Wiley Cross, Chairman of Gloucester Housing Partnership and long-time volunteer, makes repairs to a trailer which was donated to GHP for a family who had lost their house to Hurricane Isabel. After the hurricane the Samaritan Group became the umbrella organization for all storm-related activities thorugh the Isabel Assistance Fund. GCF, in partnership with The Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia, donated $5,000 to the Samaritan Group for the Isabel Assistance Fund.

GCF made an additional grant of $1,000 to Gloucester schools to assist teachers who were affected by the storm but who returned to work to get families’ lives back to normal as soon as possible.

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Two Foundations Make a “Connection”

GCF and the Mathews Community Foundation teamed up to make an $8,200 grant to Bay Aging to fund a new program called “The Pharmacy Connection.” Patsy Taylor, VP of Bay Aging - Care Coordination, said, “Lack of access to affordable drugs is more widespread than you would think.” With the introduction of “The Pharmacy Connection,” Bay Aging has the ability to link up an eligible recipient with a major pharmaceutical company, which will make the appropriate drugs available free of charge. The grant funds a part-time employee solely dedicated to administering and overseeing “The Pharmacy Connection.”



Left to right: Patsy Taylor, VP of Bay Aging - Care Coordinator; Bob Roper, President Mathews Community Foundation; Breck Montague, GCF; Allyn Gemerek, President of Bay Aging.

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GHS Summer School Scholarship Program in its Second Year
GCF continues to support the grant program it initiated in 2002 to address the high school’s dropout rate. The program provides 75% of summer school tuition to students considered needy and able to benefit, as determined by the guidance department. Our Scholarship Fund has thus far helped 17 students who otherwise could not afford the tuition.

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