00
Ogden Youth Center    To support a school and community fruit and vegetable garden project.    $14,300.00
Assistance League of Wichita    To provide a new set of clothing, shoes and a backpack each fall to children whose families/caregivers cannot afford to purchase them.    $13,350.00
Coterie    To support an HIV/AIDS education and prevention program for teenagers.    $12,080.00
Spirit of the Plains, CASA    To provide funding for recruitment, training and monitoring of volunteers.    $11,195.60
Ford County Kids Count    To support a parent education program.    $10,704.00
Sedgwick County - Division of Human Services    To provide expanded education and outreach to Sedgwick County residents on the benefits of the Sedgwick County Prescription Discount Card.    $10,417.80
GaDuGi SafeCenter    To support the creation of a sexual violence and bullying prevention program involving support groups and theatre-based violence prevention workshops.    $10,000.00
Mental Health Association of South Central Kansas    To provide funding for a bullying prevention program for school children in kindergarten through sixth grade.    $9,664.00
Infinite Growth Opportunities Foundation    To support a garden project in the Fairmount Park neighborhood that utilizes AmeriCorps volunteers, youth and area residents.    $9,330.00
Sunflower CASA Project    To provide funding for recruitment, training and monitoring of volunteers.    $9,120.00
USD 349 Stafford High School    To provide health promotion supplies for the Health Science Career Pathway program.    $7,500.00
Salvation Army - Olathe Community Center    To provide first aid/CPR training and materials in both English and Spanish.    $7,000.00
Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society dba Liberal Good Samaritan Center    To educate senior citizens and caregivers on pain recognition and management.    $7,000.00
Franklin County Children's Coalition    To provide a parent education and training program.    $6,640.00
Wichita Independent Neighborhoods    To support a workshop to address environmental health issues such as air pollution, water pollution and chemical contamination.    $6,000.00
Kansas State Research and Extension - Kearny County    To support an intergenerational program focusing on nutrition and physical activity.    $5,266.00
Special Olympics Kansas - Pittsburg Affiliate    To support a summer sports program for Special Olympics athletes.    $5,000.00
American Cancer Society, Heartland Division    To provide transportation for children attending Camp Hope.    $5,000.00
USD 382 Pratt Public Schools    To provide nutrition education in an afterschool setting.    $4,000.00
City of St. Paul    To support a summer youth recreation program.    $3,000.00
Harper Hospital District #5    To support a health fair on women's preventive health care.    $2,794.95
USD 260 Derby - Tanglewood Elementary    To support a bully prevention program for elementary students.    $2,500.00
Kansas City Central Church of the Nazarene    To support a paper recycling program.    $1,707.00
Recovery and Hope Network    To create a resource guide for individuals with mental illness and their advocates detailing available free and low-cost goods and services.    $1,600.00
USD 491 Eudora    To support a health fair for children and their families focusing on health and wellness.    $1,510.00
Farm, Inc.    To support the Visitation and Exchange Center in providing a safe and nurturing environment for children and families to develop positive relationships    $1,127.00
USD 497 Lawrence Public Schools    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $1,000.00
USD 259 Wichita High School North    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $1,000.00
USD 260 Derby High School    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $1,000.00
USD 385 Andover High School    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $1,000.00
Kapaun Mount Carmel Catholic High School    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $1,000.00
USD 480 Liberal High School    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $1,000.00
USD 306 Southeast of Saline Junior-Senior High School    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $1,000.00
USD 206 Remington High School    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $1,000.00
USD 402 Augusta High School    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $1,000.00
USD 259 Wichita High School East    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $1,000.00
Partners in Education Foundation    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $1,000.00
Hayden High School    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $1,000.00
Topeka High Trojan Booster Club, Inc.    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $1,000.00
USD 375 Circle High School    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $1,000.00
USD 259 Wichita High School Northwest    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $1,000.00
USD 489 Hays High School    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $1,000.00
USD 262 Valley Center High School    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $1,000.00
USD 259 Wichita Southeast High School    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $1,000.00
USD 505 Chetopa High School    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $500.00
USD 359 Argonia Public Schools    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $500.00
USD 264 Clearwater High School    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $500.00
USD 316 Golden Plains Schools    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $500.00
USD 299 Sylvan High School    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $500.00
USD 442 Nemaha Valley High School    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $500.00
USD 279 Jewell Junior-Senior High School    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $500.00
USD 240 Tescott High School    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $500.00
USD 360 Caldwell Public Schools    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $500.00
USD 401 Chase High School    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $500.00
USD 259 Wichita Metro-Meridian Alternative High School    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $500.00
USD 103 Cheylin School District    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $500.00
USD 364 Marysville Public Schools    To support a drug/alcohol-free school celebration.    $500.00




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