Provide equipment and
consumable products directly
impacting the health and
care of patients who are
indigent or low income.
$4,000
Hernando County Education
Direct Support Organization
To support a youth-led
Summit for youth by funding
transportation, supplies,
background checks for
volunteers and mentors, and
assistance with training and
follow up methods.
$6,000
People Helping People in
Hernando County
Blessings in a Backpack
program - funding to
purchase weekend food for
backpacks for students at
Spring Hill Elementary and 2
additional schools
$5000
2010 Grants
2010
Fall Grant Cycle Awards
Organization
Grant Description
Amount Awarded
Hernando Preservation
Society
Fund scholarship awards
for essay competition for
Hernando County school
students
$750
Mid-Florida Community
Services (Children's
Advocacy Center of Hernando
County)
Play therapy equipment
and outdoor lighting
$3,500
Pasco-Hernando Community
College Foundation
Establish the 1st annual
scholarship for students at
the new Spring Hill campus
$7,500
Suncoast Harvest Food Bank
Food distribution
program at 10 agency sites
and 2 public sites
$3,250
2010 Spring Grant Cycle Awards
Golden Rainbow Ranch
A five-day inclusion summer
camp for autistic and
non-autistic children age
8-12
Hernando Co.
Education Direct Support
Organization (a.k.a.
Hernando County Education
Foundation)
Industry certification
costs for students enrolled
in career programs who are
unable to pay the fees and
to purchase Microsoft
certification software for
two high schools
Hernando Youth
Orchestra
Purchase new music scores
and arrangements to expand
the music library
People Helping
People in Hernando County
Provide bus
vouchers and the repair or
purchase of used bicycles.
2009 Grants
2009
Fall Grant Cycle Awards
ARC Nature Coast
To purchase
four automated external
defibrillators (AEDs) to be
positioned in the enrichment
center, group homes, and new
evacuation shelter
Boys & Girls Club of
Hernando
For Power Hour, a homework
help and tutoring program.
Funding for books, program
materials, and computer
programs
Brooksville Kiwanis Club
Foundation
To
help
send 18 high school students
to summer leadership camp
Hernando County Education
Foundation
For transportation
of students to the Teen
Leadership program run by
Hernando County Chamber of
Commerce Education Committee
Jericho Road Ministries
For their food bank which
collects, inspects, and
stores donated food and
grocery products and
delivers through a network
of partner agencies that
help feed individuals
experiencing a crisis in
their life
Junior Achievement of West
Central Florida
For the Diploma-see Day program
for 8th graders
that demonstrates the importance of
staying in school
2009
Spring Grant Cycle Awards
Mid-Florida
Community Services
(Children's Special Services
Program)
For
Children’s Advocacy Center
and Family Visitation Center
security project
(camera system, intercoms,
panic buttons, etc.)
Pasco-Hernando
Community College Foundation
For partial funding of one
scholarship for
underprivileged youth
Salvare, Inc.
dba The Dawn Center
For printing, computer
equipment, mileage
reimbursement for intimate
partner violence prevention
program – youth outreach
program
VSA Arts of Florida
For the
Hand n’ Hand program,
a classroom instruction,
collaborative creative, and
public exhibition for
students with disabilities
United Way of
Hernando County
For the Live
United Healthy Kids program
to tackle childhood obesity
and teach healthy lifestyles
to children age
5-12
2008 Grants
2008
Fall Grant Cycle Awards
ARC Nature Coast
To purchase
horse trailer for POSSE
(Promoting Opportunities
Skills with Special
Equestrians) therapeutic
riding program
Big Brothers Big Sisters
To initiate
an arts infused activity
program to their mentoring
programs
Children’s Advocacy Center
of Hernando County (Mid
Florida Community Services,
Inc.)
To purchase
computerized web-based case
tracking system to meet
statistical reporting
requirements of National
Children’s Alliance and be
eligible for continued NCA
funding
Foster Parent Association of
Hernando County
For 80 foster children to
participate in
extracurricular activity
(sports, boy or girl scouts,
marching band, dance
lessons, etc.)
Hernando County Education
Foundation
For
after-school tutoring in
reading, math, and language
arts for low performing
students
Junior Achievement of West
Central Florida
For Diploma-see Day program
for 8th graders
demonstrating importance of
staying in school
United Way of Hernando
County
To start-up the Imagination
Library to improve early
learning opportunities for
children birth to age 5 by
sending age appropriate
books to their homes
2008
Spring Grant Cycle Awards
Boys & Girls Club of
Hernando County
To
help fund a new club in
Brooksville
Friends for the Children,
Inc.
To
purchase equipment for the
youth health and fitness
program "Fit and Fun 4Kids"
Habitat for Humanity of
Hernando County, Inc.
To
purchase land for homes
Hernando Youth Orchestra
For
the Hernando Youth Orchestra
for hall rental,
transportation, music, and
stands, scholarships, and
office supplies
Youth and Family
Alternatives, Inc.
For
the New Beginnings Shelter
in Brooksville
YMCA of the Suncoast
Hernando County YMCA
To
purchase a pool lift
2007 Grants
Leadership Hernando - Summer 2007 At the August breakfast meeting of
the Hernando County Chamber of
Commerce, the Community
Foundation awarded its first grant
ever, a $5,000 Philanthropy in Action
grant to the Leadership Hernando
Class of 2007. The grant will be
used to benefit Jericho Road
Ministry's establishment of Mary's
House, a shelter for homeless
women. Excitement and gratitude
over this event was raised even higher as Leadership Hernando's grant recipient then received a matching $5,000 amount from Hartland Homes' President and owner, Blaise Ingolia.
Fall 2007 The following grants represent the first-ever round of competitive grant making from the Foundation and are an investment in our community to strengthen its fabric now and for the generations to come.
A New Generation - $5,000 Designated for "No Regrets" youth event involving week-long student assemblies in middle and high schools, parent night, and Saturday night concert. All funds are to go toward program expenses.
The ARC Nature Coast - $2,500 Designated for a renovation project for their snack bar.
H.E.A.R.T. (Hernando Emergency Animal Response Team) - $2,500 Designated for expenses for volunteers (fuel/meals) and rescue supplies (pet carriers, leashes, collars, medical supplies, etc.).
Hernando County Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Inc. - $2,500 Designated for Project Family and Peer Education
(Family to Family Class and Peer to Peer Education Class). Materials/miscellaneous costs/teacher stipends.
Junior Achievement of Hernando County - $5,000 Designated for "Diploma-See Initiative" at two schools to inspire 8th graders to stay in school.
Salvare Inc., d/b/a The Dawn Center - $5,000 Designated to purchase necessary food, household, and personal hygiene items including bus passes, gas cards, and food cards for women and children in the shelter.
Senior RX Assistance Charitable Trust (Enrichment Center/Oak Hill Hospital) - $2,500 Designated for financial assistance to seniors 60+ to purchase prescriptions.
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