Grants Awarded

Mini Grants

• Penns Grove Community Housing Authority – $3,000
  Youth Basketball Camp
• Stand Up for Salem – $3,000
  Summer Teen Employment Program
• Salem County Health Department – $3,000
  2nd Annual Disability Awareness and Caregiver Resource Fair
• Salem High School – $3,000
  Teen PEP program

Salem Smart Start for Parents and Children

• Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative – $25,000

Legacy Grants

• Salem County Health Department – $43,000
  SCOOT Transportation Program
• Salem Community College – $30,000
  Nursing and Allied Health Scholarships for Salem County Residents

2023 Matching Gift Program

• Appel Farm Music and Arts Center
• ARC of Salem County
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cumberland/Salem Counties
• Cornerstone Women’s Resource Center
• Habitat for Humanity of Salem County
• Inspira Foundation
• Meals on Wheels of Salem County
• Pennsville Visiting Nurses Association
• Ranch Hope
• Revive South Jersey
• Salem Little League
• SHADOW Equestrian

Matching Gift Program Total – $40,000

Bancroft – $50,000
Support for sustaining infrastructure at the Lakeside Campus

Habitat for Humanity – $20,000
Ramp Recycling Program

Nonprofit Development Center of South Jersey – $2,500
Salem County Summit

Partners in Prevention – $50,000
Support for a program focusing on alcohol and drug abuse among teens in Salem County.

Penns Grove Community Housing – $3,000
Basketball Camp for Youth

Penns Grove Middle School – $3,000
Afterschool physical activity program

Revive South Jersey – $30,000
Salem City PAL

Rutgers University – $55,000
Continuation of the Grow Health Program in Salem County Schools

Salem Community College – $30,000
Nursing and Allied Health scholarships for Salem County residents

Salem County Department of Health – $9,000
Stigma Free Community Awareness Plan

Salem High School – $13,200
Teen PEP Program

Stand Up for Salem – $3,000
Support for 2022 Cow Run in Salem

Matching Gift Program Total = $145,582

Rutgers University – $55,000
Continuation of the Grow Health Program in Salem County Schools

Salem County Department of Health – $20,000
2021 Health Screening materials

Salem County Office on Aging – $13,350
Matching funds for Salem County rural health related transportation program

Stand Up for Salem – $2,500
Support for 2021 Cow Run in Salem

Matching Gift Program Total = $146,733

Acenda – $75,000
Mental Health Services

Catholic Charities – $19,000
Support for food pantries during COVID 19

Penns Grove Middle School – $3,000
Afterschool physical activity program

Pennsville Township – $20,000
NJ Healthy Communities grant for upgrades to Riverview Park to accommodate Citizens with Disabilities

PRAC – $15,000
Support for lost revenue due to COVID 19

Rutgers University – $55,000
Grow Healthy Salem County

Salem County Office on Aging – $76,796
Matching funds for Salem County rural health related transportation program

Salem High School – $7,500
Teen PEP Program

Salem Medical Center – $4,000,000
Start up support

Salem Medical Center – $10,500,000
Start up support

Matching Gift Program Total = $138,476

Acenda/Previously Robins’ Nest – $100,000
Continued support for Acenda’s work providing mental health services to residents with a focus on children and veterans in Salem County.

Meals on Wheels – $30,000
Support to help Meals on Wheels keep Salem County residents off their waiting list.

Partners in Prevention – $30,000
Support for a program focusing on alcohol and drug abuse among teens in Salem County.

Salem Community College – $85,000
Nursing and Allied Health scholarships for Salem County residents

Salem County 4-H – $1,000
Support for the Real Life Academy which teaches teens life skills as they transition from living at home to living on their own.

Salem County Health Department – $20,000
Continued support for Health Screenings for all Salem County residents.

Salem County Sheriff’s Department – $10,000
Continued support for Community service programs in Salem County

Salem Medical Center – $14,500,000
To support the purchase and revitalization of our local hospital.

Salem Medical Center – $10,000,000
To support the purchase and revitalization of our local hospital.

Salem Middle/High School – $7,750
Continued support for the Teen PEP Program, educating teens on the prevention of teen pregnancy, healthy teen relationships and avoidance of STD’s.

Steered Straight – $18,000
Continued support for Steered Straight to present anti-drug and vaping programs and education in Salem County schools

Matching Gift Program Total = $145,695

American Legion Ambulance Assoc. – $300,000
Continued support for their effort to provide county wide ambulance coverage and shorten response times.

