The Zonta Foundation of Southwest Florida has awarded a $10,375 grant to Southwest Florida Addiction Services (SWFAS) to provide educational needs for women recovering from substance abuse at SWFAS' Transitional Living Center on Dixie Parkway in Fort Myers.



The money will be used to help about 20 women pursue an education by providing tuition, educational materials, books and transportation. About $2,000 of the grant will be used to purchase a new computer and software to enable the women to complete coursework and file job applications.



Some of the funds also will be used to train staff in "Seeking Safety," a curriculum designed to educate staff in dealing with untreated trauma that frequently exists among women with addictions.



The overall goal is to help women in recovery obtain the skills they need to earn a living wage and become self-sufficient in the workplace.



"While at SWFAS' Transitional Living Center, the women work very hard at learning skills for the job of living in sobriety, this grant will help them build on their newfound skills and give them something more to enhance their chances of maintaining their sobriety and self-sufficiency," Boisvert said. They also give of themselves."



Zonta has been a partner with the women in the SWFAS Transitional Living Center since 2000 and has provided grants totaling $56,824 to support the needs of women recovering from substance abuse.



SWFAS opened the 16-bed women's halfway house at the SWFAS Transitional Living Center in 2009. The women's facility provides treatment for 40 to 50 women per year who have completed the residential treatment program and moved into the halfway house for extended treatment.



SWFAS is the most comprehensive substance abuse treatment and prevention program in Southwest Florida, serving 6,000 people per year from ages 9 to 90.

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By Jeff Bishop

The Times-Herald

The Coweta Community Foundation is doing its part to remember local servicemen this Memorial Day weekend by awarding the Coweta Commission on Veterans Affairs a grant to cover costs associated with honoring more than 20 Coweta servicemen who were killed in the Vietnam War.

The $1,000 grant will also help fund the costs of displaying the "Wall That Heals" at the Coweta County Fairgrounds this year. The Coweta Community Foundation has voted to commit $6,800 in grants to local arts organizations and community groups, including the Community Welcome House, Masterworks Chorale and Bridging the Gap.

"The Coweta Community Foundation had a very successful response to its recent spring grant campaign," said board member Connie Singleton.

In February the CCF invited non-profit organizations doing community service in Coweta County -- and supporting such goals as education, the arts, helping the needy or health-related efforts -- to apply for financial help, not to exceed $1,000.

Some of the organizations which have received CCF grants in the past include Angel House, Brewton-Parker College, Carnegie Foundation, the Coweta County Centre for Performing and Visual Arts, Coweta Food Pantry, Coweta County Training Center, Juvenile Diabetes Research Association, the Newnan Boys & Girls' Club, One Roof Ecumenical Alliance Outreach, Prevent Child Abuse Coweta, as well as various programs within the Coweta County Schools.

Brenda Goins named to board of Community Foundation of South Jersey | NJ.com
The Community Foundation of South Jersey (CFSJ) has added Brenda Goins to the Board of Directors.

Goins, who is currently the Executive Director of Salem Health and Wellness Foundation, and who previously served as a CFSJ Grant Investment Advisor, will join the board immediately.

Goins has been a strategic part of nonprofits in South Jersey for the past twenty years. In 2007, Brenda became Executive Director of the Salem Health and Wellness Foundation.

It is an honor to be asked to be a part of the Community Foundation of South Jersey. A two-fold benefit for all, said Goins.

The Community Foundation of South Jersey is a nonprofit, public charity that enables a broad cross-section of donors to easily and effectively support causes they care about, immediately or through planned giving.

Created by and for the people of South Jersey, CFSJ is the first community foundation dedicated to the people and communities in Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean and Salem counties.

For more information, contact Sidney Hargro or Priscilla Hopkins-Smith at (856) 216-8150 or info@communityfoundationsj.org.

ABU DHABI - The Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) and the Emirates Foundation for Philanthropy announced that 80 schools in Abu Dhabi Emirate have been awarded financial grants ranging between AED 3000-10,000 each for establishment and management of Eco club.

Establishing successful Eco-clubs is one of the four Sustainable Schools Initiative (SSI) components.

Eduardo Goncalves, Director, Environmental Awareness Sector, EAD said: As the leaders of tomorrow, it is critical that we engage children effectively in the environmental challenges that our society is facing.

All schools registered under the Sustainable School Initiative have to set up an Eco club to translate awareness into action and to reach out to their parents and neighborhoods.

Students in SSI schools also have to measure their schools environmental impacts and then set targets to address this impact.

ABU DHABI - The Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) and the Emirates Foundation for Philanthropy announced that 80 schools in Abu Dhabi Emirate have been awarded financial grants ranging between AED 3000-10,000 each for establishment and management of Eco club.

