TRUMBULL COUNTY
A total of $39,960 was awarded to the following Trumbull County organizations:
$4,000 to Beatitude House for its Neighborhood Outreach After-School Program for Children. The money will be used to offer an after-school program of nutritious meals and enrichment activities that will enhance the physical, mental and spiritual development of children. Children within walking distance of Beatitude House will be invited to join the children who live there in karate training, music education and art classes.
$2,650 to Dandee's Lion of the Field Ministry for its Stabilizing the Family initiative. The money will be used to provide stable housing, employment, linkage with local agencies, counseling and support to homeless women and men recovering from substance abuse.
$3,264 to Deliverance Temple of Apostolic Faith for its Northwest Warren Hunger Initiative. The church is a site for Gleaners Food Distribution and provides perishable and nonperishable food items to anyone in need in Warren. The money will be used for storage and refrigeration space as well as new tables.
$2,255 to Family Tree Entertainment for its Family Gathering Barbeque and Talent Showcase. The money will be used to encourage pride in Warren and the use of its resources, such as the Warren Community Amphitheatre, by underrepresented groups.
$3,000 for Mind Body & Soul Asset Development Center for its Youth Entrepreneurship Program. The money will be used to provide an interactive, hands-on program for students to improve communication skills, apply math to daily living, insight into career options and selection, and increase social competencies.
$2,100 for Nate Adams Boxing and its Champs program, which uses boxing to help children learn self-discipline and anger management. Classes teach boxing techniques, physical fitness and nutrition. School grades, attendance and conduct will be monitored and documented. A bi-annual showcase will highlight the talents and skills learned throughout the program.
$2,040 for New Jerusalem Fellowship Mentoring Program's Community Mentoring Program, which will develop social and life skills in youths ages 7 to 16 by hands-on demonstration and mentoring.
$2,100 for Stop One Place Help is Available Inc. to provide direct monetary assistance along with packaging assistance from other agencies and churches to meet the most urgent client needs.
$2,500 for T.N.R. of Warren for its Northwest Warren Feral Cat Blitz. The program will include determining problem areas, assigning a trapper, trapping, testing for disease, spay/neuter, vaccinating, housing during recovery, determining care giver colony, isolating and adopting non feral cats and kittens, and reintroducing feral cats back into managed colonies.
$2,086 for The Village, a hands-on program that functions as a support group for young mothers. Through the activities associated with home economics, such as cooking, budgeting, sewing and interior decorating, the program will provide classes that will sync parenting skills along with fellowship with other mothers.
$2,500 for the Warren Athletic Club for its Burbank Park renovation project. Money will be used to continue the ongoing renovation and upgrade in facilities at Burbank Park, located on the Northwest side of Warren. Money will be used to upgrade fencing at Circo Field located in the back of Burbank Park, and will allow the organization to utilize more space at the park without jeopardizing the safety of participating youth.
$3,500 to the Warren Baseball Club for its Volunteer Field storage barn, which will be used for field maintenance equipment, team equipment, lockers and other items. Volunteer Field is the home of the Warren G. Harding Raiders high school baseball.
$2,200 to the Warren Wrestling Club to promote discipline and to teach young people how to manage aggression. The club also participates in various community related volunteer activities, including cleanups, clinics, and wrestling demonstrations. Students also receive assistance applying for athletic scholarships to college.
$3,149 to Warren City Schools Jefferson Elementary L.O.S.S. (Living withOut Someone Special) Support Group, which provides developmentally appropriate support groups for children who have experienced the death, separation, or incarceration of a loved one.
$2,346 to Williamsburg Concerned Neighbor United for its community beautification program. Residents will cut grass regularly and groom hedges on vacant lots and properties to eliminate blight and also will remove snow from the sidewalks to allow easy passage for school children.
MAHONING COUNTY
A total of $61,234 was awarded to the following Mahoning County organizations:
$2,500 for the Altrusa Club of Youngstown's fourth annual book fair, which includes free educational activities, family fun and free book s for children.
$2,000 for the Bennington Block Watch community garden and beautification program to transform three lots on the east side and provide fresh vegetables for residents in the block watch area.
$3,000 for the Beulah Baptist Church's Operation Food Basket. Volunteers will continue to gather food and produce and pass out bags once per month to supplement households. Bags will include handouts and information on various financial literacy programs and agencies.
$2,250 for the Boulevard Park Block Watch's Beautiful Boulevards of Rush and Euclid program, which will create a plan for beautification which can be replicated on each of the corridor blocks. This phase will renew the gateway boulevards of Rush and Euclid and clean up the dying and dangerous trees of the curb lawns in the first block of each boulevard. This project will renew the neighborhood identity and the neighborhood spirit of working together.
