CHILD WELFARE
FOUNDATION
CWF awards half-million in
grants to youth programs
The American Legion Child
Welfare Foundation awarded $530,700 in grants to 18 nonprofit
organizations to support programs that help young people. These are
2008 recipients:
American
Legion Children's Home of
Ponca City, Okla., received $64,000 for a national awareness
initiative.
Mercy
Medical Airlift of Virginia Beach, Va., received $43,000 to develop
five Web sites providing information about charitable long-distance
medical air transportation for children.
Childhood
Leukemia Foundation of Brick, N.J., received $42,000 to produce and
distribute support materials to 140 pediatric oncology hospitals.
Family &
Children's Service of Minneapolis received $40,000 to produce and
distribute a fun, interactive publication that will provide children
and families with opportunities to spend time together.
National
Exchange Club Foundation of Toledo, Ohio, received $39,866 to
produce and distribute materials on positive parenting.
National
Autism Center of Randolph, Mass., received $39,150 to produce a
publication to enable school systems to better serve students with ASD.
Zero to
Three of Washington received $38,459.
Our
Military Kids, Inc., of McLean, Va., received $33,800.
National
Exercise Trainers Association of Minneapolis received $25,870.
National
Marfan Foundation of Port Washington, N.Y., received $25,000.
American
Humane Association of Englewood, Colo., received $24,879.
National
Indian Child Welfare Association of Portland, Ore., received $24,625.
Big
Brothers/Big Sisters, Inc., of McHenry County, III., received $24,351.
Children's
Hunger Alliance of Columbus, Ohio, received $20,000.
Kids In
Danger of Chicago received $16,400.
Give Kids
the World of Kissimmee, Fla., received $14,700.
National
Ability Center of Park City, Utah, received $9,600.
TechMission of Dorchester, Mass., received $5,000.
THE AMERICAN LEGION
MAGAZINE | FEBRUARY 2008
