CPR:
$10,507 awarded to Synergy Services

Health Education:
$50,000 awarded to Harvesters for the support of two healthy eating initiatives
$10,000 awarded to Heart of America United Way Community AIDS project
$15,000 awarded to Shepherd’s Center to provide assistance to those navigating the new Medicare Prescription Plan
$10,000 awarded to UMKC Women’s Center to help support “Full of Ourselves” a two-day health conference focusing on the wellness of girls

Indigent Care:
$6,000 awarded to Southwest Boulevard Family Care
$9,000 awarded to Truman Heartland Community Foundation for the Jackson County Free Health Clinic

Nursing:
$33,332 awarded to UMKC School of Nursing to support the Pathways to Nursing Program

Oncology:
$4,000 awarded to Turning Point for the MetaCancer Fund
$30,000 awarded to Cancer Action for the new Johnson County office

Reproductive Medicine:
$14,995 awarded to Planned Parenthood to purchase a new ultrasound machine
$2,500 awarded to UMKC for the James P. Youngblood Fund

Jewish Community

$11,000 awarded to Arthritis Foundation for the Life Improvement series

$67,000 awarded to Hyman Brand Hebrew academy to fund a health and wellness Program as well as the school nurse

$100,000 awarded to Israel Crisis Fund

$210,670 awarded to the Jewish Community Center for a nurse to provide services at summer camp, fitness and health assessments for seniors, and for the new Youth Fitness Zone

$130,405 awarded to Jewish Family and Children Services for a Medical Assistance Fund, the Community Chaplain Program and A registered Nurse

$53,047 was awarded to Jewish Federation of Kansas City for Sasone

$15,000 was awarded to Shepherd’s Center for Medicare Part D Counseling for Jewish seniors

$5,000 awarded to Shireinu to support D’or L’Dor

$5,000 was awarded to UMKC Women’s Center to offer “Full of Ourselves” for Jewish teens

$100,000 was awarded to Village Shalom to support indigent care

Healthy For Life

$16,000 awarded to American Jazz Museum for Swing Time a music therapy program offered at area senior centers

$20,000 awarded to Cancer Action to bring keynote speaker Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen to Kansas City for the Integrative Cancer Care Conference

$25,000 awarded to Catholic Charities for at home Health Interventions for At-Risk Newborns and Their Mothers

$10,000 awarded to The Epilepsy Foundation for Wrap-Around Case Management

$25,000 awarded to Family Conservancy for the Family Focus program

$50,000 awarded to Head Start of Shawnee Mission to support the Totally You program

$137,750 awarded to PE4Life funding for Phase II of the PE4Life academies

$15,000 awarded to The Rehabilitation Institute to support EXCEL for life

$6,000 awarded to SafeHome for the Healthy Steps program

$12,500 awarded to The Light Center to support healing retreats and workshops

$41,520 awarded to YWCA as part of creating a community fitness center for women and girls