2010 Worldwide Grant Recipients
Aloha Medical Mission
Honolulu, Hawaii
$10,000 funds an early education program in Bangladesh, as well as two surgical missions to the Philippines and Laos
Sponsor: Bryan H. Nakamoto, CFP, CEA
Athletes With Disabilities
Waterford, Mich.
$25,000 funds an outreach program for athletes with disabilities to create an international mentoring and coaching network for more than 300 individuals
Sponsor: Alfred J. Opas Jr., CLU, LUTCF
Austin Bat Cave
Austin, Texas
$2,500 funds an after-school program to improve grammatical fluency through creative writing for more than 300 high school students from low-income households in Austin, Texas
Sponsor: Clune J. Walsh Jr., CLU
Between Friends
Chicago, Ill.
$5,000 provides services such as relationship education, counseling, child care, court advocacy, health care, a crisis line and community outreach to help families break the cycle of domestic violence and abuse
Boy Scouts of America – Potawatomi Area Council
Waukesha, Wis.
$1,000 funds Scoutreach, a scouting program that serves youth from low-income households
Sponsor: Larry J. Winkelhake, CLU, ChFC
Boys and Girls Clubs of Black Hawk County
Waterloo, Iowa
$2,500 funds after-school academic, art and athletic classes for 113 students from low-income households in North Cedar, Iowa
Sponsor: Don A. Eichelberger, CLU, ChFC
Chairscholars Foundation
Odessa, Fla.
$5,000 funds the National Scholarship Program, which provides tuition for high school seniors and college freshmen with profound physical challenges and financial need
Sponsor: Marc A. Silverman, CLU, ChFC
Children and Families of Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa
$3,000 helps fund a support group for teens and children in foster care, as well as their caregivers
Sponsor: Paul J. Jennings, CLU
Children’s Therapy Center
Fair Lawn, N.J.
$5,000 provides physical therapy equipment for more than 30 children ages 7–12 with special needs at the Children’s Therapy Center’s Upper School
Sponsor: S. Ivor Alleyne, CEP
Congressional Dist. Foundations: Hope for Children of Africa
Alma, Colo.
$25,000 provides rural communities with educational programs including teacher trainings, community learning centers, literacy programs, school building construction and scholarship opportunities for more than 75,000 residents in Liberia
Sponsor: Terry A. Herron
Covenant Mercies
Glen Mills, Pa.
$20,000 funds a secondary school for 480 youth who have been orphaned in Uganda
Sponsor: John D. Dempsey, CLU, ChFC
Diocese of South Dakota: Rebuilding South Sudan Through Education
Sioux Falls, S.D.
$5,000 funds educational and community development programs for residents of south Sudan including building a school, drilling water wells and installing automated corn-grinding mills
Sponsor: Stan E. Graber, CLU, LUTCF
Disabled & Alone/Life Services for the Handicapped
New York, N.Y.
$5,000 provides personal advocates to educate and counsel more than 5,000 parents of adult children with disabilities
Sponsor: Mitchell Wm. Ostrove, CLU, ChFC
Dougy Center
Portland, Ore.
$10,000 helps rebuild the Dougy Center’s grief support building after a devastating fire
Sponsor: J. Michael Sweeney, LUTCF
Dreams Unlimited
Lincoln, Neb.
$5,000 partially funds the 2010 Summer Rafting Trip with the National Sports Center for the Disabled for six children with disabilities and their families in Colorado
Sponsor: Stephen D. Andersen
Drug Treatment Court of Kalamazoo County
Kalamazoo, Mich.
$1,000 funds activities to assist individuals with substance abuse addictions and their families
Sponsor: J. Peter Schma, CLU
El Sol – Jupiter’s Neighborhood Resource Center
Jupiter, Fla.
$2,500 helps fund a computer literacy program for 80 labor workers from low-income communities in Jupiter, Florida
Sponsor: Regina Bedoya, CLU, ChFC
Family Counseling and Children’s Services of Lenawee County
Adrian, Mich.
$5,000 partially funds the Child Survivors of Family Violence Fund, which provides financial assistance to more than 200 children and families throughout Michigan
Sponsor: Ruth I. Cole, CSA
Grupo Amigos de Niños Afectados de Cáncer, I.A.P.
Culiacán, Sinaloa Mexico
$5,000 funds travel expenses to the pediatric oncology center for low-income families in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Sponsor: Jesus Gamez
Hope 4 the Heart
Hayward, Calif.
$5,000 provides reconstruction funds for the food distribution warehouse
Sponsor: Kathryn I. Duclo
International Village Clinic
Bloomington, Minn.
$5,000 provides prenatal health care, childhood vaccinations, nutrition and health education for 12 villages in some of the poorest areas of eastern India
Sponsor: Charles Garrity, CLU, ChFC
Interplast
Mountain View, Calif.
$10,000 helps support 11 Surgical Outreach Centers in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Nepal, Nicaragua, Peru and Zambia to provide year-round care for the people in impoverished communities
Sponsor: William John Kalmer, CLU, ChFC
Jack and Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation
Atlanta, Ga.
