Grant Programs: 2006 Quality of Life Grant Recipients
The MDRT Foundation is pleased to announce the following Quality of Life Award winners for 2006. Annually, only 26 recipients are selected for the award granting a total of $110,000 to charities in the name of 26 MDRT member volunteers.
$25,000 Grant
Volunteer: Brent R. Kimball, CFP, ChFC
$25,000 grant provides programs to improve end-of-life care for pediatric patients through continuing education programs for oncology care staff at Children's Hospital Boston
Alex's Team Foundation: Andover, Massachusetts
$10,000 Grants
Volunteer: David J. Feldman, CLU, ChFC
$10,000 grant supports the Volunteers for Vision Program to help 550 blind or visually impaired individuals improve their daily living skills
Massachusetts Association for the Blind Community Services: Brookline, Massachusetts
Volunteer: Richard H. Linsday, CLU, ChFC
$10,000 grant supports youth-developmental programs
Devil Pups: Westlake Village, California
$5,000 Grants
Volunteer: Sonny Goldstein, CLU, CFP
$5,000 grant provides ongoing support for families who require financial assistance for their child’s in-home palliative care
Care for Kids (Toronto): North York, Ontario, Canada
Volunteer: Elwyn D. Guernsey, CLU, ChFC
$5,000 grant provides post-Hurricane Ivan and Dennis crisis services serving northwest Florida communities, including four Family Resource Centers
Families Count - Northwest Florida Comprehensive Services for Children: Pensacola, Florida
Volunteer: Brian P. Walsh, CLU, ChFC
$5,000 grant funds The Family Education Conference
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation of Greater Delaware Valley: Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
$2,500 Grants
Volunteer: Robert H. Bradford, CLU
$2,500 grant provides professional nutritional education and exercise equipment for the children and parents involved in MCH programs
Methodist Children's Homes: Madison, Mississippi
Volunteer: Daryl Curtis, CLU, ChFC
$2,500 grant supports YMCA teen programs various after-school activities to encourage teens to become positive and productive members of their community
YMCA of Amarillo: Amarillo, Texas
Volunteer: Michael P. Daly, MSFS, CLU
$2,500 grant supports the School of Character education initiative, which allows teachers to incorporate the importance of good character into their existing curriculum
Character Council of Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky: Cincinnati, Ohio
Volunteer: John D. De Maria, CLU, ChFC
$2,500 grant provides developmental and support services to children and their families living with autism, developmental disabilities and complex learning disabilities
Wildwood Foundation: Schenectady, New York
Volunteer: Jean Marie A. Deliso
$2,500 grant supports the YMCA Teen Leadership Initiative, which provides skill and character-building teen programs
YMCA of Greater Springfield: Springfield, Massachusetts
Volunteer: Robert Eddy Jr., CLU, ChFC
$2,500 grant supports St. Bernadette’s Community Clinic in administering eye examinations and the purchase of eyeglasses prescribed for its clients
Lourdes Foundation: Lafayette, Louisiana
Volunteer: Stephan A. Elliott, CLU, ChFC
$2,500 grant funds the new Cancer Center that will offer both medical and radiation oncology treatment
Cottage Hospital - Norris Cotton Cancer Center North: St. Johnsbury, Vermont
Volunteer: M.B. Godbold Jr., CLU, LUTCF
$2,500 grant supports the Making a Smile Happen mobile dental clinic, which provides affordable dental services to children and adults in five rural underserved counties
CareFIRST Carolina Foundation: Hartsville, South Carolina
Volunteer: Ronald D. Hanson, ChFC, CSA
$2,500 grant provides a home to children recovering from the effects of abuse, neglect and/or abandonment
Lutheran Child and Family Services of IN/KY: Indianapolis, Indianapolis
Volunteer: Larry T. Herrig, CLU, ChFC
$2,500 grant supports programs to help BGCS reach their goal of providing low-cost or free programs and services to 100,000 children in the area
Boys and Girls Club of Sarasota County: Sarasota, Florida
Volunteer: Cordell E. Hoffer
$2,500 grant provides education, medical and legal services to parents with disabled children
Dreams Foundation: Newburgh, New York
Volunteer: Ralph L. Howes
$2,500 grant supports Camp Willson's sponsorship program, offering low-income and homeless children the opportunity to attend camp based on a sliding-fee scale
YMCA of Central Ohio: Columbus, Ohio
Volunteer: Michael R. Kura, RFP
$2,500 grant supports existing community and social service programs
Haven of Rest Ministries: Akron, Ohio
Volunteer: Robert S. Loeb, CFP
$2,500 grant funds the creation of a Distraction Station for children undergoing treatments at Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital, and the therapeutic horseback riding programs at Pegasus Therapeutic Riding serving children in nine counties within the Connecticut and New York border
Vincent G. Halloran Fund for Children: North Salem, New York
Volunteer: Peter R. Magni, LUTCF
$2,500 grant supports a Habitat for Humanity home build project taking 10 high school youth to Portland, Maine, to help build a home for a homeless family
St. Joseph's Youth Ministry: Belmont, Massachusetts
Volunteer: Michael R. Mignano, CFP, CLU
$2,500 grant funds a residential summer camp program for autistic children
Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp: Portland, Oregon
Volunteer: Kevin P. Nicholson
$2,500 grant supports the Inter-Generational Community Art Project, which offers mosaic art projects led by an artist-in-residence at both local YMCA facilities
YMCA of the Upper Main Line: Berwyn, Pennsylvania
Volunteer: Michael Gregory Patterson, CLU, ChFC
$2,500 grant supports the Women and Children's Center – a rescue, recovery and rehabilitation facility for homeless women suffering from addiction
The Healing Place of Wake County: Raleigh, North Carolina
Volunteer: Mahlon B. Simon Jr., CLU, ChFC
$2,500 grant supports the Childcare Financial Assistance Program, allowing families to continue to use YMCA child care programs using a sliding-fee scale
YMCA of Philadelphia and Vicinity - Abington Branch: Abington, Pennsylvania
Volunteer: Alan J. Webb
$2,500 grant provides holiday gifts to children who otherwise may not receive a gift
Santa's Cause: Edmond, Oklahoma
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