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YWCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Donation Amount: $7,125.00
YWCA of Metropolitan Dallas - grant approved to provide scholarships to 100 youth ages 4 through 13 to participate in the YWCA Team Sports Programs including basketball, soccer, volleyball, softball, t-ball, flag football and swimming.
Equest
Donation Amount: $5,000.00
Equest - grant approved to provide scholarships for children to participate in the Unified Summer Camp Program which provides equine assisted therapy and rehabilitation for children with physical, mental, emotional and learning disabilities.
Wednesday's Child Benefit Corporation
Donation Amount: $3,000.00
Wednesday's Child Benefit Corporation - grant approved to support the Summer Camp Scholarship Project which enables foster children the opportunity to attend the summer camp of their choice.
Oak Cliff Boys & Girls Club
Donation Amount: $10,000.00
Oak Cliff Boys & Girls Club - grant approved to build a Sport Court. The Foundation is being matched equally by a personal grant from Steve Nash.
Saint Paul Hospice
Donation Amount: $7,500.00
Saint Paul Hospice - grant approved to purchase self-expression tools (i.e. art supplies, punching bags, pillows, child size furniture) that children may use to help them deal with their grief over the loss of a loved one through the Healing Hearts program.
Happy Hill Farm Academy
Donation Amount: $10,000.00
Happy Hill Farm Academy - grant approved to replace uniforms and equipment for their sports program, including basketball, baseball, football, and track.
Girls Incorporated of Metropolitan Dallas
Donation Amount: $5,000.00
Girls Incorporated of Metropolitan Dallas - grant approved to provide sports equipment for four sports clinics (serving 1000 youth) that will teach girls skills in basketball, soccer, track and volleyball and the awards for the first Girl Olympics which will be held at the new Girls Inc. site in Pleasant Grove.
Wesley Rankin Community Center
Donation Amount: $7,500.00
Wesley Rankin Community Center - grant approved to provide computer equipment, computer programs, sports activities and funding for the TEAM program (Teaching Empowerment through Athletic Means) for the youth involved in the elementary, junior and senior high after school programs.
Buckner Children and Family Services, Inc.
Donation Amount: $10,000.00
Buckner Children & Family Services of North Texas - grant approved to support a life skills and character development program at the five satellite Buckner locations. This program includes therapeutic games, life skills curriculum materials (videotapes, books, handouts, etc.), and nutrition/health education materials. The grant will also fund the English as a Second Language Software and training for the Vickery Family Wellness Center.
National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Dallas Section
Donation Amount: $3,800.00
National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Dallas Section - grant approved to provide 400 backpacks for the 5-year-old graduates of the HIPPY program. The HIPPY program is a home based educational intervention program that helps parents prepare their three, four and five year old children for school.
Voice of Hope Ministries
Donation Amount: $7,127.00
Voice of Hope Ministries - grant approved to provide roof repairs, new rims, backboards and basketballs for a gym renovation program.
Dental Health of Arlington, Inc.
Donation Amount: $5,900.00
Dental Health of Arlington, Inc. - grant approved to provide supplies for a school-based preventive dental program.
American Lung Association of Texas
Donation Amount: $4,930
American Lung Association of Texas - grant approved to provide scholarship tuition for 34 campers to participate in the Camp Jeffrey Green Children's Asthma week-long residential summer camp for Dallas area children.
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas
Donation Amount: $7,500
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas - grant approved to help fund the Project Pass Program. This is a collaborative effort program between the parent, youth, school district and clubs designed to help at-risk youth succeed in school.
The Child Care Group
Donation Amount: $11,765
The Child Care Group - grant approved to purchase playground equipment at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Child Development Center. The playground serves as an extension of the classroom for the development of gross and fine motor skills, for reading and scientific exploration, art projects, imagination and dreams.
Special Camps for Special Kids - Camp John Marc
Donation Amount: $5,000
Special Camps for Special Kids - grant approved to purchase two new, portable basketball goals, which can be adjusted to any height providing maximum flexibility in use for all campers.
North Texas Wheelchair Basketball Conference - Dallas Junior Texans Wheelchair Basketball
Donation Amount: $2,150
North Texas Wheelchair Basketball Conference - grant approved to provide 300 t-shirts for the participants in the Dallas Junior Regional Wheelchair Basketball Tournament.
Navidad en el Barrio Foundation
Donation Amount: $5,000
Navidad en el Barrio Foundation- grant approved to purchase $5000 worth of blue-and-green Mavericks basketballs for the children benefiting from the Navidad en el Barrio holiday program. The program supplies toys to 2,500 needy children through 100+ participating agencies, churches, schools and community centers.