The Welty Family Foundation awarded $200,000 in grants to local nonprofit organizations in its final allocations for 2011.
Recipients were:
• Access Inc., $5,000 for hunger relief programs.
• Akron Community Service Center & Urban League, $6,000 for work-force development initiatives.
• ARC of Summit & Portage Counties Inc., $5,000 for its People Together disability awareness and anti-bullying program.
• Barberton Area Community Ministries, $3,000 to purchase food.
• Battered Women’s Shelter, $12,000 for operating expenses.
• Boy Scouts of America – Great Trail Council, $10,000 for the Camp Manatoc Fitness and Aquatic Center campaign.
• CASA Board Volunteer Association Inc., $3,000 for Child Advocate Volunteer Scholarships.
• Child Guidance & Family Solutions, $4,000 for assessment kits for the Toddlers and Preschoolers Succeeding Program (TAPS).
• Children’s Concert Society, $3,500 for its In-School and Concert Hall Series.
• Children’s Dyslexia Centers Inc. of Akron, $5,000 for free tutoring to help children overcome dyslexia.
• Community Pregnancy Center Inc., $5,000 for the Safety First Project for newborns.
• Crown Point Ecology Center, $2,500 to meet electric service code compliance.
• Cuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet, $5,500 for its 2011-2012 season.
• Evant Inc., $7,500 for activity programs for those with disabilities.
• First Glance Student Center, $2,000 for the Student Leader Program in Kenmore.
• Friends of Metro Parks, $5,000 for the Outside Is In education program.
• Gennesaret Inc., $5,000 to purchase freezers.
• Girl Scouts of North East Ohio, $2,500 for the Positive Futures Program for girls in the Summit County Juvenile Detention Center and Safe Landing Youth Shelter.
• Haven of Rest Ministries Inc., $7,500 for food, shelter and care.
• International Soap Box Derby Inc., $10,000 for marketing/development salary assistance.
• Invent Now Inc., $6,000 for Camp Invention 2012.
• Mobile Meals Inc., $12,000 for meals and supplements.
• NAMI Summit County, $4,000 for its Housewarming Project.
• Oasis Outreach Opportunity Inc., $3,000 for The Way Education Program.
• OPEN M, $10,000 for its free clinic and mental health programs.
• Prevent Blindness Ohio, $3,000 to expand its Vision Care Outreach in the Akron area.
• Rebuilding Together Summit County Inc., $4,000 for home repairs and modifications.
• Salvation Army – Summit County Area Services, $5,000 for the Learning Zone Program.
• Society of St. Vincent de Paul, $6,000 for the AIM High program.
• South Street Ministries, $6,000 for the Youth Leadership Initiative.
• Summa Health System, $10,000 for the Center for Minority Health and Disparities Community Room.
• Tutoring Nurtures Talent Inc., $3,000 for rental fees for tutoring sites.
• Urban Vision, $5,000 for its Set on Success Afterschool and Summer Enrichment program.
• Victory Gallop, $4,000 for its therapeutic horseback riding program.
• Waiting Child Fund, $5,000 for the Summit Permanency Collaborative.
• Women’s Auxiliary Board of the Summit County Children’s Home, $5,000 for its Beds for Kids Program.
Jerry and Emily Welty established the foundation to benefit charitable causes. Grant applications are being accepted through May 1 for the foundation’s June distribution meeting.
For more information, contact Brenda J. Moubray, FirstMerit Bank, Grant Administrator-Family Foundation Office, 106 S. Main St., Fifth Floor-TOW 23, Akron, OH 44308; 330-384-7301; brenda.moubray@firstmerit.
com.