2007 St. Benedict's Foundation
Grant Recipients
Boys
and Girls Club of
Weber-Davis
$15,130
(Best
Friends Mentoring Program)
Who:
School-age
children
How: Funding
of a peer mentoring program with an educational
focus. This is an after school program.
Outcome: 45
children and 15 volunteer mentors participated
in 2006
Catholic
Community
Services
$3,000
(St.
Martha's Baby Layette Project)
Who: New
mothers and infants
How: Funding
to purchase materials needed to provide infant layette items to new mothers
who have no support system, family, or extended family. This program is
provided through a volunteer committee of women who knit, crochet, and sew
baby blankets and clothes to be delivered to the new mothers before leaving
the hospital.
Outcome: 710
infants assisted in 2006
Center
for Grieving
Children
$36,312
(Camp
Comfort & support groups)
How: Provides
services to relieve suffering of children, teens, and families who are
grieving the loss of a loved one due to death, divorce, or separation. Also
provides services to those with anticipatory grief (children with a loved
one who is dying).
Outcome: 640 individuals received grief support in 2006
Family
Counseling Services
$52,955
Who:
Women,
children and families in crisis
How: Strategic
funding to provide services to uninsured individuals
and families where physical, sexual, and emotional trauma has occurred.
Outcome: 435
individuals were provided emergency counseling
services in 2006
Family
Support Center of
Ogden
$41,607
(Bright
Beginnings Program)
How: Funding
of English/Spanish programs which teach parenting skills, especially for
new parents. This is a prevention and early intervention program for
families at risk for child abuse.
Outcome: 75
families completed the Bright Beginnings in-home
training. Based on scores from a pre- and post-test,
92% of parents increased their knowledge of parenting skills in 2006
Midtown
Community Health
Center
$10,000
How: Subsidize
health care for children coming to the clinic for the first time, without
any means of payment.
Outcome: 576
children received medical care in 2006
Ogden
Rescue Mission
Clinic
$4,000
How: Subsidize
the purchase of prescription medication and supplies for free clinic.
Outcome: 2,000
individuals received assistance in 2006
Ogden
School District
Foundation
$6,124
(Colors
of Success Program)
Who:
School-age
children
How: Supports
Ogden City Schools gang prevention through a mentoring program for at risk
school age children. School activities and community service learning
projects are provided during and after school. This funding will be used
with matching funds from the State Gang Prevention grant.
Outcome: 88
school age children have stayed in school and participated in the Colors of
Success program in 2006
Prevent
Child Abuse
Utah
$11,481
(Stop
Violence Start Safety Program)
Who:
School-age
children
How: Provides
funding for an intervention program for youth who have been suspended from
school for safe school violations, in juvenile court, or have been identified
as being at risk for violent or aggressive behaviors.
Outcome: 220
students completed the program and passed with an average post-test score of
92% in 2006
St.
Joseph’s Catholic
Schools
$11,348
Who:
School-age
children
How: Tuition
assistance for students who would not
otherwise be able to attend a private Catholic school due to
financial hardship.
Outcome: 13 students received scholarships in 2006
Utah
School for the Deaf and
Blind
$7,120
Who: Children
attending the Utah School for the Deaf and Blind
How: Provided
hearing/visual aids to children and families without financial means.
Outcome: 20
students received assistance in 2006
Weber
State
University
$3,026
(Services
for Women Students)
Who:
Women
students
How: Scholarship
funding which is channeled through Services for Women Students at Weber
State. The scholarship provides tuition assistance for women who would
otherwise not be able to attend college.
Outcome: 4
students per year with a graduation rate of 100%
Weber
State University
$3,026
(TAPT)
Who:
Elementary
Education students
How: Scholarship
funding which is channeled through the Education
Department at Weber State University. The scholarship provides tuition assistance to students in the
Teacher’s Assistance Path to Teaching program.
Outcome: 5
students per year with a graduation rate of 100%
2007 St. Benedict's Foundation
Special Funds
Assistance Fund
Who: Low-income
and homeless individuals
How:
The
Assistance Fund is distributed by Sister Stephanie Mongeon, OSB, through her
work in Pastoral Care at Ogden Regional Medical Center. The Fund provides
limited medical resources to individuals experiencing a medical crisis.
Outcome: 43 individuals assisted in 2006
Watson
Endowment Fund
Who: Radiation
Therapy student
at Weber State University
How: Scholarship
funding provided by the Dr. Joseph R. Watson Endowment. The scholarship
provides tuition assistance to a student in his/her last semester of
studies.
Outcome: New
this year
2007
Funding Partners
Thanks
to these organizations, the Foundation is able to grant
$205,129 to the 14 programs listed above.
Bank of Utah
Barnes Aerospace
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Foundation
Sterling and Shelli Gardner Foundation
Alan and Jeanne Hall Foundation
Key Bank Foundation
Ralph Nye Foundation
Regence Community Health Fund
Schneiter's Riverside Golf
Dr. W. C. Swanson Foundation
Wells Fargo Bank
We
thank our generous benefactors for believing in our mission and
purpose.
Together we can support programs that create hope for the future.
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