UK North Fork Valley Community Health Center – a project to improve the oral health of very young low-income children and their parents by expanding an existing mobile dental outreach program to include a parent mentor
$10,000
Hazard High School / Kentucky Mountain Health Alliance Youth Empowerment Project – a collaboration between these partners and UNITE, Perry County Agency for Substance Abuse Policy, Kentucky River District Health Department and the Hazard Independent Schools to develop and implement a youth leadership development project which will focus on improving behavioral health risk factors
$10,000
Hazard Perry County Senior Citizens Evening Wellness Program – a project to expand wellness programming at the senior center while also equipping community individuals with the skills necessary to provide aerobic and yoga instruction to others in the community when the facility would generally not be in use
$10,000
Pathfinders of Perry County/Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road Council Troop #316 – a project to construct an International Peace Garden and Pathway to enhance the physical appearance of Hazard and opportunities for physical activity by creating a garden that is also the first segment of a proposed community planned riverside pathway through downtown
$3,800
Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky – To serve children in grades 3 through 8 throughout the region with interactive learning experiences in math, science and technology. Funds will be used to help purchase a new server
$5,000
Housing Development Alliance – To develop a variety of housing options by bringing together all sectors of the community to help eliminate substandard housing. Funds will be used to increase production in 2009 by expanding the volunteer program
$5,000
Perry Central FFA – To achieve better living through agricultural education and hands on experiences in Perry County Central High School. Funds will be used to plant flowering trees and shrubs from Fall 2008 through the summer of 2009 and to maintain existing shrubs and trees within Perry County Park.
$1,500
606.439.1357
Community Foundation of Hazard & Perry County
P.O. Box 310 • Chavies, KY 41727 • info@commfoundation.org
