Summertime programs for children receive funding
By Maura Teynor
April 11, 2017
The Richland County Foundation is supporting summertime programs focused on children. A committee of Foundation Board of Trustees and community members awarded 20 grants totaling $39,416. The grants of up to $2,500 were given to support creative, educational and fun-filled activities for hundreds of Richland County children.
The following grants were approved:
Blue Rose Mission, Property Maintenance-Skill Building
Catalyst Life Services, Do It Deaf Camp Collaboration
City of Mansfield, Hooked on Fishing
Culliver Reading Center, STEAM Field Trip & Activities
Friendly House Association, Friendly House Summer Fun
Harmony House, Educational and Recreational Activities
Hospice of NCO, Grief Camp
Mankind Murals, Inc., Mansfield Schools Mural
North Central Ohio Soap Box Derby, Derby Cars
Ohio Bird Sanctuary, Summer Fun
City of Ontario, Summer Rec
Renaissance Performing Arts, Theater Camp
Salvation Army, Dewald Community Center STEAM
Shelby Church of the Nazarene, K-City Day Camp
Shelby Local Schools, Camp Invention
Shelby Local Schools, Shelby Safety Town
UMADAOP, Cooking Camp
Funded by Field of Interest Funds
Independent Living Center, Day for Youth with Disabilities
Little Buckeye Children’s Museum, Developmental Play with Therapists
Richland Newhope, Summer Campership
