WCCF Announces 2014 Spring Grants

The Wayne County Community Foundation (WCCF) Board of Trustees met in May and approved grant awards for the Spring competitive grant cycle. Eighteen organizations were awarded grants totaling $125,600 from some of the Foundation’s named funds:

The Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank received $1,500 from the Harold W. Picking Charitable Fund and $3,500 from the John G. Taggert Community Fund to support Wayne County food distributions.

The Boys & Girls Club of Wooster/Wooster City Schools received $500 from the WCCF General Fund for their summer program to be held at the Edgewood Middle School.

The Cornerstone Elementary School PTO received $5,000 from the Earle and Ann Klosterman Family Community Fund and $5,000 from an anonymous community fund to help rebuild the school playground.  

Friends of Hospice Wayne County Ohio received $5,000 from an anonymous community fund to construct a drive-thru portico at the donations entrance of Friendtique to facilitate volunteer drop-offs during inclement weather.

Goodwill Industries of Wayne and Holmes Counties Inc. received $5,000 from the John Kaylor Memorial Fund to acquire safety equipment for their recycling operation.

Horizons of Tuscarawas and Carroll Counties, Inc. received $8,000 from the John Kaylor Memorial Fund to purchase a handicapped accessible van for non-medical transportation for individuals with developmental disabilities in Wayne County.

Learn ‘N Play of Wooster received $5,000 from the WCCF General Fund for their Step Up To Quality Program.

Liberty Center Connections Inc. received $5,000 from an anonymous community fund, $4,000 from the Tug and Alma Maibach Family Fund, $4,000 from the Charles R. and Henrietta Yenne Fund, and $2,000 from the Ceylon E. Hudson Charitable Fund for Phase I of their Facility Security and Access Control project.

Meals on Wheels of Stark & Wayne Counties received $800 from the WCCF General Fund and $1,600 from the Lillian Steiner Community Fund for new coolers for their meal delivery program.  

The Moreland Community Historical Society received $5,000 from the John G. Taggert Community Fund for the Moreland Community Historical Society Township House Restoration project.

The Orrville Area Boys & Girls Club received $15,000 from the Carl E. Congdon, Jr. and Susanna Congdon McIntyre Memorial Fund to replace their main HVAC unit.  

The Orrville Band Parents/Orrville City Schools received $10,000 from the Carl E. Congdon, Jr. and Susanna Congdon McIntyre Memorial Fund for their “88 Keys for OHS” project to aid in the purchase of a concert grand piano and Fresnel stage lighting for the Orrville Performing Arts Center.

The Salvation Army-Maiwurm Service Center received $5,000 from the John Kaylor Memorial Fund, $3,000 from the Edward, Arlene and Kaye Maibach Community Fund, $1,000 from the John G. Taggert Community Fund, and $1,000 from the Leonard Schnell Community Fund to support their Emergency Assistance program.

The Smithville Community Historical Society received $3,100 from the WCCF General Fund to replace the roof on the Education Wing of the Historic Church of God, in Smithville.

Wayne County ABLE/Wayne County Schools Career Center received $10,400 toward a copier for the Orrville ABLE location from the Carl E. Congdon, Jr. and Susanna Congdon McIntyre Memorial Fund and $4,900 from the John Kaylor Memorial Fund for printers and laptops for other ABLE locations in Wayne County.

The Wayne County Board of Developmental Disabilities, Ida Sue School received $500 from the Albert "Koby" Kobilarcik Educational Fund to purchase a Tobii S32 Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) speech device to help students communicate their needs.

The Wayne County Humane Society received $4,000 from the WCCF General Fund and $5,0000 from the John G. Taggert Community Fund to help institute a spay and neuter program.

The Wayne County Public Library (WCPL) received $1,800 from the Marjorie B. Newland Memorial Fund to assist the genealogy department of WCPL in their “Wayne County Ohio Through the Years” project.

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 360 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. Due to the Labor Day holiday in 2014, the September deadline is Tuesday, September 2, 2014 (by noon). The grant guidelines and online application are available on their website, www.waynecountycommunityfoundation.org.