General Grants: June 2012

Central Virginia Health Services

$486,565
Continued support for primary care access at the Appomattox Health and Wellness Center.

Chesterfield CASA, Inc.

$30,000
For continued funding of the training and supervision of volunteer child advocates in the Foundation’s service area.

Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Alliance for Social Ministry

$40,000
Towards continued general operating support as the organization expands across the Tri-Cities.

Dinwiddie County Public Schools

$11,600
For the Community Health Fair 2013: On the Road to Wellness.

Drive-To-Work

$21,000
For continued support of the Tri-Cities Project, which assists low-income and previously incarcerated persons with restoring their driving privileges so they can drive to work and hold a job.

Petersburg Area Regional Tourism Corporation

$50,000
For technology upgrades and enhancements as well as the Lincoln Initiative, a regional marketing strategy campaign tied to the promotional activities of the DreamWorks’ Lincoln movie (filmed locally) and the 150th commemoration of the Siege of Petersburg.

Petersburg Health Department

$192,000
For continued support of the HealthSpace Teen Center.

Prevent Blindness Mid-Atlantic

$26,500
For the Starpupils Technology Driven School Vision Screening Pilot, a school-based program using digital imaging technology to improve vision screenings.

project:Homes

$55,000
To support the Tri-Cities Renew Crew Repair and Accessibility Program.

Rawls Museum Arts

$20,000
To continue providing arts enrichment programs to students in Sussex County Public Schools.

St. Joseph’s Villa

$43,000
To support the Tri-Cities Housing Resource Center, which provides case management, referral, homelessness prevention, and Rapid Rehousing services in the local area.

Theatre IV

$21,000
To provide 12 performances of Hugs and Kisses, a children’s musical production aimed at child sexual abuse prevention, in The Cameron Foundation’s service area.

United Way of Greater Richmond and Petersburg

$88,150
For early childhood systems building and key strategies of literacy, the Virginia Star Quality Initiative, and the regional Kindergarten Readiness & Registration Campaign in Petersburg and surrounding areas.

Urban League of Greater Richmond

$98,900
Continued support for the Project Employment initiative in Petersburg.

YMCA of Greater Richmond

$88,000
For youth programming through the Petersburg YMCA as well as those serving the Colonial Ridge and Broadwater communities through the Chester branch.