Appel Farm – $50,000
Second round of support for capacity building program started in 2016.

Borough of Penns Grove – $20,250
Assist in the purchase of emergency equipment for Penns Grove Fire Department

Calvary Community Development – $1,300
To purchase exercise equipment for seniors.

Catholic Charities – $77,770
Partnership to provide residents who rely on food pantries with nutritional education and support as well as creating and maintaining a food pantry coalition who provide support for each other.

Central Park School – $2,500
Support of a family health fair.

Community Outreach Unlimited – $2,500
Support for Health Fair focusing primarily on seniors, but open to all residents in Salem County.

Daytop NJ – $44,500
Support programs for teens in substance abuse treatment.

FamCare – $50,000
Additional support for their Capacity Building program started in 2016.

FamCare Inc. – $87,000
Continued support for the “Are you talkin to me” program, which will facilitate communication between parents and teens around pregnancy and STD prevention.

Family Health Initiatives – $66,100
Year 2 funding for the Youth Leadership program working with teens to educate them on sexual health, peer leadership and productive use of social media to reach, educate and support other young people in the community.

Farmyard Education Foundation – $2,500
Garden Field Trip/Nutrition Education

Field Stree School – $2,000
This mini grant is to support Field Street in the purchase of a halo to cover their garden enabling them to extend their growing season.

Friends Village at Woodstown – $12,000
Support for the Generation to Generation Program, a mentoring program between seniors and youth.

Girl Scouts of Salem County – $25,000
To enable girls from underserved communities in Salem County to participate in the Girl Scout leadership skill-building program as well as their Summr Camp offering a healthy living, outdoor experience.

Habitat – $49,840
Additional support for their Capacity Building program started in 2016.

Habitat – $50,000
Support for the Recyclable Ramp Program in Salem County.

Mannington Township School – $23,012
Walking path as part of NJ Healthy Communities support.

Mary Shoemaker School – $1,500
Support for a school based Health Fair

Meals on Wheels – $47,580
Additional support for their Capacity Building program started in 2016.

Meals on Wheels of Salem County – $80,000
Support to keep seniors and disabled off the Meals on Wheels waiting list for needed food.

NCADD Hudson – Partners in Prevention – $50,000
Support for the Lindsey Meyer Teen Institute program focused on reducing youth access to alcohol and drugs.

Parvin State Park Appreciation Committee – $15,337
Partial funding of an offroad rescue vehicle to assist in remote rescue operations at the park.

Pedricktown First Aid & Rescue – $41,482
Upgrade equipment for the Salem County EMS Academy

Pedricktown First Aid & Rescue – $27,169
To assist Logan Volunteer Fire Company in the purchase of extrication equipment for the County.

Penns Grove Middle School – $3,000
Provides equipment for volunteers and children to conduct after school sports.

Pennsville Township Dept. of Emergency Management – $20,000
Assist in the purchase of equipment that will enable better communications between schools and police/emergency personnel in the event of an emergency.

Puerto Rican Action Committee – $73,980
Funding for PRAC’s HEALTH program. The program’s goal is to improve access to healthcare for Hispanic and underserved families in Salem County.

Robins’ Nest Inc. – $135,000
Continuation of their Salem School and Counseling Center program.

Salem Community College – $138,000
Scholarship support for Nursing and Allied Health students from Salem County

Salem County 4-H – $1,000
Support for the Real Life Academy which teaches teens life skills as they transition from living at home to living on their own.

Salem Couty Department of Health – $17,000
Ongoing support for their Health Salem, Health Bodies health screening program.

Salem High/Middle Schools – $8,750
Support for the Teen PEP program which provides teen to teen mentoring around teen pregnancy and STD prevention.

Stand Up for Salem – $2,500
Annual support for Salem County Cow Run, a 10K/5K run/walk.

Stand Up for Salem – $20,000
Support for a feasability study in an effort to bring a food market to the city of Salem.

Steered Straight – $3,000
Expansion of the anti-drug program to additional schools in the county.

Steered Straight – $18,000
Leadership training, life skills and drug resistance training in 12 Salem County schools.

Steered Straight – $9,000
Anti-vaping and drug program for all Salem County schools

Steered Straight, Inc. – $8,000
Support for “The Good Life Summer Camp Program”, which seeks to encourage healthy lifestyles, resistance to drugs, gangs, stagnant lifestyles and other poor choices.

