Eleven programs that promote local health and wellness initiatives split a pot of nearly $50,000 awarded by the Mary Rutan Foundation.
The 11 community partners were selected from a group of 20 applicants for grants that ranged from $1,700 for a Bellefontaine Elementary School Fitness Friday activity to $8,500 for the Bellefontaine Police Department DARE and Guide programs.
The focus of the grants is to target at-risk areas identified through the findings of the 2015 Logan County Health Risk and Community Needs Assessment, Tammy Allison, the foundation’s chief operating officer, said in a statement. Those areas include nutrition, healthier food and beverage choices, physical activity and opiate and heroin abuse.
The recipients of Mary Rutan Foundation grants are: — Bellefontaine Elementary Schools, A Healthy Me! Fitness Friday: $1,700 — Bellefontaine High Schools, Time to Talk: $1,000 — Bellefontaine Police Department, DARE and Guide Program: $8,500 — Benjamin Logan High School, Deadly Distracters: $3,467 — Consolidated Care, Logan County C.O.R.E.: $4,500 — Bellefontaine Cultural Arts, Engaging Addition: $3,000 — Logan County Farmers Market, Power of Produce: $5,400 — OSU Extension Master Gardeners, Ready, Set Grow & Grow With Gardening: $4,085 — Union Station of Logan County, Summer Program and Life Skills Training: $5,000 — Russells Point Parks Board, Playground & Summer Activity Program: $8,000 — West Liberty-Salem Schools, In with the Good/Out with the Bad: $5,000 |
“Mary Rutan Foundation is proud to partner not only through our financial investment but through awareness, education and focused programs and services with our area schools and not-for-profit organizations in pursuit of a healthier Logan County,” Mrs. Allison said. “We believe that we can be most successful and have the greatest impact through a collaborative community effort.
“Our organization and team of health care professionals are committed to the health and wellness and well-being of the residents of Logan County. Promoting healthy lifestyles and providing services and resources to do so is important to us.”
In all, local agencies requested more than $128,000 in assistance, but preference was given to programs and services that addressed more than one priority area, focused on at-risk areas of Logan County, served larger numbers and diversity of local residents or developed innovative partnerships between organizations, Ms. Allison said.
For further information regarding Mary Rutan Foundation or health and wellness initiatives in Logan County, call (937) 599-7003.
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