PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WV Information) — Forty-one nonprofit organizations within the Mid-Ohio Valley, together with the Meigs United Methodist Cooperative Parish in Pomeroy, Ohio, had been awarded grant funding in help of Sisters Well being Basis’s imaginative and prescient of “wholesome folks in wholesome communities.”
Since 1996, the Basis has awarded over $22 million in grants. At its most up-to-date assembly, the Board of Administrators accredited a complete of $397,595.
The Basis promotes wholesome and sustainable communities by offering assets, strengthening collaborative relationships and supporting initiatives that influence folks within the Mid-Ohio Valley, officers stated.
The Basis serves 11 counties: Calhoun, Jackson, Nice, Ritchie, Roane, Tyler, Wirt, and Wooden counties in West Virginia; Athens, Meigs, and Washington counties in Ohio.
The Meigs United Methodist Cooperative Parish is house to the Mulberry Kitchen, which gives on common 350 contemporary, selfmade meals per week, and is completely staffed by volunteers.
Mulberry Kitchen Director Peggy Crane stated there was a seamless demand within the variety of meals wanted by the group, and grants and donations assist the Kitchen meet these wants. She additionally stated meals donations to the blessing bins are tremendously appreciated, however typically lack sufficient meals with protein to make sure a balanced weight-reduction plan.
“We’re very grateful for the Sisters as a result of it allows us to supply wholesome meals at a decreased worth or free,” Crane stated, “and to subsidize the donations within the blessing bins with extra protein meals.”
Blessing bins comprise a wide range of nonperishable meals objects, paper items, cleansing merchandise, private hygiene merchandise and typically contemporary greens and baked items. These free-standing pantries are designed to assist these with meals insecurities 24/7, and are stocked with donations. They’re unattended, and the motto is “take what you want, go away what you may, go along with God’s blessing.”
Sisters Basis Senior Program Officer Sr. Molly Bauer stated they may proceed to be concerned within the communities by listening and responding to wants.
“We proceed to pay attention and reply to vital wants which are dropped at our consideration,” Bauer stated. “This cycle, Wholesome Consuming Energetic Residing requests had been quite a few as meals costs proceed to rise and plenty of households are on fixed-incomes. 13 of our Fundamental Wants/Direct service awards and 6 of our responsive Wholesome Consuming, Energetic Residing awards tackle meals insecurity and have a vitamin and wholesome consuming part.”
Twenty organizations that present direct companies, similar to meals and emergency help, acquired a complete of $55,000 from the Fundamental Wants/Direct Service Grants Program. These organizations embody Belpre Space Ministries; Belpre, Ohio, $2,000 for meals and meals vouchers for his or her pantry; Catholic Charities WV, Wheeling, $5,000 to buy contemporary produce and wholesome meals for households within the Mid-Ohio Valley; Christ United Methodist Church, Parkersburg, $1,800 to buy substances and supplies for his or her to-go meals; FAO/Meigs County Basis, Nelsonville, Ohio; $3,000 to help their pantry’s vacation meals for November and December;
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Spencer, $4,000 to help prices for emergency wants for residents of Roane and Wirt Counties; Meigs United Methodist Cooperative Parish, Pomeroy, Ohio, $3,850 to help meals prices for his or her kitchen program and blessing bins in Meigs County; Parkersburg Space Coalition for the Homeless, Parkersburg, $4,500 for able to eat meals for folks experiencing homelessness;
Ripley Nazarene Mission Child Pantry, Ripley, $1,500 to buy fundamental child wants similar to diapers, coaching pants, and hygiene objects; Ritchie County Household Useful resource Community, Harrisville, $2,500 to buy pantry objects similar to meals, hygiene objects, cleansing and family provides; Roane County Serving to Hand, Spencer, $3,750 to buy meals for Roane County residents in want;
Ronald McDonald Home Charities of Pittsburgh and Morgantown, Morgantown, $1,500 to complement the price of visitor household stays for Mid-Ohio Valley residents whereas their youngsters are within the hospital; Savannah’s Closet, Ravenswood, $3,000 to buy clothes, footwear, and hygiene objects for kids in foster care and for emergency wants;
South Parkersburg United Methodist Church, Parkersburg, $3,000 to buy meals for college students at Gihon, Martin, and Fairplans Elementary Faculties for the backpack ministry program; The Hope Store, Elizabeth, $4,150 to help the acquisition of eggs, bread, and milk for his or her voucher program; The Ronald McDonald Home of Huntington, $850 to buy groceries to supply free meals to households with significantly ailing or injured youngsters from the Mid-Ohio Valley;
The Salvation Military of Marietta, Ohio, $5,000 to help night time stays at accommodations for folks with out enough shelter in the course of the winter in Washington County; Torch UMC, Coolville, Ohio, $2,000 to help the pantry with meals purchases and different emergency wants for shoppers; Voices of the Streets Basically Yours, Parkersburg, $1,000 to buy private hygiene and family cleansing merchandise;
Wesley UMC, Vienna, $600 to buy snacks for the weekend for Neal Elementary college students; West Central Regional Drug Court docket, Parkersburg, $2,000 to help drug courtroom individuals with clothes, toiletries, and rental help to assist preserve secure, sober residing.