YMCA – $18,000
Additional support for their Capacity Building program started in 2016.

Matching Gift Program Total = $152,360

Alloway Township – $1,400
To purchase AED unit for the township

American Legion Ambulance Service – $275,000
Continued support for a program aimed at reducing county-wide ambulance response times and costs.

Bancroft – $162,500
To assist in creating a space for staff to meet and decompress and to create an outdoor exercise area for residents.

Bancroft – $130,000
To provide temporary support for Nursing and Dietitian staff.

Borough of Elmer – $20,000
Expansion of the current walking path as part of the NJ Healthy Communities Network.

Catholic Charities – $73,780
Third year support for the Salem Health & Wellness Initiative Project, working with Food Pantries and residents to improve overall nutrition through education and colaboration.

Central Park School, Pennsville NJ – $2,500
Mini Grant to enable Central Park School to update their collection of books focused on student’s health and well being.

Community Outreach Unlimited – $2,500
Support for a Healthy Living Fair for seniors on National Senior Health & Fitness Day in May.

Elsinboro Fire Company – $25,000
Help with the purchase of a Power Load Stretcher System.

Elsinboro Township – $20,000
Establishing a walking path at their elementary school as part of the NJ Healthy Communities Network.

FamCare – $87,000
Continued support for the teen pregnancy program “Are You Talkin To Me?”

Family Health Initiatives – $71,000
Continuation of the Youth Leadership Initiative

Farmyard Education Foundation – $2,500
Garden Field Trip/Nutrition Education

Food Bank of South Jersey – $50,000
Continuation of the Healthy Living Initiative in Salem County, focusing on Middle School students and residents using Family Success Centers in the County.

Habitat for Humanity – $100,000
Continued support for year two of the Handyman Program in Salem County.

Mary Shoemaker School,Woodstown NJ – $600
Support for the Wellness Fair and “The Magic of Nutrition” program.

Meals on Wheels – $18,000
Additional support for their Capacity Building program started in 2016.

Meals on Wheels – $80,000
Support for Meals on Wheels to provide meal service without waiting list for Salem County’s seniors and disabled community.

Meals on Wheels – $10,000
Providing meals to seniors and shut-in’s in the County

Partners in Prevention – $40,000
Support for a program focusing on alcohol abuse among teens in Salem County.

Pedricktown Fire and Rescue – $2,700
Modification of Pedricktown’s Stryker power stretcher, which will enable them to transport larger patients without harm to EMS volunteers.

Pedricktown Fire and Rescue – $51,000
Stryker Power Load System for two units

Penns Grove Borough – $25,000
To assist the Penns Grove Ambulance Company in the purchase of a Stryker Loader System .

Penns Grove Borough – $33,000
To provide funding to purchase 4 Scott 45 minute Air-Paks to allow firefighters to enter a toxic smoke filled environment while attempting rescue’s.

Pennsville Township – $40,000
Enable Pennsville Township to provide a space for safety training and to provide a wellness program for township employees.

Pennsville Township – $20,000
Refurbishing the tennis courts at Riverview Beach Park as part of the NJ Healthy Communities Network.

Puerto Rican Action Committee – $73,980
Continuation of the PRAC Health Program supporting low income residents

Quinton Township – $20,000
Establishing a Community Park/walking path as part of the NJ Healthy Communities Network.

Ranch Hope Inc. – $15,299
Help with the purchase of State required back up generators for residential treatment buildings.

Robins’ Nest, Inc. – $135,000
Continued support for the Salem School and Outpatient Mental Health program in Salem County.

Salem Community College – $60,000
Scholarship support for RN/APN educational tracts.

Salem County Fire Academy – $2,500
Support for a presentation Q/A forum focused on awareness and response to potential chlorine spill in our region.

Salem County Sheriff Office – $2,500
To support education on safety during countywide emergencies.

Salem County Sheriff Office – $20,000
Renewal of support for the Community Service Program which includes DARE, Eddie Eagle gun safety and a new anti-bullying program.

Salem County Sheriff’s Office – $50,000
Project Lifesaver equipment/vehicle

Salem County Vo-Tech – $2,500
To support the Vo-Tech’s new Yoga program for teens.

Salem High School Teen PEP – $7,650
To support the Teen PEP program in Salem High and Middle Schools working with teens as trained mentors to younger students to teach about making healthy choices concerning their future as well as preventing sexually transmitted disease and unplanned pregnancy.

