Community Impact of our 2011 Endowment Grants
The Gloucester Community Foundation awarded $41,500 in 2011 grant monies to 18 charities serving people in Gloucester. The recipients, listed below with a brief summary of the work the grant monies will support, will bring services to the community that range from pharmaceuticals and dental work to historical preservation to food and home support.
- Gloucester-Mathews Free Clinic: pharmacy support and medication
- Dental Clinic: support given through the Gloucester-Mathews Free Clinic for the 2012 Mission of Mercy dental event
- Bay Aging: provide non-perishable meals for seniors
- Volunteer Center of VA Peninsula: training, travel and materials for the Home Safety For Seniors program
- Alzheimer’s Association: respite care for three caregivers
- Samaritan Group: support for low income-working poor of Gloucester
- Literacy Volunteers: support to the jail tutoring program, specifically to bring a GED examiner and materials to inmates upon completion of their studies
- Boys & Girls Club of Gloucester: scholarships for 20 children for the after school program
- Laurel Shelter: support for a registered nurse on site to help the medically uninsured residents
- Gloucester Housing Partnership: home repairs and upgrades
- Gloucester Point Library: furniture and supplies for the recently opened library
- Rural Infant Services Program: support for 40 children (materials, equipment, etc.)
- Gloucester Rowing Association: operating expenses