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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - December 9, 2003

The Paul Clarke Foundation awards grants totaling $284,414 to local agencies in fourth quarter

Fort Wayne, IN: At their November 20, 2003, meeting, the Directors of The Paul Clarke Foundation approved 12 grants totaling $284,414.

A grant of $42,784 was awarded to United Hispanic-Americans, Inc. d.b.a. Benito Juarez Cultural Center for the Adelante! Padres! (Moving Forward! Parents!) Program. The goal of the Adelante! Padres! Program is to help strengthen parent-child-teacher relationships, specifically focusing on generating success in the education of children of Latino parents. The program will feature a bilingual bicultural parent coordinator, who will facilitate outreach to Latino parents to help increase their involvement in their children's education.

Additional Paul Clarke Foundation grants awarded include:

  • Arthur J. Blaising Community Center: $13,500 to help fund Adventure 2004, a summer camp program for elementary and middle school students in the New Haven and Riverhaven communities.
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne, Inc.: $25,000 for the Go Team! Sports, Fitness and Recreation Program, a program designed to promote social and team-building skills in children ages 6 to 18.
  • Foundation for Art and Music in Elementary Education, Inc. (FAME): $10,000 for camp scholarships for at-risk students for the Summer 2004 Fine Arts Camp, with activities including music, dance and drama classes, art projects, and creative writing classes.
  • Girl Scouts of Limberlost Council, Inc.: $25,000 for the Helping Youth Grow Strong program to provide opportunities for a diverse population of inner-city/urban area girls to develop critical life skills to become better integrated into the community.
  • INSIGHT: $6,970 to purchase programming materials and presentation equipment for workshops on effective coping strategies and proficient problem-solving skills for youth and adults undergoing education and financial hardships.
  • Martin Luther King Montessori School, Inc.: $35,000 for student services such as transportation, speech and language therapy, and educational testing and evaluation at the full-day, year-round preschool for children ages 3 to 5.
  • One Church-One Offender, Inc.: $58,640 for Project G.R.O.W. (Guiding Returning Offenders to Wellness), a mentoring program for returning offenders that includes goals for personal development and employment along with those required by probation or parole.
  • Power House Youth Center, Inc.: $18,000 in salary assistance for a Director of Programming who would be dedicated to programs, volunteer development and community relations at the New Haven/Riverhaven area community center for youths from 6th to 12th grade.
  • Science Central, Inc.: $20,064 for the TEAM TV Youth Communications Network, an educational program that utilizes the technological equipment of media production.
  • YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne: $12,000 for the AIM Juvenile Reentry Program, which provides life skill education experiences to youth while they are incarcerated and provides mentors upon release to help them adjust back into their home communities.
  • YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne: $17,456 for the Old Fort Branch Computer Learning Center, a computer lab for both youths and adults which includes instruction in various programs as well as Internet access for school assignments, research, and college entry requirements and applications.

(For more specific information on the above, please contact the organizations.)

The Paul Clarke Foundation was incorporated in 1992 to manage a major gift from Paul Clarke who served as the Fort Wayne Community Foundation's Executive Director from 1972-1984. Funds from The Paul Clarke Foundation are to help disadvantaged youth and their families, with a primary focus on the inner-city of Fort Wayne. Assets of The Paul Clarke Foundation currently total more than $11,000,000.

Quarterly applications can be obtained for The Paul Clarke Foundation by contacting the Fort Wayne Community Foundation at 426-4083, or visit our website at www.fwcf.org and click on the grant opportunities link. The next due date for applications is February 2, 2004.

 

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