Fiscal Year ‘09
(July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009)

The Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation’s cornerstone is its grants program. During our most recently completed fiscal year, the Foundation has awarded 55 grants totaling more than $2.3 million to area schools and non-profit organizations that lie within our service area.

The following list includes grant recipients from the Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 grant rounds and lists how they are using the funds to benefit Pottstown area residents.

The Foundation distributes grants according to its four long-term goals:

• Goal 1: Reduce Behavioral Risks
• Goal 2: Improve Access to Medical Services
• Goal 3: Enhance Formal and Informal Supports
• Goal 4: Improve Physical and Social Environment

In support of the “Reduce Behavioral Risks” goal, the Foundation is investing $902,632 in 32 community organizations, schools and programs:

• ACLAMO – Conexiones por Salud – Health Disparities Reduction Program
• BCS Yes! – Health, Fitness and Nutrition program
• Boyertown Area School District – Revise Our Recess, a recess exercise initiative.
• Brookeside Montessori – Growing Up Fit Wellness Program
• Carson Valley Children’s Aid – Women’s Voices, Healthy Choices.
• Child, Home & Community – Pottstown Adolescent, Prenatal, Parenting & Support Program
• Daniel Boone Area School District – Coordinated School Health Program
• Developmental Enterprises Corporation/Pottstown Training Center – Healthy Eating, Healthy Living
• Falkner Swamp Nursery School, Inc. – Exercise & Wellness programs
• Family Services of Montgomery County – Maintain and enhance Helping Elderly Adults Remain in Their Home (HEARTH) project
• Fellowship Farm, Inc. – Continuation of Healthy Options for the People of the Pottstown region (HOPP) program.
• The Greater Pottstown Tennis Association – Summer Tennis Clinic Program
• The Growing Center, Inc. – Horticultural Therapy
• Holcomb Behavioral Health System – Life Skills program for vulnerable adults and their children.
• KenCrest Centers – Phase 2 of the Resources & Education for Achieving Complete Health (REACH) project.
• Mental Health Association of Southeastern PA (Chester County Compeer) – Matching trained volunteers with adult consumers of mental health services.
• Olivet Boys & Girls Club – Healthy Habits and Family Fitness/Nutrition Programs at Pottstown’s Ricketts Center
• Owen J. Roberts School District – Fit for Life Program
• Perkiomen Valley School District – West Comprehensive Adolescent Fitness Program
• Pottsgrove School District – Student Needs Assistance Program (SNAP) Academy
• Pottsgrove School District – Wii Love Program: Love to Learn, Love Physical Education, Love Our Community, Love Positive School Behavior
• Pottstown Area Seniors’ Center – Enhancing Prime Time Health.
• Pottstown School District – Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH) Kids Club program.
• Pottstown School District – Healthy School Communities Initiative
• Royersford Outreach, Inc. – Nutrition and health programs for economically disadvantaged individuals of all ages in the Royersford area.
• Sacred Heart School – Health and Wellness program.
• Spring-Ford Area School District – Healthy Choices Project
• The Tennis Farm – Tennis Summer Camp for Pottstown School District students
• The Triskeles Foundation – Food for Thought program for the underserved community in Spring City.
• West-Mont Christian Academy – Healthy Snack program and fresh fruit and vegetable salad bar.
• YWCA Tri-County Area – Summer Out of School Quality Time Program
• YWCA Tri-County Area – Healthy Choices program

In support of the “Improve Access to Medical Services” goal, the Foundation is investing $637,000 in three organizations

• Community Health and Dental Care, Inc. – Support for the first six-months of operation.
• University of Pittsburgh – Multi-year grant towards Pennsylvania Medicaid Policy Center support.
• Volunteer Home Care/Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries – Support for volunteer home care teams in the Boyertown and Pottstown areas.

In support of the “Enhance Formal and Informal Supports” goal, the Foundation is investing $376,241 in 11 community organizations and programs:

• Boyertown Area Community Wellness Council – Multi-year grant for operational support towards community wellness programs.
• Boyertown Area Creative Housing – Transitional housing and support for single parent families.
• Building a Better Boyertown – Support for Boyertown’s Farmer’s Market.
• Child Advocacy Center of Montgomery County-Mission Kids – Initiative for research and development of infrastructure.
• Freedom Valley YMCA – Purchase of portable FBI-Certified fingerprint Livescan station.
• Montgomery County Community College – Year two, service learning to build community-based non-profit organizations.
• Pottstown Area Police Athletic League – Administrative and operational support.
• Pottstown Area Seniors’ Center – Architectural and engineering plans for facility to accommodate operations of PASC and YWCA Tri-County.
• TriCounty Community Network – Community Collaboration, Prevention and Education programs
• United Way of Boyertown – Matching grant for new donations in annual campaign
• United Way of Southeastern PA – Matching grant for new or increased donations in annual campaign