Salem Little League – $2,500
To purchase AED units to be housed at the Salem Little League Complex in case of an emergency situation.

Stand up for Salem – $2,500
Annual Cowtown to Salem Run

Steered Straight – $19,500
School program focusing on providing students with the proper tools needed to make good decisions when it comes to drug awareness and other serious life issues.

Steered Straight – $6,000
Providing Drug Prevention resources to two additional schools in the County, Penns Grove and Salem City.

Matching Gift Program Total = $118,800

Advocates for Children of New Jersey – $2,500
To enable distribution and discussion around the release of the annual Kids Count report.

American Legion Ambulance Association – $275,000
To support a program that will improve county-wide ambulance response times.

Family Health Initiatives – $62,350
Continuation of support focused on teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease prevention.

Farmyard Education Foundation – $2,500
The Potato and Pumpkin Project will enable pre-school children to see where healthy fruits and vegetables are grown and sample them. Healthy recipes will be provides as well as food to take home.

Food Bank of South Jersey – $50,000
Expansion of the Healthy Living Initiative which will bring nutrition education through cooking demonstrations to teens and families in Salem County.

Food Bank of South Jersey – $50,000
Pilot program called “Mobile Therapeutic Food Pantry”, which will reach out to patients being discharged from The Memorial Hospital of Salem County with healthy foods and nutrition education.

Food Trust – $120,000
Continuation of the Ready, Set Grow program

Friends Village at Woodstown – $6,160
Pilot program using Music as therapy for patients with dementia.

Habitat for Humanity of Salem County – $100,000
To provide start-up funding for a program that will provide repairs to deteriorating dwellings of low income or aging residents in the county.

Penns Grove Middle School – $3,000
Continuation of the After School Sports, Healthy Nutrition program

Puerto Rican Action Committee of SJ – $73,980
Program will link Hispanic and low-income residents of Salem County to services that promote healthcare educaton, access and prevention.

Ranch Hope – $35,160
Support to finish capacity building work

Robins’ Nest, Inc. – $135,000
Salem School and Outpatient Therapy will provide needed mental health services to residents of Salem County.

Rutgers Cooperative Extension – $13,000
Continuation of our support for the Grow Healthy program in Salem County.

Salem County Department of Health – $15,000
Continuation of the Healthy Salem, Healthy Body screening program in Salem County

Salem County Health & Human Services – $20,000
For improvements to the Salem County Recreation Park as part of the Shaping NJ grant.

Salem County Sheriff’s Department – $25,000
Continuation of Project Lifesaver program

Salem County Sheriff’s Department – $22,000
To assist in presenting the Community Service program with a focus on education and outreach to Salem County youth.

Salem County Vo-Tech – $2,500
Expansion of the garden program to be able to offer healthy food options to the students

School Based Youth Services – $15,000
After school program to promote physical activity and nutrition education.

Stand Up for Salem – $2,500
Support for The Cowtown to Salem 10 mile run

Women’s Club of Pennsville – $2,500
Expansion of their Health Fair to a broader audience.

YMCA – $28,750
Support to finish capacity building work

Matching Gift Program Total = $140,765

Advocates for Children of New Jersey – $2,500
Distribution of the annual “Salem County Kids Count” report.

Bancroft, Pittsgrove NJ – $197,548
To establish the Health & Wellness Center at Lakeside which will provide on-site access to medical care for their adult residents with psychiatric & behavioral disabilities.

Cathedral Community Development Corporation – $53,500
Fund development support as identified through the CCAT and subsequent workshops and evaluations.

Health Department Alcohol & Drug Service – $30,000
To enable residents who need it, an extra two weeks of inpatient substance abuse treatment at no cost.

Meals on Wheels of Salem County – $100,000
To expand meal delivery in Salem County to eliminate the waiting list.

Robins’ Nest, Inc. – $135,000
To increase access to needed mental health services for residents of Salem City and the entire county.

Rutgers University – $54,089
Grow Healthy provides nutritional education in Salem County Schools.

Salem County Aging & Disability Resource Connection/Office on Aging – $166,000
Medical transportation services for Salem County Seniors.

Salem County Health Department – $40,000
Expansion of the flu shot program for Salem County residents.

Salem County Prosecutors Office – $2,205
To increase the number of Narcan kits to Salem County Law Enforcement from 50 to 65.

