2008 Grant Awards

Alzheimer's Association Greater Richmond Chapter

The local branch of the Alzheimer's Association, the world's leader in Alzheimer's care, will provide five core services to patients, caregivers and health care professionals combating with dementia in the Middle Peninsula area.

$20,000

Bacon Street

Funding will enhance Bacon Street's capacity to provide substance abuse treatment and prevention services for youth and families by liquidating the debt on its facility.

$50,000

Child and Family Connection

Funding addresses mental and behavioral health needs of low-income and at-risk children from Greater Williamsburg with early identification and appropriate clinical intervention, including on-site consultation.

$81,072
(3 years)

Child and Family Connection

An active volunteer program for recruitment, community outreach, training, support and recognition of volunteers is necessary to sustain the capacity to serve a growing community.

$12,832

Colonial Community Corrections

The program is a substance abuse intervention/treatment program that partners with community agencies and court services to provide quality substance abuse cessation services.

$120,000
(3 years)

Colonial Court Appointed Special Advocate Program

Colonial CASA will build upon the successful start of its new volunteer program designed to enable staff to focus on increasing client services and agency growth and sustainability.

$27,265
(2 years)

Dream Catchers at the Cori Sikich Therapeutic Riding Center

Funding will support the expansion of equine-assisted therapeutic services for special education students. Services focus on the Individualized Education Plan items relating to physical, cognitive, emotional, and social health.

$126,000

FISH, Inc.

Funding allows FISH to continue to provide personal-hygiene and household-cleaning supplies to its clients.

$45,000
(3 years)

Historic Triangle Senior Center

The RIDES program will use the funds to purchase a software package called 'RouteMatch' to increase efficiency in scheduling non-emergency medical transports for seniors and the disabled. 

$64,397

Network for Latino People

The Network for Latino People is a community coalition formed to support the effective provision of services, including health services, to the growing Latino population and to meet the need for qualified medical and community interpreters.

$250,000
(3 years)

Peninsula Agency on Aging

S.H.A.R.P. (Senior Health Assistance and Resource Project) enables frail, Greater Williamsburg Area seniors age 60+ to live independently at home by providing assessments, in-home care, adult day care, outreach, home visits, referrals and care coordination.

$200,000
(2 years)

Peninsula Health District

Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) is a community-driven health improvement pathway that builds on existing community resources, identifies the community's health goals, and tailors strategic actions to enhance health and quality of life in the Greater Williamsburg Community.

$23,600

The Planning Council

The Planning Council will create a social indicators report for Greater Williamsburg with data for each locality on jobs, education, wellness, neighborhoods and inclusion. Approximately sixty indicators will be included.

$60,000

Reach Out and Read Virginia

Reach Out and Read will expand in the Foundation's service area so that the program can help more at-risk children start school ready for success.

$30,000

Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center Auxiliary

Funding will provide bone density testing and interpretation for uninsured members in the Foundation's service area. 

$7,500

Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center Auxiliary

Funding will encourage second year college student's continued interest in the medical/health field.

$30,000
(3 years)

Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center Auxiliary

Graduating seniors who expressed a plan to enter a medical/health field will enroll in colleges that will allow them to follow a path of learning in medical/health areas.

$42,000
(3 years)

SpiritWorks Foundation Center for the Soul

SpiritWorks will develop, implement, and expand its current use of volunteers by creating new volunteer roles and recruiting the appropriate volunteers to fill them. Funding will also increase the position of Director of Operations to full time and expand the duties and responsibilities of the position.

$32,745

Three Rivers Health District

Dental services will be provided to the Gloucester, King & Queen, King William, Mathews, and Middlesex communities using a mobile dental clinic. A mobil dental van will improve access to dental care and oral health education to low-income underserved members of the community and especially to children.

$781,824
(3 years)

Virginia Department of Health Office of Minority Health and Public Health Policy

Assisted by a more efficient process for analyzing spatially referenced data, the Virginia Department of Health Office of Minority Health and Public Health Policy will systematically review, identify and designate all Greater Williamsburg areas that meet federal shortage designation criterion.

$69,232

Williamsburg Area Meals-On-Wheels, Inc.

By creating new resource development capacity, Meals on Wheels will sustain the needed financial support of program funding for current and future services to meet the growing needs of the community.

$55,500

Williamsburg Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.

Purchase three CPR Assist Devices and a Replacement Multi-Purpose Utility Vehicle to pull the 'Safety House', a mobile multi-functional public safety and health education classroom.

$100,000