Establishing successful Eco-clubs is one of the four Sustainable Schools Initiative (SSI) components.

Eduardo Goncalves, Director, Environmental Awareness Sector, EAD said: As the leaders of tomorrow, it is critical that we engage children effectively in the environmental challenges that our society is facing.

All schools registered under the Sustainable School Initiative have to set up an Eco club to translate awareness into action and to reach out to their parents and neighborhoods.

Students in SSI schools also have to measure their schools environmental impacts and then set targets to address this impact.

File photoJuan Olivarez, named the new president of Grand Rapids' Aquinas College, has led the Kalamazoo Community Foundation for the last three years. July 2008, Juan Olivarez joined the organization in the middle of an economic downturn.

By fall, an economy teetering on the rocks had crashed, plunging communities, businesses and individuals headfirst into difficult financial waters.

Olivarez, 61, hadnt planned on navigating the Community Foundation through such economic problems when he took over that The initiative is scheduled to run through 2012.

Targeting education

As a former school teacher and president of Grand Rapids Community College for 10 years, Olivarez has long had a focus on The foundation hosted a speaker recently aimed at helping children develop proper money habits.

Most important to Olivarez, though, is something that hasnt been officially announced yet.

The initiative focuses on improving literacy and community engagement around education, and likely will be announced within To me, it has everything to do with economic development, it has everything to do with community development, it has everything to do with quality of life and creating a community where people want to live, raise children and stay.

Finding a successor

A plan for transition to his replacement is being worked out between Olivarez, the Community Foundation and Aquinas College.

A specific timeline has not been set for his official departure or when his successor will be named. of the Community Foundations Board of Trustees.

And while his move to Aquinas College may be viewed as a return home both to Grand Rapids and his alma mater Olivarez

File photoJuan Olivarez, named the new president of Grand Rapids' Aquinas College, has led the Kalamazoo Community Foundation for the last three years. July 2008, Juan Olivarez joined the organization in the middle of an economic downturn.

By fall, an economy teetering on the rocks had crashed, plunging communities, businesses and individuals headfirst into difficult financial waters.

Olivarez, 61, hadnt planned on navigating the Community Foundation through such economic problems when he took over that The initiative is scheduled to run through 2012.

Targeting education

As a former school teacher and president of Grand Rapids Community College for 10 years, Olivarez has long had a focus on The foundation hosted a speaker recently aimed at helping children develop proper money habits.

Most important to Olivarez, though, is something that hasnt been officially announced yet.

The initiative focuses on improving literacy and community engagement around education, and likely will be announced within To me, it has everything to do with economic development, it has everything to do with community development, it has everything to do with quality of life and creating a community where people want to live, raise children and stay.

Finding a successor

A plan for transition to his replacement is being worked out between Olivarez, the Community Foundation and Aquinas College.

A specific timeline has not been set for his official departure or when his successor will be named. of the Community Foundations Board of Trustees.

And while his move to Aquinas College may be viewed as a return home both to Grand Rapids and his alma mater Olivarez

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The Foundation of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Recognizes Organizations Providing Oral Health Care Access to Children in Need

NEW YORK, May 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children (HSHC), the Foundation of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD), awarded five Access to Care Grants to organizations that supported local service initiatives and provided oral health care to underserved children and/or children with limited access to care.

Access to Care Grants were awarded to: the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine's (CDM) Community DentCare program (New York), Desert Mission, Inc.'s Dental Care Expansion to Serve More Children in Need (Arizona), the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry at the University of Southern California's (USC) Homeless Children's Oral Health program (California), the Illinois Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics' Bright Smiles from Birth program (Illinois), and New York University's The ABC's of Early Childhood Oral Health for Rural Practitioners (New York). Children who are recent immigrants to the U.S.; children in non-fluoridated communities; children from impoverished families; and children with special health care needs, such as the chronically ill, homebound, physically impaired or developmentally disabled.

The USC/URM Dental Clinic is a partnership between the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of the University of Southern California (USC) and the Union Rescue Mission (URM), a non-profit organization whose mission is to serve the poor and homeless residents of inner-city Los Angeles. Primary activities include advocacy on behalf of children, families, and health professionals in Illinois; the provision of continuing medical education and other resources for pediatricians, pediatric specialists, and other child health care providers; and collaboration with other state organizations and agencies on programs and projects that improve the health and well-being of children.

NYUCD's mission is to partner with students in achieving academic excellence, providing the best oral health care, and engaging in research, scholarship and creative endeavors to improve the health of the highly diverse populations in New York City and around the world.

Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children, the Foundation of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, was established in 1987 by the AAPD to support and promote service, education and research that advances the oral health of infants and children through adolescence, including those with special health care needs.