$2,500 for the Crossroads Resource Conservation and Development Council Inc., Mahoning County Community Apiary Project. In partnership with the Ohio State University Extension, Ohio State Beekeepers Association and the Natural Resource Conservation Service, this project will customize a successful beekeeping project in Mahoning County with a focus on urban youth. Youth will learn the responsibility of caring for hives of bees, earn the reward of harvesting and help community gardens thrive by providing pollinators in the urban communities.
$2,500 for the Ebony Ladies Golf & Youth Foundation's Ebony Ladies Golf Junior Academy (Parto's Pals). Money will be used to continue to offer a 16-week introductory junior golf program. Students will receive indoor and outdoor golf instruction, golf rules and etiquette, life skills, golf course and range access, transportation and equipment for each individual.
$2,000 for the Idora Neighborhood Association's Idora Mural Project to create and hang a mural that reflects the history and character of the Idora neighborhood.
$2,500 for the Lincoln Knolls Block Watch Operation Playground to rebuild a playground for neighborhood children ages 2-18.
$2,500 for the Market Street Muppets, a community-based learning program for middle and high school students, using "black light puppetry" to improve trade and artistic skills. The overall focus of the project is to develop life, vocational, academic and civic skills.
$1,000 for the Northside Knights Organization's Knights Youth Mentorship, which teaches children responsibility for future leadership skills as well as maintaining physical and mental fitness.
$2,664 for Organizacion Civica y Cultural Hispana Americana Inc.'s Hispanic/Latino Cultural Education Project, which will help students with homework at P. Ross Berry Elementary School. Latino dance classes and cooking instruction also will be conducted. Through 10 sessions, students also will learn about Hispanic/Latino culture.
$2,500 for Pride Youngstown's Gay Pride 2010 to provide a three-day event, an awards reception, a parade and festival and an open community picnic.
$3,500 for Rising Star Baptist Church's Rising Star Pantry, which will continue service to needy people on fixed incomes, with a special focus on disabled seniors who are not typically able to participate.
$1,870 for Sisters of Serenity Mentoring Group, which mentors at-risk girls ages 11 to 16.
$2,000 for Sojourn to the Past, which will involve Youngstown city high school students in conjunction with students from California going on a 10-day trip to Civil Rights sites in the South, where they will meet veterans of the Civil Rights movement.
$1,260 for Southside Ministries Inc. God's Little Princesses program, which teaches girls ages 6 to 12 how to become productive citizens in today's society. The focus is on respect, etiquette, history, self-esteem, imagination and creativity through self expression, dance and crafts.
$2,890 for St. Patrick Church's Y-Town Garden Partners program. The money will be used to provide additional soil enhancement to land currently used for a community garden to reach optimum productivity with the hope of making the garden a scenic and inviting green space for local residents.
$2,600 for the Emmanuel Group's Good Shepherd Community Doctors Office. Money will be used to provide access to quality health care as well as education on preventative health measures to all who need it regardless of race, religion or economic status. These services will be provided voluntarily by community health professionals.
$1,900 for Partnering Neighbors of Delason's Partnering Neighbors program. The group will purchase equipment and supplies to clean up and maintain empty lots on Delason Avenue between Rosedale and Glenwood and also lawn maintenance for elderly and single mothers during winter. The group's ultimate goal is to build trust and relations to form a block watch.
$1,800 for Youngstown City Schools Character Education Embassadors program. High school students will team up with elementary students from the school district to work together on service-learning projects in their schools and the community. The high school students will also go into the classrooms and teach character education lessons to the elementary students.
$2,500 for Youngstown City Schools East High School school pride program. Students in grades 10, 11 and 12 will mentor 20 freshman students. The students will work together on using positive media for the community. They will use video/pictures to capture study tables, board meetings, sporting events and other events.
$5,000 for Youngstown City Schools Parent Patrol program. Money will be used to offset the fee required for parents to have a background check to volunteer at their children's schools.
$1,000 for Youngstown City Schools Chaney High School Peer Mentor Program. Fifty students will mentor students in fifth and ninth grades.
$4,000 for the Youngstown City School District's Project Drama Innovations. This is a program for school-age students to focus on presentations, experience solving challenges, and project management. The project will use the Destination Imagination curriculum.
$3,000 for the Youngstown Afterschool Alliance's Advisory Board to offer enrichment activities to 40 students in 7th and 8th grade at Alpha School and 40 students in seventh and eighth grade at Volney in an after-school program.
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