WCCF Announces Fall 2013 Grants

The Wayne County Community Foundation (WCCF) Board of Trustees met in November and approved grant awards for the Fall competitive grant cycle. Ten organizations were awarded grants totaling more than $85,600 from some of the Foundation’s named funds:

The Adaptive Sports Program of Ohio received $2,020 from the WCCF General Fund to purchase portable scoreboards and shot clocks for their wheelchair basketball program.

The Christian Children's Home of Ohio received $9,500 from the Nolan and Elsie Hite Community Fund and $10,000.00 from an anonymous community fund to help renovate/remodel two residential cottages and to acquire the needed capital equipment/supplies for living areas and a staff office.

The Kidron Community Historical Society received a $8,854 challenge grant from the WCCF General Fund to run water and sewer lines from Sonnenberg Village to the Kidron Sewage System.

Main Street Wooster, Inc. received $2,500 from the John G. Taggert Community Fund to produce the conceptual drawings and viability studies for an outdoor performing arts space in downtown Wooster.

The Norwayne Athletic Boosters received $1,000 from the Marjorie B. Newland Memorial Fund to construct a restroom and concession stand facility at the Norwayne Community Stadium.

The Orrville Historical Museum received a $25,000 challenge grant from the Carl E. Congdon, Jr. and Susanna Congdon McIntyre Memorial Fund to provide air conditioning for the Orrville Historical Museum to improve collections care.

The Orrville YMCA, Inc. received $11,429 from the Carl E. Congdon, Jr. and Susanna Congdon McIntyre Memorial Fund to provide a new accounting and networking system for the Orrville/Dalton facilities and a fire alarm system for the Dalton facility.

The Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio received $4,310 from the Margaret Hauenstein Memorial Fund to replace the frames surrounding three large display windows in the General Store and Clothing Shop.

The YMCA of Wooster received $5,500 from an anonymous community fund to purchase three Aqua Bikes for Wooster High School pool.

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Wooster Ohio Inc. received $3,200 from the WCCF General Fund and $2,300 from the Lillian Steiner Community Fund to replace the roof on the annex building.

The WCCF is a not-for-profit charitable community organization established in 1978 to accept contributions, create and administer funds, and make grants for the benefit of the people of the greater Wayne County area. The Foundation has awarded more than $53 million in the form of grants and scholarships from its 350 separate funds.

Its Community and Field-of-Interest funds permit the WCCF Board of Trustees to be responsive to the changing needs of the community. Donations to these funds by individuals, families, businesses and service organizations allow for greater future grant opportunities. Contact Sara Patton, WCCF Executive Director, for more information.

Competitive grant applications from nonprofit, tax-exempt, charitable organizations are accepted March 1 and September 1 each year. The grant guidelines and online application are available on their website, www.waynecountycommunityfoundation.org.