Recipients for 2010 - 2011
The Mecklenburg Medical Alliance and Endowment awarded health grants to 8 area organizations at its Annual Meeting. Grants were awarded to:
CAMP CARE: $5000
This grant will underwrite 5 children, in treatment for cancer, to attend Camp Care.
KIDS HEART FELT HEALTH AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM: $8500
This is an enrichment program that gives children, ages 7-13, the necessary information to make better decisions about eating healthier food through nutrition classes and by teaching participants how to make healthier versions of their favorite foods.
ST. PETER’S HOME - McCREESH PLACE: $8,380
“Living With Loss” is a grief and loss counseling program. McCreesh Place is a permanent 63 unit housing community for formerly homeless and disabled men. It is operated by the 2 St. Peter’s Churches on telTryon Street.
Easter Seals UCP in NC and VA: $2000
This grant will provide special equipment (toys, bikes) for the Healthy Strides program, which provides physical, cognitive, and emotional therapy for special needs children.
The Lucky Hearts Campaign: $10,320
The Lucky Hearts Campaign is and ongoing joint program of MMAE and Medic, which provides AED’s and training to Mecklenburg non-profits. This grant will underwrite 8 AED’s for the Mecklenburg County Sheriffs’ Department.
Charlotte Community Health Clinic: $16,500
This program provides health care to uninsured, low-income children in Mecklenburg County.
Care Ring (formerly Community Health Services) PRO: $8,900
Now under the auspices of Care Ring, Physicians Reach Out provides medical care for the uninsured. Funds will go toward eligibility screenings and oversight.
Florence Crittenton Services: $2500
Funds will be used to support approximately 100 single mothers-to-be and their unborn children, who participate in Crittenton’s program and services.
Cannon Award - $1,000
To Levine Children’s Hospital in honor of Smoky Bissell, winner of MMAE’s Cannon Award.
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Grant Recipients:
Camp CARE - $5,000
Provide children with cancer to special summer camp
Camp Carolina Trails - $5,000
Provide children with diabetes to special summer camp
Charlotte Community Health Clinic - $15,000
Free primary care for impoverished
CMC Violence Prevention Program - $1,700
Trains school and social workers to prevent youth violence
Hospitality House - $5,000
Provides housing for patient’s families
Matthews Free Clinic - $2,735
AIC analyzer to treat diabetes
MedAssist - $8,500
Medications for low income uninsured patients
Presbyterian’s Community Cruiser - $5,054
Vision and hear screening equipment
Samaritan House - $8,500
Provides post surgical recovery lodgings for homeless
Shelter Health Services - $8,500
Free clinic for homeless women
MMAE Disbursements for 2007-2008
Arthritis Services $ 1,000
Community Health Clinic $ 9,830
Florence Crittendon Home $ 1,750
Hospice $ 5,000
Hospitality House $ 5,000 (3rd year of 5 year pledge)
MedAssist $10,000
N.C. Medical Society Alliance $ 1,000
Physicians Reach-Out $ 5,000
Samaritan House $ 5,000
Teen Health Connection $ 8,904
MECKLENBURG MEDICAL ALLIANCE & ENDOWMENT ANNOUNCES 2007 HEALTH & COMMUNITY GRANTS:
ALLIANCE AWARDS $70,000 IN HEALTH GRANTS
The Mecklenburg Medical Alliance & Endowment awarded $70,000 in grants to 10 area health and community organizations.
In evaluating grant proposals, the Alliance gives priority to those projects that demonstrate a commitment to the betterment of health and medicine in Mecklenburg County. It also looks for proposals that promote an awareness of charitable, scientific, and/or educational needs in the community.
The following organizations were awarded grants:
Hospitality House - $5,000
Second installment of a 5 year $25,000 pledge toward Construction of a larger/more modern facility to house families of out-of-town hospitalized patients.
Allegro Foundation - $7,000
Grant to help underwrite classes in movement with educational and medical expertise for children with physical disabilities.
Shelter Health Services - $15,000
Grant to clinic that provides medical care to homeless women.
Matthews Health Clinic - $2,000
Funds will go toward supplies for clinic that treats low income patients.
Carolina Breast Friends - $3,000
This organization provides kits/information to women newly diagnosed with breast cancer. Money will go toward materials for this medical care project.
Camp Care - $5,000
Grant will help children with cancer and siblings attend special camp with children in similar circumstances.
American Red Cross - $4,000
Grant is for the transportation in Mecklenburg County of critically ill patients to healthcare appointments and/or treatment.
MedAssist - $15,000
Grant will be used to provide medications and community pharmacy services to individuals who cannot afford medications.
Samaritan House - $10,000
This organization provides post-operative/ recuperative care for the homeless.
Family Resource Center, Levine Children’s Hospital $3,000
Grant will provide admitted children with child’s book about Levine Children’s Hospital and their hospital stay.
In addition to these community grants, another $1,000 has been designated for the recipient of the annual MMAE Cannon Award. This year’s winner, Ann Maudlin Elliot,
has donated her award to: Friendship Trays - $1,000
MECKLENBURG MEDICAL ALLIANCE & ENDOWMENT ANNOUNCES HEALTH & COMMUNITY GRANTS FOR 2006
The Mecklenburg Medical Alliance & Endowment has announced that it will award $53,000 in grants to six area health and community organizations.
In evaluating grant proposals, MMAE gives priority to those projects that demonstrate a commitment to the betterment of health and medicine in Mecklenburg County. It also looks for proposals that promote an awareness of charitable, scientific, and/or educational needs in the community.
The following organizations have been awarded grants:
Dore Academy - $1,000
Funds will assist in the establishment of a therapeutic library for students in K-12
Hospitality House - $5,000
First installment of a 5 year $25,000 pledge toward construction of a larger/more modern facility to house families of out of town hospitalized patients
Matthews Clinic $5,000
Grant to help establish a women’s’ clinic for the uninsured/impoverished in Matthews area
Mecklenburg County Medical Society/Child Life Committee $10,000 Funding to support ongoing project studying effect of physical education classes on childhood obesity in elementary schools
Physicians Reach Out $15,000
Funds will be used to provide medications to uninsured patients on an immediate/emergency basis
Teen Health Connection $7,000
Grant will be used to continue a comprehensive health education program, “Healthy Choices, Healthy Teens.”
In addition to the aforementioned grants, the Mecklenburg Medical Alliance & Endowment has allotted an additional $10,000 to bring radKid’s, a child safety program, to Charlotte as part of MMAE’s 2006-2007 “Safeguarding Childhood” initiative. Another $1,000 has been designated for the Cannon Award, to be donated to the winner’s charity of choice. This brings the Endowment’s total disbursements to $54,000.