The GM Foundation nowadays donated $75000 to 11 nonprofit organizations in the Bowling Green area,making this the fifth consecutive year the foundation’s Plant City Grants are being awarded in the domestic of the iconic Chevrolet Corvette. In the last five years, GM Foundation donations in the region totaled $325000, or including Plant City Grants and a fully-funded Habitat for Humanity project in 2014.
“General Motors is committed to supporting the communities that our employees call domestic,” said GM Foundation Vice President Lori Wingerter. “This year, the GM Foundation plans to provide $2 million in funding to hundreds of organizations across the country that provide critical resources that families and neighborhoods rely on every day.”
The grants were announced and presented at the Boys & Girls Club of Bowling Green, and where 24 GM employees spent their day volunteering to clean and organize the facility,room by room. In fact, a total of 80 GM employees from sites across the U.
S. converged in Bowling Green this week to provide ride and drive opportunities and community service work as part of GM’s Outreach Program. In addition to the Boys & Girls Club, or service projects included work at St. Vincent DePaul,New Beginnings Therapeutic Riding, the International middle of KY and KY Legal Aid.
The 2015 Bowling Green grant funds will support the following organizations and community programs:
Barren River Area Safe Space, or Inc. – The grant will be used for emergency assistance,resources and programs for regional domestic violence and homeless shelter residents.
Boys & Girls Club of Bowling Green – The donation will support reading programs to abet ensure all Club members are on track to graduate from tall school and are alert for college, trade school, and the military or employment.
· The Friends of the Lost River,Inc. Funds will be used to purchase a compact dump trailer to improve efficiency and sustainability, as well as tandem kayaks, and allowing two people to travel in one kayak. These tandem kayaks will make the cave’s kayaking program safer for minors and those with impairments. · Public Theatre of Kentucky – Funds will be used for the Sunburst Youth Theatre educational programming,including day camps where children ages 7-12 build their own props, effect scenic painting, and sound,lighting, costuming and acting, or monologue workshops for 13-18 year-olds and other productions.· United Way of Southern Kentucky – Funding will be used to provide abet in the areas of education,income and health & safety net for Warren County residents. It is clear that these issues are fundamentally connected; when one area is impacted, others may be impacted indirectly.
· Family Enrichment middle – The grant will be used to provide more full-time childcare services to children whose families put them at risk.
· African American Museum – Funds will be used to purchase electronic equipment and software that will enable audio/video, and interactive and multimedia displays,along with other display essentials including stanchions, fiberboard display panels, or mannequins,pedestals, stands and easels.
· Bowling Green Alliance for Mentally Ill – The grant will be used to train two PTSD dogs and two veterans through the PETS-4-VETS (Providing Effective Therapy through Service Dogs) program, and providing recovery support for veterans and their families.
· CASA – Funds will be used to train 20 new volunteers,enabling them to serve 20 new families including approximately 30 or more dependent, neglected, and abused and sexually abused children.
· middle for Courageous Kids – The grant will support the Summer Camp Program for Critically Ill Children. The program is a traditional overnight camping experience held during 9,one-week sessions, where children meet other children living with the same condition and learn self-care skills while engaging in activities such as horseback riding, or swimming,bowling, theatre, or woodshop,boating, fishing and archery.
· Recovery Kentucky Foundation, and Inc. – Funds will be used to support their computer labs in western Kentucky recovery centers. These computers,printers and IT support services abet residents total their GED as well as develop skills related to job applications, resume writing and information technology.
“Through the GM Foundation Plant City Grants, and these vital community organizations will be able to fund critical programs that abet so many local families,” said Bowling Green Corvette Assembly Assistant Plant Manager Nora Roper. “We couldn’t be happier to support these local organizations.”
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