$5,000 funds a healing family legacy program for families with a parent with terminal cancer
Sponsor: Bryan D. Wulz, CLU, ChFC
Liberty Kitchen
New Orleans, La.
$5,000 partially funds Liberty’s Kitchen, a social enterprise that transforms the lives of New Orleans’ youth by providing a path to self-sufficiency through food service-based training, leadership and employment programs
Sponsor: Julian H. Good Jr., CLU, ChFC
Little Mary’s Hospitality House
Wellston, Mich.
$5,000 provides new concrete for sidewalks that will allow greater mobility for residents at Little Mary’s, which provides free vacation and retreat for families who have children battling life-threatening or terminal illnesses
Sponsor: Christopher R. Fischer, CLU, ChFC
Love Without Boundaries Foundation
Edmond, Okla.
$10,000 provides medical and foster care for approximately 50 orphans with cleft lips and palates in Fujian, China
Sponsor: Donald F. White Jr., CLU, ChFC
Operation HOPE – Banking on Our Future
Portland, Ore.
$5,000 partially funds free financial literacy programs for more than 13,000 youths ages 9 to 18 from underserved communities in Portland, Oregon
Sponsor: Damon Scott Winter, LUTCF, CFS
Parkinson’s Institute and Clinical Center
Sunnyvale, Calif.
$5,000 funds Parkinson’s education health promotion and stress reduction classes to improve the quality of life and reduce health care costs for approximately 10,000 patients with Parkinson’s and their families and caretakers
Sponsor: William M. Upson, ChFC, CLU
People’s Resource Center
Wheaton, Ill.
$5,000 provides free groceries, nutrition education and community resources to more than 25,000 residents in low-income households throughout DuPage County in Illinois
Sponsor: Terrence H. Kral, CLU, CFP
Shadow Buddies Foundation
Lenexa, Kan.
$15,000 funds the Backpack Program, which provides youths with chronic illness a backpack for summer camp that includes a Shadow Buddy therapeutic doll and support materials for the child and their family
Sponsor: Felix R. Baz-Dresch, CLU, ChFC
Shadow Equestrian Inc.
Monroeville, N.J.
$5,000 defers the costs of therapeutic riding instruction for the physically and mentally disabled
Sponsor: Donald J. Benedetti
Shining Stars Foundation
Tabernash, Colo.
$5,000 supports the Shining Star Winter Games, a week-long program of winter sports, educational activities and psych-social support, and monthly cultural, educational and social events for children and young adults with cancer and life-threatening diseases at no cost
Sponsor: Ray J. May, CLU, ChFC
Sight Savers America
Pelham, Ala.
$5,000 provides resources to examine and provide follow-up vision treatment for more than 30 children from low-income families in Alabama
Sponsor: William E. Burrus
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Idaho Falls/Freemed
Idaho Falls, Idaho
$5,000 provides low-cost prescription medication to uninsured people from low-income communities
Sponsor: Brian D. Daniels, FIC
Spinal Cord Injury Association of Illinois
La Grange, Ill.
$5,000 funds the ThinkFirst program, which targets high schools to present educational material to prevent spinal cord injuries
Sponsor: John F. Nichols, CLU
SuperSibs
Rolling Meadows, Ill.
$5,000 provides resources and materials to help 755 children cope when their sibling is diagnosed with cancer
Sponsor: Adam A. Solano Jr.
The Barton Center for Diabetes Education Inc.
North Oxford, Mass.
$2,500 partially funds summer camps for youths ages 6 to 16 with insulin-dependent diabetes from low-income households
Sponsor: John J. McGuinn
The College Crusade of Rhode Island
Providence, R.I.
$5,000 funds the RI Gear Up program to encourage disadvantaged youth to stay in school and attend college
Sponsor: Leonard Martin, CSA
The Moyer Foundation
Seattle, Wash.
$25,000 provides support for five new Camp Erin locations that provide bereavement, grief and loss counseling for approximately 500 youths
Sponsor: Paul B. Bufty
Unforgettables Foundation
Riverside, Calif.
$5,000 provides financial assistance to families with limited resources to help offset the costs of funeral arrangements for a child
Sponsor: Clive Taylor
United Fund for Belgium
La Hulpe, Belgium
$2,000 partially funds a farming project where ex-prisoners or people with psychiatric problems learn how to take care of livestock and grow fruits and vegetables
Sponsor: James M. McEvoy, CLU, AEP
Uplift International
Wheat Ridge, Colo.
$10,000 provides life-changing surgeries to children with facial deformities throughout the rural regions of the Philippines
Sponsor: Michael Glenn Herman, ChFC, LUTCF
World Cataract Foundation
Memphis, Tenn.
$12,000 provides surgeries to people who are uninsured or low-income
Sponsor: Walker L. Wellford III, CLU
World Organization of Renal Therapies (WORTH)
Swampscott, Mass.
$25,000 funds equipment to maintain dialysis centers for people in Cameroon
Sponsor: Arthur R. Salomon
