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2007 Quality of Life Grant Recipients The MDRT Foundation is pleased to announce the following Quality of Life Award winners for 2007. 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 Award Winner Volunteer: Jerry D. Sletten $25,000 builds a playground for an underserved community in Ecuador Kids Around the World: Rockford, IL
$10,000 Grant Award Winners Volunteer: Gregory R. Gough $10,000 funds the cost of a specialized training equipment system to help physically disabled children take their first steps and walk on their own Heartspring: Wichita, KS Volunteer: William C. Robertson, CLU, ChFC $10,000 expands the professional staff to provide direct service and support network to families affected by mental retardation Deepwood Foundation: Mentor, OH
$5,000 Grant Award Winners Volunteer: James A. Jacobs, CLU, ChFC $5,000 funds the renovation costs for the Petersburg High School building and provides financial support for specialized programs throughout the school year Appomattox Educational Foundation: Colonial Heights, VA
Volunteer: Stephen Kagawa, LUTCF $5,000 funds a Teacher Training Program and the Hanashi Oral History Program Preservation Initiative to preserve the legacy of Japanese-American veterans who served in World War II Go For Broke National Education Center: Torrance, CA
Volunteer: Robert Veith, CFA, RFC $5,000 supports KidsPriorityOne database and Web site which provides information on more than 4,000 local child development service organizations Kiwanis Children's Council of Hampton Roads: Norfolk, VA
$2,500 Grant Award Winners Volunteer: Johnny R. Adcock, CLU $2,500 helps fund the cost of a Neonatal Transport Incubator Unit to transport critically ill infants from hospitals throughout Florida St. Joseph's Hospital of Tampa Foundation: Tampa, FL
Volunteer: George M. Barberich, CLU, ChFC $2,500 provides home buying/ownership information for people with disabilities Class Ltd.: Columbus, KS
Volunteer: David R. Davis, CLU, ChFC $2,500 provides patients with alternative communication equipment, speech-enhancing devices, equipment training and speech evaluations regardless of their ability to pay ALS Association - Greater Los Angeles Chapter: Agoura Hills, CA
Volunteer: Martin Edward Duggan $2,500 provides education supplies, software and hardware for children in low-income families Root Cellar: Portland, ME
Volunteer: George O. Eisenberg, CLU, ChFC $2,500 supports the Step One Early Intervention Program, which evaluates and serves infants and toddlers who display signs of becoming at-risk for developmental delay; and the Step One Toddler Enrichment Program, which offers a structured learning environment for children South Shore Mental Health Center: Quincy, MA
Volunteer: Scott A. Emley, CLU, ChFC $2,500 funds the expansion of the child advocacy program serving abused and neglected children CASA of Riley County - Sunflower CASA Project: Manhattan, KS
Volunteer: Karin L. Godfrey $2,500 supports The School Nurse Epilepsy Training Program, which offers information about epilepsy, treatment options and proper seizure care using Epilepsy Foundation of America research materials Epilepsy Foundation of Southeast Texas: Houston, TX
Volunteer: Susan Jessup, CLU $2,500 helps fund cost of textbooks for 30 ten-week state-wide financial education classes New Mexico Project for Financial Literacy: Rio Rancho, NM
Volunteer: Christian E. Laver, RFC $2,500 supports the Kids Show Camp project which teaches week-long theater art classes to 60 youth Vaud-Villities Foundation: Dublin, OH
Volunteer: Donald H. Mehlig, CLU, ChFC $2,500 upgrades the Web site which provides support for newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients Prostate Cancer Education Foundation: Torrance, CA
Volunteer: Robert Jackson Mills, CLTC $2,500 supports Covenant Hospice Children's Support Services, which provides grief counseling to children who have lost a loved one Covenant Hospice: Pensacola, FL
Volunteer: Jeffrey M. Owens $2,500 funds mobile music carts to provide music therapy for hospitalized children Children's Cancer Association: Portland, OR
Volunteer: John J. Ross, ChFC, CLU $2,500 provides set-up funding for an outreach program which allows hospitalized children with life-threatening illnesses to participate in respite activities without leaving their hometown or hospital bed Double "H" Hole in the Woods Ranch: Lake Luzerne, NY
Volunteer: Merlin P. Santjer, CLU, RHU $2,500 funds and expands the Housing Readiness program serving women in need of emergency transitional housing Maria House: A Program of Opening Doors: Dubuque, IA
Volunteer: Solomon F. Schick, CFP $2,500 supports a Teacher Forum to encourage Holocaust and tolerance education through literary works Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center of Central Florida: Maitland, FL
Volunteer: C. Gordon Scull, CLU, CSA $2,500 provides financial assistance for kidney transplant patients and funds kidney disease education and awareness programs Eastern Regional Kidney Foundation: Poland, OH
Volunteer: Kozaburo Tanaka $2,500 funds the cost of repairing and shipping 100 wheelchairs to the disabled in Tanzania Send Wheelchairs to Overseas Children: Fussa City, Tokyo, Japan
Volunteer: Albert J. Travasos, CLU $2,500 funds the purchase and installation of new playground equipment for underserved children Florence Fuller Child Development Centers: Boca Raton, FL
Volunteer: Louis F. Venuso, CLU, ChFC $2,500 funds the cost of production of "The Nutcracker Ballet" and provides free performances to the community Elmwood Park Civic Ballet-Ballet Legere: Chicago, IL
Volunteer: N. Susan Whittington, CLU, CFP $2,500 funds the cost of two computers and two printers to support the educational needs of 18 at-risk and developmentally disabled youth Rainbow Center: Wilkesboro, NC
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