THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
ANNOUNCES $878,800 IN NEW GRANTS;
MORE THAN $10 MILLION GIVEN SINCE FORMATION
January 12, 2010
For more information, Debra L. Dodson
This year’s grants contain $500,000 in funding made available by a grant from the Danville Regional Foundation.
The following grants were approved by The Community Foundation’s Distribution Committee and Board of Directors and awarded from various funds as described below:
Animal Protection Society of the Northern Piedmont –
($2,500) – to help fund “The $20 Fix” vouchers for low-income
households to spay/neuter pets. (Danville Regional Foundation Fund)
Area 7 Special Olympics – ($2,000) – to assist
in funding a spring bowling day and a track & field day. (Faye Carter
Fund)
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Danville Area – ($3,000)
– to establish an after-school reading club to increase literacy
rates. (Faye Carter Fund)
Blairs Fire and Rescue – ($8,500) – to purchase
extrication equipment. (James Russell & Zora Carter Anderson Fund)
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Danville Area – ($45,000)
– to purchase one Minotour multi-function mini school activity bus.
(P. Niles Daly, Jr. Fund, Pat & Cathy Daly Family Fund, Philip &
Frances Daly Fund, Danville Regional Foundation Fund)
Cardinal Village Tenants Association – ($750) –
to assist in programs intended to motivate and educate youth. (Faye Carter
Fund)
Cascade Community Volunteer Fire Department –
($6,000) – to purchase wild land firefighting clothing and EMS jumpsuits.
(Danville Regional Foundation Fund)
Casville Volunteer Fire Department – ($2,000) – to
purchase turnout gear. (Danville Regional Foundation Fund)
Caswell County – ($1,500) – to fund annual
NC Teen Court Summit and Mock Trial Conference. (Danville Regional Foundation
Fund)
Caswell County Partnership for Children – ($16,500)
– to help support an-arts based enrichment program to improve school
readiness of young children in Caswell County. (Danville Regional Foundation
Fund)
Caswell Family Medical Center – ($26,000) –
to purchase equipment for sending ECG and other pulmonary tests electronically
to other healthcare entities. (Danville Regional Foundation Fund, John
C. Swanson, Jr. Fund)
Caswell Friends of Library – ($4,600) – to
help establish a summer storytelling camp for 15 rising fourth-graders
who are at risk for school failure. (Harry Melton Hood Fund, Claudia Vernon
Smith Fund, John C. Swanson, Jr. Fund)
Cedar Terrace Tenants Association – ($750) –
to help fund programs to help our youth utilize improved life skills.
(Faye Carter Fund)
Chatham Fire Department Auxiliary – ($21,000) –
to replace eight-year-old turn out gear for firefighters. (W. Earl &
Elise M. G. Allen Fund, Danville Regional Foundation Fund)
City of Danville Fire Department – ($8,200) – to
improve firefighter safety and speech communications by providing an amplifier
to each firefighter responding to emergency calls. (Danville Regional
Foundation Fund)
Crisis Line of Central Virginia – ($2,000) –
to assist with H.O.P.E. emergency food vouchers. (Danville Regional Foundation
Fund)
Danville Choral Arts Society – ($1,500) –
to present a choral music concert of 40’s swing music to the general
public at the North Theater. (Danville Regional Foundation Fund)
Danville Area Humane Society – ($3,000) –
to reduce number of companion animals euthanized by transferring animals
to other facilities, rescue groups and sanctuaries. (Danville Regional
Foundation Fund)
Danville Cancer Association – ($28,000) –
to assist with costs of cancer-related prescriptions for local cancer
patients. (Danville Regional Foundation Fund)
Danville Life Saving & First Aid Crew – ($120,000)
– to replace ten heart monitors on ambulances. (Danville Regional
Foundation Fund)
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History – ($5,000)
– to enhance existing educational programs and produce a brochure
about the Sutherlin Mansion. (James Russell and Zora Carter Anderson Fund)
Danville Pittsylvania Community Services – ($14,000)
– to purchase portable computers to support a conversion to electronic
records. (Clarence L. Giles Fund)
Danville Pittsylvania County Habitat for Humanity –
($10,000) – to purchase building materials to complete a new home
for Shery Thompson & her children. (Danville Regional Foundation Fund)
Danville Public Schools – Galileo Magnet High School –
($4,300) – to purchase copies of “The Last Lecture”
for One Book, One Community Project. (Faye Carter Fund)
Danville Reading Center – ($600) – to purchase comprehension skills development program and a series of reading skills games. (Harry Melton Hood Fund)
Danville Science Center – ($28,000) – to fund a portion of the fees needed to bring the traveling exhibits Your Healer Within and Genomics eXplorer to the Danville Science Center. (Danville Regional Foundation Fund)
Danville Speech and Hearing Center – ($16,000) – to provide speech/language pathology services to uninsured, low income, and under insured citizens of the Dan River Region. (James Russell & Zora Carter Anderson Fund, James A. and Anne V. Robertson Fund)
Danville Symphony Orchestra – ($6,000) – to assist in presenting a series of four free, live orchestral music concerts for the general public of Danville and Southside Virginia. (Danville Regional Foundation Fund)
DOVES – ($30,000) – to assist with painting, repairs and maintenance of emergency shelter and driveway. (Danville Regional Foundation Fund).
Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine – ($20,000) – to fund five, $4,000 stipends for family practice residents who commit to practice for three years in the Dan River Region. (Danville Regional Foundation Fund)
Free Clinic of Danville – ($19,000) – to purchase equipment for educational programs and to improve patient privacy. (James Russell & Zora Carter Anderson Fund, The Daniel Fund)
George Washington High School Baseball Booster Club – ($5,000) – to assist in purchasing carpet, netting, plumbing fixtures, electrical equipment and lighting for indoor baseball facility. (Danville Regional Foundation Fund)
God’s Pit Crew – ($20,000) – to purchase a 2009 Nissan Lift Truck. (Danville Regional Foundation Fund)
Hatcher Center – ($156,000) – to subsidize programs, services and facilities to help people with disabilities receive vocational training. (Faith Home Endowment Fund)
House of Hope – ($30,000) – to fund monthly staffing and essential utility expenditures. (James Russell and Zora Carter Anderson Fund)
Institute for Advance Learning and Research Foundation
– ($35,000) – to purchase computers, science lab probes and
materials for Neighborhood-based Summer Camp Institute. (James Russell
& Zora Carter Anderson Fund, Danville Regional Foundation Fund)
Kentuck Volunteer Fire Department – ($7,000) –
to purchase a mobile lighting tower and portable generator to place on
incident command vehicle for scene lighting. (Danville Regional Foundation
Fund)
Laurel Grove Volunteer Fire-Rescue – ($12,000)
– to purchase new tanker with necessary equipment to meet regulations
and certification. (Danville Regional Foundation Fund)
Mount Hermon Volunteer Fire and Rescue – ($1,400)
– to purchase a four gas multi-detection meter. (Danville Regional
Foundation)
National Fund for Workforce Solutions – ($5,000)
– to support NFWS Dan River Region Collaborative. (Administrative/Unrestricted
Fund)
Northern Pittsylvania Food Center – ($14,000) –
to add protein items to food boxes. (Danville Regional Foundation Fund)
Oak Grove Residential Care – ($5,500) – to install
a cooling system on the second floor of the facility. (Danville Regional
Fund, Clarence L. Giles Fund, Audrey Millner Fund)
Pelham Volunteer Fire Department – ($8,600) –
to purchase a thermal imaging camera to help locate hidden fires and missing
persons. (James Russell & Zora Carter Anderson Fund, Gamewood Technology
Fund)
Piedmont Community College – ($9,100) – to provide
expansion funding for MENTORS program. (Danville Regional Foundation Fund)
Pittsylvania Caswell Youth Livestock Association –
($4,000) – to purchase equipment to build animal pens and rent a
large tent to house goat exhibitors. (Clarence L. Giles Fund)
Pittsylvania County Community Action Agency – ($7,000)
– to provide transportation to medical appointments for non-Medicaid
senior residents of Pittsylvania County, age 60 and over. (Danville Regional
Foundation Fund)
Pittsylvania County – Fire Marshall – ($14,000)
– to purchase fire hazard simulator equipment to expand education
program. (Danville Regional Foundation Fund, Herbert Sater Fund)
Pittsylvania County Literacy Program – ($1,000) – to purchase multi-media advertising to inform the public of services and volunteer needs of PCLP. (Danville Regional Foundation)
Pittsylvania County Schools Tunstall High School – ($2,000) – to enable students to participate in the FIRST Robotics FIRST Technical Challenge Program. (Gamewood Technology Fund)
Prospect Hill Fire Department – ($9,500) – to buy three Motorola portable radios and one mobile radio. (Clarence L. Giles Fund, John C. Swanson Fund)