Twenty-one organizations acquired help totaling $342,595 for his or her efforts addressing the well being wants of their communities within the precedence areas of Wholesome Consuming, Energetic Residing; Thriving Neighborhoods; and Psychological Well being and Dependancy.
Wholesome Consuming, Energetic Residing Precedence Space grants had been awarded to Calhoun County Committee on Getting old, Grantsville, $5,000 to help the conversion of a truck to a scorching/chilly field truck for his or her Meals on Wheels deliveries; Federal Valley Useful resource Heart; Stewart, Ohio, $11,200 to buy coolers and a freezer for his or her pantry; Hocking, Athens, Perry Group Motion (HAPCAP), Glouster, Ohio, $20,000 to help their program serving moms experiencing meals insecurity in Athens, Meigs, and Washington counties;
Dwell Wholesome Appalachia, Athens, Ohio, $20,000 to help the planning, implementation and analysis of their youngsters’s wholesome cooking and existence program; Roane County PATCH, Spencer, $20,000 to help the acquisition of a excessive tunnel for his or her daycare middle in Ripley; Washington County Agricultural and Mechanical Affiliation, Marietta, Ohio, $5,000 to assist improve the prevailing playground tools in Civitan Park;
Washington County Well being Division, Marietta, Ohio, $4,550 to safe tools and lab provides obligatory to finish very fundamental wellness checks; West Virginia College Extension-Household Vitamin Program, Charleston, $10,000 to buy produce to be positioned in domestically owned shops in communities with restricted meals entry in Ritchie, Tyler, and Pleasants counties.
Thriving Neighborhoods Precedence Space awards had been acquired by Athens Metropolis-County Well being Division, Athens, Ohio, $10,000 to help the hiring of a director who will develop and implement motion plans to enhance high quality of life for older adults and the broader group in Athens County; Cairo Volunteer Fireplace Division, Cairo, $5,000 to buy a refurbished coronary heart monitor; Group Assets, Parkersburg, $12,000 to help an extra part-time place to help with transportation requests from seniors and other people in restoration to their appointments;
Glow Motion, Ravenswood, $1,250 to buy journey backpacks for folks experiencing homelessness; Pleasants Christian Outreach Heart, St. Marys, $4,000 to help renovation prices for his or her transitional houses.
Roane County Household Healthcare, Spencer, $35,000 for the acquisition and set up of a brand new Voice Over Web Protocol (VOIP) phone system and for COVID-safe ready room chairs; Washington State Group Faculty, Marietta, Ohio, $50,000 to help a grasp’s diploma Success Coach to develop the nursing program capability.
Within the Psychological Well being and Dependancy Precedence Space, Appalachian Heart for Financial Networks, Athens, Ohio, $18,595 to help workers working with people in restoration and with survivors of trauma and abuse who’re present process a job coaching and employment program; Cornerstone Gospel Church, Vienna, $1,000 to assist preserve the transport of people to and from restoration applications; Hope Home, Ravenswood, $45,000 to help working prices for brand new workers, companies, and management coaching;
Marietta (Ohio) Faculty, $20,000 for program help addressing their college students’ psychological well being wants; Survivor Advocacy Outreach Program, Nelsonville, Ohio, $40,000 to help program and working prices that addresses workforce, housing, and childcare for people recovering from trauma and abuse; Voices for Youngsters Basis- CASA Program, Parkersburg, $5,000 to assist recruit and practice volunteers who function court-appointed representatives for kids who skilled abuse and trauma.
The Basis is accepting requests underneath the precedence areas of psychological well being and habit, thriving neighborhoods; and wholesome consuming, energetic residing, with a due date of Jan. 18. By midnight of this date, candidates should submit a full software for the Fundamental Wants/Direct Service Grants Program or a letter of inquiry for the Responsive Grants Program.
Nonprofits are inspired to contact Bauer at 304-424-6080 or mbauer@sistershealthfdn.org with questions on whether or not their grant request could also be an excellent match for the Fundamental Wants/Direct Service Grants Program. Letters of inquiry for the Responsive Grants Program could also be submitted on-line at www.sistershealthfdn.org with out scheduling a previous telephone dialog.
