St. Vincent Family Center

St. Vincent Family Center is a leading family service organization committed to providing high quality, distinctive behavioral health and social development services that support children, strengthen families and sustain communities.

The award of $5,000 will be used for occupational therapy equipment.

To learn more about the St. Vincent Family Center click here.

My Place to Be

Helps children navigate through the social world and encourages them to learn in their own unique way. Children learn self-awareness skills and are provided with social emotional tools to help them with self-regulation which improves their self-esteem. Programs incorporate an integrated social skills development curriculum, which support emotional, sensory, communication and social development.

The award of $5,000 will be used for scholarships for Camp Make Believe Kids.

To learn more about the My Place to Be click here.

Fore Hope

Fore Hope is an all-ages program that utilizes therapeutic golf for persons with disabilities. Participants learn golf skills that parallel their cognitive, physical and social needs. This year they are expanding the program to include disabled vets.

The award of $5,000 will be used for the new vet program.

To learn more about the Fore Hope click here.

Mid-Ohio Food Bank

Mid-Ohio Food bank is dedicated to feeding hungry people by collecting and distributing food and grocery products, educating the community about hunger, advocating for hunger-relief programs and collaborating with others who address basic human needs. In fiscal year 2010, they distributed over 35.8 million pounds of food, the most in the organizations 30 year history.

The award of $5,000 will help keep the food shelves stocked for a network of 519 emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, senior dining centers, day care and after-school enrichment programs throughout a 20 county service area.

To learn more about the Mid-Ohio Food Bank click here.