Green Tree Community Health Foundation

Grant Distributions: The Green Tree Community Health Foundation distributes grants to organizations whose applications meet the priorities of the Foundation. Grant applications are accepted at any time, but awards will be made on a quarterly basis. Applicants are encouraged to use the Common Grants Application of the Delaware Valley Grantmakers. The Common Grants Application is found on www.dvg.org. Click on Quick Links and then go to Common Grant Application.

The Green Tree Community Health Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in May of 2010:

• After School Activities Partnerships (ASAP): $5,000 to support local clubs in Northwest Philadelphia. Serving approximately 200 kids with an emphasis on physical activity and exercise. To learn more about ASAP, click here.

• Aid for Friends: $3,750 for general operating support. Aid for Friends provides food to the elderly. In addition, while delivering and visiting they assess needs within the house that pose dangers. To learn more about Aid for Friends, click here.

• Cradles to Crayons: $7,500 to support their expansion efforts to meet the increasing demand for services and general operating support. Cradles to Crayons service more than 23,000 children in the Philadelphia region. To learn more about Cradles to Crayons, click here.

• Foundations, Inc.: $15,000 to support the Seeds for Learning program at Martin Luther King High School to teach them about healthy foods, planting, growing, cooking, etc…It also involves the community in events in which students cook for the community members while learning more about health foods and healthy choices. To learn more about Foundations, Inc., click here.

• Inter-Faith Housing Alliance: $20,000 to support general operating. Inter-Faith Housing Alliance serves the homeless, and does homeless prevention by providing life skills on jobs, savings, food assistance and more. To learn more about Inter-Faith Housing Alliance, click here.

• North Light Community Center: $15,000 to support general operating expenses. North Light promotes the welfare of the youth within the community, providing social, educational and athletic development resources after school. To learn more about North Light Community Center, click here.

• Northwest Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network (NPIHN): $20,000 to support the continuation of a full time social worker, employ a part-time parenting educator and employ a counselor to provide education and career counseling for teens. NPIHN works with homeless families, providing support and resources to get them back on their feet. To learn more about NPIHN, click here.

• Philadelphia Society of the Preservation of Landmarks: $2,500 to support the Grumblethorpe School partnership program, serving a low-income neighborhood in Germantown. The program, You are What you Eat, will be implemented throughout the year through a series of events that will integrate multiple horticultural and science lessons throughout the school year. To learn more about the Philadelphia Society of the Preservation of Landmarks, click here.

• Smith Memorial Playground and Playhouse, Inc.: $2,000 to support general operating expenses so that Smith Memorial Playground and Playhouse can continue to provide a free or low-fee safe, creative and fun environment for children ages 1-10 years to play and exercise. To learn more about Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse, click here.

• Won Community Service Center: $2,500 to support Won’s program that provides education, counseling and social work for non-English speaking Asian-Americans in partnership with communities and schools. Benefits from this program are also realized within the medical field through translation. To learn more about Won Community Service Center, click here.

The Green Tree Community Health Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in February 2010.

• Depaul USA: $10,000 in support of their residency program which provides an opportunity for up to 25 homeless men to live independently, to find a job/s, to reunite with family and to rebuild their health. Three meals a day are provided, seven days a week as services for recovery from addictions. Health promotion and education are also provided to residents throughout their stay. To learn more about Depaul USA in Philadelphia, click here.

• Face to Face: $20,000 to support general operating expenses for their Health Center which serves the un-and under-insured and under-served community of Germantown. Face to Face provides education, nursing and podiatry care and links clients with health and social services, including primary healthcare. To learn more about Face to Face, click here.

• Kardon Institute for Arts Therapy: $5,000 to support its Safe Expressions program, held at Carson Valley School in Flourtown. Safe Expressions enables youth to express themselves through music, art and dance movement. To learn more about Kardon Institute for Arts Therapy, click here.

• Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania (LASP): $15,000 to support legal services to low-income and vulnerable older adults. To learn more about LASP, click here.

• Norristown Area School District Education Foundation (NASD Education Foundation): $6,000 to support a project for rebuilding a playground at the Whitehall Elementary School. The playground will be accessible not only to students at the school, but to the community as well. Monies for this grant came from a fundraising event in Norristown--Rabbit Years--featuring the art of Chestnut Hill artist, Anna Bell Loeb. To learn more about NASD Education Foundation, click here. To learn more about the work of Anna Bell Loeb, click here.

• Penn Asian Senior Services, Inc. (PASSi): $20,000 to support their Southeastern Asian Senior Home Health Project which facilitates the utilization and delivery of needed home-care services among frail low-income Asian American seniors in Montgomery County. To learn more about PASSi, click here.

• Philadelphia Children’s Alliance: $10,000 to support the salary of a forensic child specialist. Philadelphia Children’s Alliance represents children in a variety of child abuse cases. To learn more about Philadelphia Children’s Alliance, click here.