Salem County Special Services – $13,825
The Know 2 Grow pilot program will address and support the unmet needs identified by families of children with social/emotional delays.

Salem County TRIAD – $8,000
To provide informative workshops which educate seniors on healthy living and how to stay safe in their homes. Additionally they provide an annual health fair in December.

Stand Up For Salem – $2,500
To sponsor the annual Cow Run from Cowtown to Salem.

YMCA – $21,700
Y-Fit program renewal, a successful fitness program for Salem County handicapped residents and their caregivers.

Appel Farm Art and Music Center – $60,769
Support for fundraising skills as identified through the CCAT and subsequent workshops and evaluations.

ARC of Salem County – $49,871
IT upgrade to meet the challenge of fee for service as identified through the CCAT and subsequent workshops and evaluations.

FamCare, Pennsville NJ – $34,650
Support for board development as identified through the CCAT and subsequent workshops and evaluations.

FamCare – $27,460
Support for technology and technologic development as identified through the CCAT and subsequent workshops and evaluations.

Meals on Wheels of Salem County – $50,000
Support for fundraising skills and financial stability as identified through the CCAT and subsequent workshops and evaluations.

One Village Alliance – $50,000
Accounting and finanial support as identified through the CCAT and subsequent workshops and evaluations.

Ranch Hope – $46,780
To implement the “Nurtured Heart Approach” as identified through the CCAT and subsequent workshops and evaluations.

YMCA – $29,000
Accounting and financial support as identified through the CCAT and subsequent workshops and evaluations.

YMCA – $54,000
Program evaluation support as identified through the CCAT and subsequent workshops and evaluations.

Catholic Charities – $79,500
To maintain a coalition of Emergency Food Providers to provide healthier food options and nutrition education.

Food Bank of South Jersey – $50,000
Nutrition education and healthy hands-on cooking classes in Salem County.

John Fenwick Academy – $832
To enable the students at John Fenwick Academy to participate in creating a healthy eating mosaic mural for the cafeteria while they learn about healthy eating.

Mid-Atlantic States Career & Education Center – $89,000
After school and summer program for Salem County youth that will focus on future employment training, nutrition education and physical activity.

Penns Grove Middle School – $3,000
To provide an afterschool athletics program in the Penns Grove Middle School.

Rutgers Cooperative Extension – $57,066
Continuation of the Grow Healthy Program in Salem County.

YMCA – $12,000
Y Kids are Fit program which provides daily physical activity for children in the YMCA afterschool program.

Center for Supportive Schools – $30,000
Continuum of Education/Teen PEP in Salem City School District.

FamCare – $45,451
Conducting “Are You Talkin To Me” workshops to enable Salem County parents to engage with their children concerning teen sexual health.

Robins’ Nest, Inc. – $50,000
To provide the evidence based Project AIM in a series of during school groups for Penns Grove/Carney’s Point Middle School children on healthy sexuality, positive relationships and positive self image.

Salem Middle School – $2,500
Support for the Rites of Passage Program in Salem Middle School.

Matching Gift Program Total = $66,600

Advocates for Children of New Jersey – $2,500
A mini-grant for Advocates for Children of NJ to host a series of six forums to present and discuss the findings of the 2014 NJ Kids Count Report – The State of Our Children

Inspira Hospitals of New Jersey – $15,000
Inspira Cancer Services and their team of Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialists (CTTS) have created a program which offers smoking cessation sessions to individuals or groups of people in Salem County who are looking to quit smoking with the support that they need to become long term non-smokers.

New Jersey Commission for the Blind – $14,000
To provide eye health screenings for underserved residents of Salem County – This includes a renewal in December 2014.

Office on Aging – $3,015
To partner with the Office on Aging to provide the tools needed for residents to participate in their, Matter of Balance, Project Healthy Bones, Chronic Disease Self Management and Health Ease classes.

Salem Community College – $15,000
To provide scholarships for students from Salem County who are enrolled in the Nursing program and in need of financial support.

Salem Community College – $15,000
To provide scholarships for students from Salem County who are enrolled in the Allied Health program and in need of financial support.

Salem County Department of Health – $20,000
A renewal of the, Healthy Salem-Health Body program which provides cardiovascular and blood sugar screenings. This year will include weight loss information and assistance.

Stand Up For Salem – $2,500
A mini-grant to partner with Stand up for Salem to host a 10 mile run from Cowtown to Salem City, to encourage physical activity as part of a healthy lifestyle.

