Grant Programs: 2005 Quality of Life Grant Recipients
The MDRT Foundation is pleased to announce the following Quality of Life Award winners for 2005.
$25,000 Grant
Volunteer: William
E. J. McMann Jr.
$25,000 supports convenient, safe and comfortable home-away-from-home
for families of critically ill patients
Danville Regional Health Foundation: Danville, VA
$10,000 Grants
Volunteer: Steve Blake, CLU, ChFC
$10,000 supports volunteer expansion efforts which will provide in-service
workshops and seminars for volunteer court-appointed special advocates
Children in Placement Connecticut: New Haven, CT
Volunteer: Don
F. Downing
$10,000 supports a Loaves and Fish Program which provides rice-based meals
for families in six rural southern Haiti communities
Haiti Episcopal Learning Programs: Kansas City, MO
$5,000 Grants
Volunteer: James
V. Hunt, CLU, ChFC
$5,000 supports the Education Outreach program which offers hands-on animal
education experience to at-risk and sick children in the local schools
and hospital
Nashville Zoo: Nashville, TN
Volunteer: William
E. Mahoney Jr.
$5,000 supports a family-modeled residential group home which will serve
six at-risk children
Children's Harbor: Hollywood, FL
Volunteer: William
Poe Jr., CLU
$5,000 supports a joint capital campaign to expand a community center
to better meet the needs of the Portage County community
North Shore Health Centers: Portage, IN
$2,500 Grants
Volunteer: Daniel S. Allen, ChFC, LUTCF
$2,500 enhances the school library book collection
Austine School for the Deaf: Brattleboro, VT
Volunteer: Robert
L. Bateman, CFP
$2,500 increases the emergency assistance fund which provides basic necessities
immediately following a disaster
American Red Cross — Northern Utah: Ogden, UT
Volunteer: David
R. Bellis, CLU, ChFC
$2,500 supports the rehabilitation of homes of low income, elderly, disabled,
or at-risk families with children
Christmas in April — Aurora: Aurora, IL
Volunteer: Bryant
N. Blakeslee, CLU
$2,500 supports the Kid Café after-school meal program that provides
nutritional meals to at-risk children
Harvest Hope Food Bank: Columbia, SC
Volunteer: Donald
E. Burns, CLU
$2,500 supports development of the Elmcrest Children's Center Higher Education
Scholarship for post-high school learning opportunities
Elmcrest Childrens Center: Syracuse, NY
Volunteer: Thomas
J. Cohn, CLU, ChFC
$2,500 supports the Clinic Without Walls program, which expands treatment
opportunities and provides low-cost treatment for disadvantaged patients
in the offices of Institute alumni
St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute: St. Louis, MO
Volunteer: Walter
King Corbett
$2,500 expands recreational and educational activities for homeless children
staying at the shelter
Youth and Family Services: El Reno, OK
Volunteer: Samuel
T. Cornwell, CLU
$2,500 supports the Brookstone Schools Partnership Scholarship Fund, which
provides up to 95 percent of the cost of tuition for at-risk children
Brookstone Schools of Mecklenburg County: Charlotte, NC
Volunteer: Gary
L. Fleming, CLU, ChFC
$2,500 supports the ESPRIT program, which provides parenting and independent
living skills for parents with disabilities raising at-risk children
Achieva: Pittsburgh, PA
Volunteer: Fred
A. Gawlick, CLU, ChFC
$2,500 supports the Early Childhood Services program, which provides daycare
services for families with infants and young children with developmental
disabilities
HOPE Services: Santa Clara, CA
Volunteer: William
Heyburn II
$2,500 supports the Quest for Excellence campaign, which expands facilities
to serve the medically fragile and long-term care needs for the elderly
Cedar Lake Foundation: Louisville, KY
Volunteer: Anthony
P. John, CLU, ChFC
$2,500 supports purchase of holiday toys for at-risk children
Valley Santa: Wilkes-Barre, PA
Volunteer: Lynn
G. Kenworthy, CLU
$2,500 supports the mentoring program, which provides children a regularly
scheduled day of community activities with an adult mentor
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Jackson County: Jackson, MI
Volunteer: Thomas
A. Polenzani, CLU, ChFC
$2,500 supports the Community Supported Employment Program, which provides
job placement and support services for the disabled
Foothill Vocational Opportunities: Pasadena, CA
Volunteer: Derek
J. Reed
$2,500 supports the Wide World Project to expand extracurricular activities
for at-risk children to visit museums, exhibits, and other locations outside
of their island town and expand their knowledge about the greater world
around them
Pathways for Children: Gloucester, MA
Volunteer: Clifford
P. Ryan, CLU, ChFC
$2,500 supports activities, which include nutrition programs, volunteer
services, adult daycare, an independent living center and informational
and advocacy services
Southern Maine Agency on Aging: Scarborough, ME
Volunteer: Richard
M. Schmidt
$2,500 supports collection of assistive communication equipment for brain
injury patients in rehabilitation therapy
St. Charles Hospital: Port Jefferson, NY
Volunteer: Allen
L. Snyder III, CLU, ChFC
$2,500 supports a full-day prostate cancer symposium of educational workshops,
speakers and research updates for newly diagnosed men, prostate cancer
survivors, family members, and health professionals
Massachusetts Prostate Cancer Coalition: Boston, MA
Volunteer: William
Milton Weimer, CLU, ChFC
$2,500 supports the Youth United program, a youth-led, youth-funded initiative
that brings students together to plan, fundraise and construct a home
for a local family in need
Habitat for Humanity of Hanover: Mechanicsville, VA
Volunteer: Gary
L. Wright
$2,500 supports the therapeutic domestic violence program at the Laura's
House, a shelter for women and children
Charity's Best of South Orange County: San Juan Capistrano, CA
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