Southwestern Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank – ($5,000) – to support the Food Distribution Program of the Roanoke Valley Branch that serves partner agencies in the Dan River Region. (James Russell & Zora Carter Fund, Danville Regional Foundation Fund, Herbert Sater Fund, John C. Swanson Fund)
Town of Yanceyville – Family Services of Caswell County – ($20,000) – to purchase a vehicle to provide transportation for clients of “House of Esther” to necessary appointments. (Danville Regional Foundation Fund)
Virginia Dental Health Foundation – ($5,000) – to assist in hiring a Donated Dental Services case manager for the Dan River Region. (Clarence L. Giles Fund, John C. Swanson Fund)
Wayles R. Harrison Memorial Fund – ($10,000) – to assist local cancer patients with medical and related expenses. (Danville Regional Foundation Fund)
Yanceyville Volunteer Fire & Rescue – ($30,000) – to purchase a fire apparatus in order to provide greater fire protection and lower insurance rating. (Danville Regional Foundation Fund)
YMCA (Danville Family) – ($7,000) – to purchase new equipment for the swim team, the lifeguarding & CPR program, along with improving quality and safety for special needs programs. (Ahmed Children’s Fund, Faye Carter Fund)
The following grants were also recognized but have been previously awarded from donor
advised and designated funds:
P. L. Anderson, Jr. Family Fund
Boys and Girls Club of Danville
First Baptist Church
Free Clinic of Danville
Hope Harbor
Dan River Inc. Endowment Fund
Averett University
Danville Area Arts & Humanities
Danville Concert Association
Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History
Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce
Danville Symphony Orchestra
DCC Educational Foundation
Fraternal Order of Police
Free Clinic of Danville
United Way of Danville Pittsylvania County
Garden Club of Danville Fund and Alma Courtney “Sigie”
Perkinson Rose Fund
Garden Club of Danville
Bobby Hawker Memorial Fund
Pittsylvania County Community Action
Holland Fund and Wynne’s Falls Fund
Crossroads Christian Counseling Center
Kang-A-Rhue Children’s Cancer Fund
Victory Junction Gang Camp
Keokee Fund
Epiphany Episcopal School
Alexander Heath Light & Mary Nelson Light Mission Fund
Oak Grove Residential Care
Miller Woodbury Fund
Cape Fear Academy
Moses & Louise A. Merricks Fund
God’s Storehouse
Mount Cross Volunteer Fire & Rescue
Sharon Baptist Church
Wayles R. Harrison Memorial Fund
Morotock Arts and Culture Fund
Averett University
Danville Area Association for Arts & Humanities
Danville Area Choral Arts Society
Danville Concert Association
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and Culture
North Theatre
Eileen and Joseph Stendig Family Fund
Temple Beth Sholom
Veterans Memorial Fund
City of Danville
The Community Foundation’s next grant cycle will begin in June for projects to be funded in 2011.
The Community Foundation of the Dan River
Region is a public charity established in September 1996 by a steering
committee of civic leaders to meet a variety of social, educational, cultural
and other charitable needs. The Foundation
serves a region from Martinsville/Henry County to South Boston/Halifax
County, including the neighboring North Carolina
counties.
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE DAN RIVER REGION
541 Loyal Street
P. O. Box 1039
Danville, Virginia 24543
Ph: (434) 793-0884 Fax: (434) 793-6489
E-mail: The Community Foundation