Carleton School, Carneys Point NJ – $5,000
This is another grant for a “Breakfast after the Bell” program. This one is in Carleton School. The Foundation’s goal is to help provide this valuable program to all schools in Salem County.

Family Health Initiatives – $64,215
Family Health Initiatives will assist the Foundation with oversight, monitoring, and collecting community feedback regarding the initiatives through the creation of an Advisory Board. They will provide support, information and feedback on grantee progress and promote Foundation projects within the community.

Food Bank of South Jersey – $7,500
Cooking Matters for Teens is a second year of classes to be conducted in the spring of 2015 at Salem High School.The FBSJ will also offer Community Nutrition Outreach Training for Teens. This training prepares teens to conduct nutrition-related outreach programs in their school and communities, such as healthy cooking and healthy baking demonstrations. By training teens to offer nutrition education, they will be able to reach more Salem teens and increase the sustainability of the program.

Quinton Township Schools – $5,000
This grant will enable Quinton Township Schools to provide a “Breakfast after the Bell” program, which helps to overcome some of the barriers that prevent children getting a much needed healthy breakfast.

Rutgers Cooperative Extention – $275,000
Partnering with the Salem Health and Wellness Foundation, Rutgers Cooperative Extension/Family and Community Health Department will hire a Family and Community Health Sciences Program Coordinator for Salem County. This is a five year partnership to assist SHWF with it’s Healthy Kid’s Bright Futures Initiative.

The Food Trust – $100,000
This grant is to build on The Food Trust’s existing work with Salem Health & Wellness Foundation’s Healthy Kids Bright Futures initiative by introducing an Early Childhood Nutrition Education initiative in 3 to 5 sites around Salem County. This work will use the Food Trust’s existing farm to preschool toolkit, The Preschool Initiative: Building a Healthy Foundation for Life as a vehicle for introducing physical activity and nutrition education into early childhood classrooms. This is a two year program.

Matching Gift Program Total = $43,035

Advocates for Children of NJ – $2,500
For Advocates for Children of NJ to host a series of six forums to present and discuss the findings of the 2013 NJ Kids Count Report – The State of Our Children

Diversity Academy for Youth In Salem County – $15,000
Program focusing on Salem County youth previously conducted by the Prosecutors Office.

Meals on Wheels of Salem County – $15,000
Nutritional support for 10 elderly and disabled residents of Salem County

Salem County Health Department – $15,000
Healthy Communities Program – to provide blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes screenings as well as referral, follow up and RN case management to the Salem County Community.

Salem County Health Department – $3,000
Improved Pregnancy Outcomes Program – to provide underserved residents with free pregnancy testing and referral’s.

Salem County TRIAD – $6,000
To provide quarterly meetings to educate Salem County’s seniors on ways to protect themselves fom becoming victims of criminal activity as well as education to protect overall health & wellbeing.

YMCA of Salem County – $15,000
Continued support of the successful “Get Fit” program, which seeks to improve the health status & reduce chronic disease rates of persons with disabilities and their caregivers.

Catholic Charities – $50,000
To increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables and other healthier options for families receiving emergency food. Tailored nutrition education to S.C. families receiving emergency food.

Center for Supportive Schools – $50,000
To expand the reach of Teen Prevention Education Program (Teen PEP), an evidence-based and high school-based program that uses peer education to increase responsible decision-making among students around issues of sexual health to middle school students.

Family Health Initiatives – $24,000
Family Health Initiatives will assist the Foundation with oversight, monitoring, and collecting community feedback regarding the initiatives through the creation of an Advisory Board. They will provide support, information and feedback on grantee progress and promote Foundation projects within the community.

Food Bank of South Jersey – $4,300
Healthy Baking for Teens courses will be conducted in the spring of 2014 at Salem High School and Healthy Cooking for Families classes held at the Salem Family Success Center.

Food Trust – $50,000
The second grant to The Food Trust for “Building Capacity to Improve Nutrition and Obesity in Salem County” program.

Robins’ Nest, Inc. – $50,000
Robins’ Nest will provide the Project Aim curriculum in a series of during-school groups for Penns Grove/Carneys Point middle school children on healthy sexuality, positive relationships and positive self-image.

Rutgers University Foundation – $50,000
Grow Healthy School Initiative – work with Department of Agriculture to provide opportunities for nutrition education as well as fun interactive physical education in several S. C. schools.

