Fiscal Year ‘11
(Spring 2011)

The Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation’s cornerstone is its grants program. As a result of the recently completed Spring 2011 grant round, the Foundation has awarded 23 grants totaling $742,787 to area schools and non-profit organizations that lie within our service area.

The following list recognizes how the funds are being utilized 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 $538,287 in 18 community organizations, schools and programs:

• Boyertown Area School District – Brain Body Connection
• Brookside Montessori - Growing Up Fit
• Carson Valley Children’s Aid - Women’s Voices, Healthy Choices program
• Coventry Christian School –Team Nutrition at CCS
• Friendship House. –The Parent-Child Home Program
• The Growing Center, Inc. –Horticultural Therapy
• Montgomery County Head Start, Inc. – Extended Summer Program
• NAACP – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People – Youth HDAV Prevention program
• Olivet Boys & Girls Club – Services to Ricketts Center
• Owen J. Roberts School District – Fit For Life program
• Pope John Paul II High School – Health & Wellness programming
• Pottstown School District – PEAK (Pottstown Early Action for Kindergarten) Readiness Initiative
• Pottstown School District – Healthy School Communities Initiative
• Royersford Outreach, Inc. – Operating Support
• Spring-Ford School District – Healthy Choices program
• The Tennis Farm – Summer Scholarship program for free tennis instruction
• The Wyndcroft School – Cooking for Real
• YWCA Tri-County Area – Healthy Pathways

In support of the “Improve Access to Medical Services” goal, the Foundation is investing $34,500 in one community organization and program:

• ACLAMO – Conexiones por Salud – Community Health Projects

In support of the “Enhance Formal and Informal Supports” goal, the Foundation is investing $148,000 in three community organizations and programs:

• TriCounty Community Network – Community Collaboration, Prevent, Education
• United Way of Boyertown – Matching Grant for Annual Campaign
• United Way of Southeastern PA – Matching Grant for Annual Campaign

In support of the “Improve Physical and Social Environment” goal, the Foundation is investing $4,000 in one school project:

• Sacred Heart School – Gym Divider