04090 L 03-04 Annual Report - The Dayton Foundation

Dayton Ballet Association
($7,500) To fund an in-depth
analysis of the Association’s
marketing research study,
including conducting focus
groups, to identify reasons
for declining ticket sales
over the last four years.
Rhythm in Shoes
Rhythm in Shoes ($5,000)
To help choreograph a new
work that blends the music
of George Gershwin with
the classical tap dancing
style of Fred Astaire and
Ginger Rogers.
Education
Montgomery County Help Me
Grow Consortium
Montgomery County Help
Me Grow Consortium
($8,000) To aid Project
CHATTER (Children Having
Access to Therapy Enhancing
Readiness), which provides
financial assistance for
speech/language therapy
for uninsured children with
developmental delays in
communication.
Dayton Ballet
Project READ ($25,000)
To assist in creating a comprehensive
database of literacy
and tutoring services
available in the region, as
well as in drafting a plan to
increase the literacy rate in
the Dayton area.
Environment/Animals
Wegerzyn Horticultural
Association, Inc. ($20,000)
To help educate children
about the wonders of gardens,
our natural resources
and land stewardship, by
expanding the Children’s
Garden to include a handson
gardening area, plant life
in Ohio area, and interactive
fountains and waterfalls.
Health
Echoing Hills Village
Echoing Hills Village
($5,000) To install an electrically
operated lift system
that will safely transport
physically challenged residents
from their beds to
other areas of the facility.
Mary Scott Nursing Center
($45,000) To fund, over a
three-year period, expansions
and upgrades to Mary Scott
Nursing Center, Dayton’s
oldest, not-for-profit, skilled
nursing home, which has
been in continuous operation
since 1914.
Mary Scott Nursing Center
Rehabilitation Center for
Neurological Development
($18,000) To purchase
equipment and furnishings
for the children’s therapy
room, located in the Center’s
newly constructed facility.
Wellness Connection of
the Miami Valley ($5,000)
To support the Wellness
Connection of the Miami
Valley, formerly known as
the Dayton Area Heart and
Cancer Association, in creating
a resource center with
helpful books, journals,
audio and video materials,
software and computers.
Human Services
Artemis Center for Alternatives
to Domestic Violence
($10,000) To assist in hiring
a volunteer coordinator to
manage and train volunteers
to help maximize the agency’s
ability to provide critical
services to its clients.
Melissa Bess Child Development
Center ($5,000)
To fund a strategic plan to
assist the center in increasing
its educational programs
and child day-care services
enrollment and in locating
additional funding resources.
Boy Scouts of America,
Miami Valley Council
($10,000) To aid in the
renovation of both Cricket
Holler Camp, located in
Butler Township, and Woodland
Trails Scout Reservation,
located in Preble County.
Choices in Community
Living ($5,000) To help
fund the Collaborative
Volunteer Project, a joint
venture between Choices
in Community Living, Inc.,
and the Resident Home
Association, to provide
opportunities for individuals
Habitat for Humanity
with mental retardation to
participate more fully in
the community.
Dayton Ohio Habitat for
Humanity ($10,000) To
purchase new tools and
building materials to assist
volunteers in building multiple
homes at one time.
The Dayton Urban League
($30,000) To fund, over a
two-year period, the League’s
capital campaign to purchase
and renovate an office building
for its headquarters.
Additional funds will help
the organization to expand
current programming and
to create new programming
for youth and adult clients.
East End Community Services
Corporation ($7,500)
To expand the Youth Enterprise
Program, providing
East Dayton youth with agerelated
learning experiences
Choices in Community Living
about business and part-time
employment, and to help
motivate and prepare them
for future careers.
Easter Seals Technology
Resource Center, Inc.
($15,100) To help the Committee
to Aid the Blind in its
efforts to meet the personal
needs of Greater Daytonarea
residents with visual
impairments.
Goodwill Industries of the
Miami Valley
Goodwill Industries of the
Miami Valley ($10,000)
To assist in constructing a
new studio for WORDS
Radio Reading Service, which
recently merged with Goodwill
Industries.
Holt Street Miracle Center
($12,500) To enable the
Center to offer two beds for
individuals who currently
are homeless, unemployed
and unable to pay for their
substance abuse treatment
at the Center.
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