Salem County Health Department – $50,000
The S.C. Health Dept. in conjunction with the Salem County Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention & Health Education Partnership (SCAPE), will work in the community to raise awareness about parent child communication around human sexuality and pregnancy prevention, using a teen produced video contest that will be used in dynamic and interactive workships for parents.

Salem High School – $28,750
Salem High School Youth Based Services will provide primarilary female students opportunities for increased exercise and healthy eating education in the Get Up and Move Program.

YMCA of Salem County – $9,774
Healthy U Program – this will expand the Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH) program into Quinton Township Elementary School.

Matching Gift Program Total = $72,115

Family Health Initiatives – $23,320
To identify “Best Practices” in the prevention of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection.

Gateway Community Action Partnership – $15,420
For a Health Literacy Program offered in their two Penns Grove Head Start centers and in Salem at The Family Success Center.

New Jersey Commission for the Blind – $8,000
To continue eye screenings for the un and under-insured residents of Salem County.

Salem County Health Department – $6,000
This program provides pregnancy testing with a case management piece to ensure positive pregnancy outcomes.

The Food Trust – $50,000
To identify community assets and strategic opportunities to improve healthy lifestyles among children and families in Salem County.

YMCA of Salem County – $20,000
To support the Get Fit Program. Disabled residents and their caregivers will have the opportunity to participate in a of healthy eating and exercise.

Matching Gift Program Total = $40,000

All About Hope – $10,000
Renewal of HIV support program called Salem County Taking Charge.

Meals on Wheels of Salem County – $66,325
A renewal grant to enable them to continue the Program Expansion Initiative.

New Jersey Commission for the Blind – $10,000
To provide vision screenings for the underserved residents of Salem County.

Matching Gift Program Total = $35,000

Family Promise of Salem County – $101,432
To provide temporary housing and support for homeless families in Salem County.

Robins’ Nest, Inc. – $100,000
To support the new Child and Adolescent Wellness Center located in Salem City.

South Jersey Hospital – $3,000
To help fund the Salem County Women’s Health Conference.

All About Hope – $63,936
To bring a program called Salem County Taking Charge to Salem County residents. It is case management for HIV and AID clients.

Cornerstone Women – $56,250
Expansion of the Center

Daytop Village of New Jersey – $360,000
Funding for Daytop to begin a Day School Project for adolescents in Salem County struggling with drug addiction.

Friends Village at Woodstown – $29,860
For training in non-verbal communication with dementia patients in Salem County

Healthcare Commons – $5,613
For staff training in behavioral health treatment services.

Meals on Wheels of Salem County, Inc. – $84,250
Expansion of the program to reduce or eliminate the waiting list of seniors.

Project New Start – $127,727
Renewal of 2008 grant to provide funding for the program

Salem County Chapter of the American Red Cross – $30,000

Tri-County Toothmobile – $23,888
Mobile dental services for uninsured school aged children in Salem County, provided during school hours.

Appel Farm Art and Music Center – $162,000
To provide scholarships to the Summer Arts program for underserved children of Salem County.

Cooper Health Systems – $1,307,706
To provide Peripheral Vascular, Osteoporosis and Cardiovascular health screenings, counseling and referral for adult residents of Salem County.

HeART and Health Program – $429,925
To enable Appel Farm to provide an art based program at Salem County nursing homes in an effort to stimulate and improve cognative and physical health.

In Home Nursing Care – $373,000
To assist Pennsville Visiting Nurse maintain their client load after sudden cut in funding.

Inter Agency Council – $357,041
Salem County transportation program

Project New Start – $123,830
After school program focusing on health

Project Safety – $13,475
For the purchase of Police equipment

Salem Community College – $60,000
Scholarships associated with the Salem County School Counts program.

Salem County Center for Autism – $1,733,372
To provide a one stop center for parents of Autistic Children in Salem County

Salem County Prosecutors Office – $45,136
To provide for the purchase of 47 Automated External Defibrillator units to equip all Salem County Law Enforcement Vehicles.

Shadow Equestrian – $18,000
To provide a grooming program for Special Needs Adults.

South Jersey Healthcare / Elmer Hospital – $150,000
To provide Digital Mammography for Salem County residents

Community Health Care, Inc. – $65,000
To develop a program that will provide information and improve access to healthcare provided by the Federally Qualified Health Center.

