“Producing” Healthy Living

Adams House Ministries

Middlebourne, WV

For fresh produce vouchers for Tyler County residents.

www.facebook.com/AdamsHouseMinistries/

Year: 2018 Grant Program: Basic Needs/Direct Service Amount Awarded: $5000.00 Priority Area: Health Equity

Alexander Live Healthy Kids

Alexander Local School

Albany, OH

To support their second grade healthy cooking classes.

www.alexanderschools.org/

Year: 2018 Grant Program: Basic Needs/Direct Service Amount Awarded: $1,500 Priority Area: Health Equity

Tidal wave

American Friends Service Committee

Milton, WV

To support a variety of efforts including anti-racism work, their advocacy efforts to protect safety net programs like Medicaid and SNAP, and to conduct a Listening Project to capture stories of how policy decisions impact people’s lives.

www.afsc.org/

Year: 2018 Grant Program: Responsive Amount Awarded: $15,000.00 Priority Area: Health Equity

Building a Healthier West Virginia: A Focus on the Mid-Ohio Valley

American Heart Association

Charleston, WV

To support the implementation of three, evidence-based programs related to cardiovascular health in Roane, Jackson, Wirt, and Calhoun Counties. The three programs include Target: BP, Check.Change.Control., and Simple Cooking with Heart Mobile Kitchen.

www.heart.org/HEARTORG/

Year: 2018 Grant Program: Responsive Amount Awarded: $22,500.00 Priority Area: Healthy Lifestyles

Veterans Service Initiative

American Red Cross of Northwest WV

Parkersburg, WV

To expand the Veterans Service Initiative by supporting a VetCorps member to assist Veterans with accessing benefits.

www.redcross.org/wv/parkersburg

Year: 2018 Grant Program: Responsive Amount Awarded: $30,000.00 Priority Area: Health Equity

Building Collaboration: Enhancing Elder, Mental Health, Addiction, and Disability Care

Athens Area Mediation Service

Athens, OH

To provide training for healthcare professionals, families and caregivers, and mediators to help support families as they make difficult caregiving healthcare decisions.

www.athensmediation.com/

Year: 2018 Grant Program: Responsive Amount Awarded: $5,000.00 Priority Area: Health Equity

BAM Food Pantry

Belpre Area Ministries

Belpre, OH

To purchase non-perishable food for their pantry.

rocklandunitedmethodistchurch.org/belpre-area-ministries/

Year: 2018 Grant Program: Basic Needs/Direct Service Amount Awarded: $3,000.00 Priority Area: Health Equity

Belpre Jumpstart to Kindergarten

Belpre City Schools

Belpre, OH

One time funding to support program that provides readiness skills for children with no preschool experience.

Year: 2018 Grant Program: Responsive Amount Awarded: $5,000.00 Priority Area: Health Equity

BGCP Healthy Lifestyles

Boys & Girls Club of Parkersburg

Parkersburg, WV

For operational support related to the Triple Play program to increase members’ knowledge of good nutrition and being physically active.

www.bgcparkersburg.org

Year: 2018 Grant Program: Responsive Amount Awarded: $15,000.00 Priority Area: Healthy Lifestyles

Swaddlers Project

Cabell Huntington Hospital Foundation

Huntington, WV

To purchase 100 Swaddlers to be used for their Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome center (babies affected by substance abuse).

chhfoundation.org/

Year: 2018 Grant Program: Basic Needs/Direct Service Amount Awarded: $2,100.00 Priority Area: Health Equity