Community Cares Grant Recipients

 

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(Celebration begins at the 12:45 minute mark of the video.)

LifePoint Church Livestream of 2022 Community Cares Celebration

2023 Community Cares Grant Awards

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American Red Cross – direct needs for disaster victims

$4,500
Bays Cares Best Foot Forward Program –   purchase shoes for kids

$2,500

Central Missouri Foster Care  & Adoption – provide respite events for foster families in Laclede County 

$5,000

Conway Senior Center – purchase food for senior meals

$4,500

COPE – to help with rental deposits and moving expenses for clients leaving the shelter and transitioning into their own apartments

Crosslines Ministry – help families pay utility bills

$7,500

 

$12,000

Elevate Lebanon, Inc. – purchase textbooks and help feed students dinner on days they are in class

$3,000

Free Store Ministry – help with insurance and trash removal at facility

$9,500

Friends of the Library – support summer reading program

$1,500

Hillcrest Education Center – purchase safety supplies, tools, etc.

$2,500

Hughes Senior Center – food for meal program 

$7,500

Kiwanis Club of Lebanon – clothing for children in need

$2,500

L-LIFE Food Pantry – support facility rent and utilities

$11,500

Laclede County Drug Council – drug awareness program expenses

$750

Laclede Industries  – transportation expenses for disabled employees

$3,500

Laclede Literacy Council – purchase tutoring materials

$1,000

Lane Change, Inc. – cover the cost of counseling for clients in need

$4,010

Lebanon Family YMCA – provide financial assistance for members

$250

Lebanon R-3 Social Services – support student needs such as clothing, shoes, medical/dental visits, medicine, etc.

$3,000

LifePoint Food Pantry – purchase food and hygiene products from Ozarks Food Harvest for those in need.

$9,500

Live 2 Give Hope : Fostering Hope Closet – assist with general operating support covering a portion of their rent and utilities

$5,000

New Life Project – for operational expenses such as transportation, utilities, groceries, insurance, etc.

OATS Transit – cover the cost of fuel for one bus operating daily in Lebanon.

$5,000

 

$4,500

Project 360 Youth Services – for utilities and liability insurance for the facility

$4,500

Share the Fair – cover the cost of processing donated meat for area food pantries

$3,190

Shepherd’s Pack Program – provide food for the weekend for students in Lebanon and Joel E. Barber school districts.

$7,500

Stoutland Senior Center – food for meal program

 

The Salvation Army – food for Laclede County residents in need

 

Total Grants Awarded to Local Nonprofits = $140,000.00

$3,800

 

$10,500