Mt. Pisgah Community Improvement Assoc. – $48,645
The funds will be used to conduct an inter-generational program that will offer a variety of activities designed to foster community interaction and improvement.

Puerto Rican Action Committee of Southern NJ – $14,393
To establish an annual Youth Conference for Salem County high school students dealing with topics such as Teen Dating and Relationships, Gang Culture and Self Esteem

Salem County 2000, Inc. – $67,270
To provide training to educators, youth and the community related to safe online practices designed to prevent child abuse and addictive behaviors.

Salem County Sheriff’s Department – $82,150
To bring to Salem County, Project Lifesaver, a national program, to assist those who care for individuals living with dementia disorders who have a tendency to wander.

Salem County Sheriff’s Department – $63,058
To establish a cross-trained K-9 Unit for drug detection and tracking.

SHADOW Equestrian, Inc. – $20,000
A grant over a two-year period for the training and certification of four Salem County volunteers as therapeutic riding instructors using the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA) guidelines.

United Way of Salem County – $34,797
To develop Project Baby in Salem County Schools. Forty infant simulators along with classroom curriculum will be used to offer a realistic infant-care experience.

Alzheimer’s Association, Delaware Valley Chapter – $50,000
To produce an eight-hour Family Caregiver Training program video/DVD for distribution to Salem County families dealing with a dementia process

Caring Neighbors Health Care Center – $1,343,353
A four-year grant to develop and operate a primary care facility that will provide free routine medical care to medically uninsured who meet certain qualifications.

Daytop Village of New Jersey – $47,500
Establish a family therapy program

Friends Village at Woodstown – $20,801
To expand the fitness and rehabilitation facility and programs for residents and staff

Maryville, Inc. – $45,000
To help support client assessment, individual and group counseling and other outpatient services at Maryville’s Salem facility

Ranch Hope, Inc. – $126,959
To help support operations that were disrupted following a major fire.

Salem Community College – $198,944
A two-year grant to provide a wide range of supporting services to existing Salem Community College nursing programs.

Salem Community College – $312,000
A three year program, in collaboration with the YMCA of Salem County, to develop a comprehensive healthy lifestyles program for youth and seniors throughout Salem County.

Salem County Inter-Agency Council of Human Services – $375,165
To develop, over a two-year period of time, a system to transport low-income and other individuals to and from work sites, medical facilities and social service providers.

Salvation Army – $52,171
To support a comprehensive program that will improve the well being and emotional health of custodial grandparents and their grandchildren.

American Cancer Society – $79,240
To expand ACS services and programs in Salem County

Community Health Care, Inc. – $65,432
Increase availability of four medical specialties and other healthcare services to low-income families

Cooper University Hospital – $382,762
Carry out a three-year health initiative that will deal with the high incidence of cardiovascular disease in Salem County, NJ

Emmanuel Cancer Foundation – $10,000
Provide family services to those whose child is diagnosed with pediatric cancer

Salem Community College – $68,750
To launch an Associate Degree Nursing (AD) program that will enable Practical Nursing graduates to complete the AD in one year

SHADOW Equestrian – $15,000
Expand therapeutic riding program to accommodate additional disabled children

SODAT of New Jersey, Inc. – $50,000
To prevent drug abuse and foster behavioral changes in teenagers

South Jersey Healthcare Community Services – $54,750
Develop a telemonitoring service for heart failure patients

United Way of Salem County – $9,000
Provide materials for a program to serve mothers and other care givers of children

United Way of Salem County – $60,000
Establish a 2-1-1 Call Center that links Salem County residents to human service resources

Alzheimer’s Association, Delaware Valley Chapter – $50,000
Implement a comprehensive package of programs and services

Daytop Village of New Jersey – $37,500
Train 25 family therapists for adolescent residential substance abuse treatment program

Daytop Village of New Jersey – $28,000
Subsidize cost of treatment for Salem County adolescents with substance abuse problems

Robins’ Nest, Inc. – $60,000
Expand family-centered treatment services to stabilize family functioning and preserve the safety of children

Salem Community College – $50,000
To develop six new programs of study in healthcare

Salem Community College Scholarship – $40,000
Support for healthcare program students

SHADOW Equestrian – $15,000
Offer a therapeutic riding program to disabled children

YMCA of Salem County – $60,000
Offer health and fitness program for seniors, people with disability and Phase IV Cardiac Rehabilitation program