| Fiscal Year '13
Grant giving for FY’13 (7/1/2012 – 6/30/2013) was based on the Foundation’s new long-term goals established in June 2011. The fall 2012 grant round includes 31 grants, totaling $691,680 awarded to non-profit organizations, schools, and municipalities. These grants are funded according to the following priorities:
PRIORITY #1: HEALTHY BEHAVIORS
PRIORITY #1A: : Promoting healthy living through nutrition, activities and programs in public and private schools to reduce obesity and encourage healthy living ($58,105)
- Brookeside Montessori – Grow Up Fit
- Daniel Boone Area School District – Healthy for a Lifetime Program
- Falkner Swamp Nursery School, Inc. – Health & Wellness Program
- Pottsgrove School District - Wellness Committee Director
- Saint Aloysius School – Steps to a Healthier You – Fitness & Nutrition
- West-Mont Christian Academy – Healthy Snack/Lunch Program Extension
PRIORITY #1B: Improving parks, programming and the built environment to increase access to physical activity (($60,000)
- Borough of Pottstown – Manatawny Gateway
- Boyertown Rotary Foundation – Fenstermacher Fitness Campus – Phase II
- Royersford Borough – Third Avenue Basketball Court Renovation
PRIORITY #1C: Creating and promoting social networks involving healthy living ($152,250)
- Boyertown Area Community Wellness Council – Steps to a Healthier Community – 2013
- Centro Cultural Latino Unidos, Inc. (CCLU) – Fun & Fitness Education program
- Chester County 4-H . – After-School & Summer Programs at Park Springs Apartments
- Child, Home & Community – Adolescent Prenatal, Parenting and Support Continuum in Pottstown
- Friendship House – The Parent-Child Home program
- KenCrest Centers – Resources and Education for Achieving Complete Health (REACH 4)
- Pottstown Area Police Athletic League – PAL Operating Program
- Pottstown Family Center (Family Services of Montgomery County) – Eat Smart, Play More (ESPM)
- Triskeles Foundation – Food for Thought/Green Interns Program
PRIORITY #2: PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH ($343,325)
- Camphill Village Kimberton Hills – Aging in Community
- Carson Valley Children’s Aid – Women’s Voices, Healthy Choices
- Child Advocacy Center of Montgomery County – Mission Kids – Continued Expansion of Mission Kids’ Victim/Family Advocate Program
- Creative Health Services, Inc. – Collaborative Family & Childhood Obesity Program
- Family Services of Montgomery County – Project HEARTH (Helping Elderly Adults Remain in Their Homes)
- Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County - Healthy Start Program in Phoenixville
- Montgomery County Community College Foundation – Dental Sealant Day
- Pennsylvania State University Philanthropic Fund – Dining with Diabetes
- Perkiomen Valley School District – Construction of Climbing Wall (matching grant)
- Pottstown Area Seniors’ Center – Enhancing Prime Time Health for Seniors
- Visiting Nurse Association Community Services, Inc. – Personal Navigator Program with Expanded Legal Support Services
PRIORITY #3: STRENGTHEN NON-PROFITS ($78,000)
- Montgomery County Planning Commission – Montgomery County 2015 Comprehensive Plan Update
- Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communities – Strategic Planning
- Preservation Pottstown, Inc. – Community Gardens
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