• Retired Senior Volunteer Program of Montgomery County (RSVP): $10,000 to support programs under their Eldercare Services. RSVP recruits older volunteers to help the frail elderly in their activities of daily living. It also offers volunteer training on health insurance to help advise seniors of what their health and pharmacy benefits are. To learn more about RSVP of Montgomery County, click here.

• Supportive Older Women’s Network (SOWN): $20,000 to support services to older isolated women, some of whom are sole guardians to their grandchildren, through support groups. SOWN’s goal is to decrease isolation and depression, provide support, and identify resources for these women. To learn more about SOWN, click here.

• Visiting Nurse Association Community Services (VNA): $47,500 to support services providing at-risk children the opportunity to have disease prevention, health promotion, follow-up and parenting education services. VNA provides uninsured and under-insured children in Montgomery County with consistent quality primary care services in its nurse-managed centers. To learn more about VNA, click here.

The Green Tree Community Health Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in November of 2009:

• Anti-Violence Partnership of Philadelphia (AVP): $15,000 to support the SAVE (Student Anti-Violence Education) Program incorporating it into the SELF programs – SAVE Extended Learning Format, available in the High School settings. To learn more about AVP, click here.

• Awbury Arboretum: $7,500 to support services to teach and motivate adults and children within Germantown, West Oak Lane and Mt. Airy to adopt healthy lifestyles, good nutrition and regular physical activity through their healthy programs. To learn more about Awbury Arboretum, click here.

•The Birth Center: $5,000 to support general operating for uninsured women in their out-of-hospital birthing center which specializes in holistic midwifery. To learn more about The Birth Center, click here.

• Breastfeeding Resource Center (BRC): $15,000 to support services to the under and un-insured families for access to board certified lactation consultants offering breastfeeding services to families in the Philadelphia area. To learn more about the Breastfeeding Resource Center, click here.

• Center for Advocacy for the Rights & Interests of the Elderly (CARIE): $15,000 to support a free telephone and on-site information and counseling service that is relied upon by older adults, their families and other caregivers, and professionals in the aging, healthcare, and law enforcement fields. To learn more about CARIE and its services, click here.

• Episcopal Community Services (ECS): $5,000 to support services helping to keep low-income, elderly people of Northwest Philadelphia to sustain their independence and remain safely in the comfort of their own homes. To learn more about ECS, click here.

• Family Services of Montgomery County: $10,000 to provide in-home mental health counseling and other support services to homebound frail elderly persons. To learn more about Family Services of Montgomery County, click here.

• Maternal Wellness Center: $10,000 to support services that help providing the Healthy Moms Initiative to their newly founded priority service area of low-income women and teens. To learn more about the Maternal Wellness Center, click here.

• Maternity Care Coalition: $20,000 to support the MoMobile services in Northwest Philadelphia, Norristown and Bridgeport. The MoMobile assists pregnant and new moms in connecting with health care, services, education and other resources within their community. To learn more about Maternity Care Coalition, click here.

• Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY): $5,000 to support a survey on the healthcare needs of immigrant children. To learn more about PCCY, click here.

• The Wyck Association: $7,500 to support educational farming programs that encompass and teach healthy habits and good choices for children and families of the community. To learn more about Wyck, click here.

The Green Tree Community Health Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in August of 2009:

• Burn Foundation: $2,000 for burn education/safety for elderly living in Northwest Philadelphia in their homes, senior centers, apartment buildings, etc…To learn more about Burn Foundation, click here.

• Community Legal Services: $10,000 to support services to 100 low-income, elderly individuals within the Foundation's 30-zip code service area through Community Legal Services' Aging & Disabilities Justice Project that helps the elderly secure benefit programs that provide income/subsidies as well as assist them in securing medical care (Medicare/Medicaid/personal insurance) and medical equipment (if needed) to help them stay in their homes. To learn more about Community Legal Services, click here.

• Gearing Up.: $7,000 to support general operating expenses. Gearing up provides adults through their recovery from incarceration with skills & equipment needed to safely ride a bike for exercise, transportation, personal growth as well as a possible job training experience. This also takes on the role of obesity, prevention and solutions. To learn more about Gearing Up, click here.

• HealthLink Medical Center: $5,000 to support general operating expenses for volunteer-staffed, free medical and dental for working individuals/families without insurance. Requirements are that patients live in Bucks or Montgomery County and earn less than 200% of the federal poverty level. To learn more about HealthLink Medical Center, click here.

• Mercy Neighborhood Ministries: $10,000 to support general operating expenses. Mercy Neighborhood Ministries provides an Adult Day Care in the Tioga community that also provides services for individuals with special needs. Their programs are safe, secure and promote independent living. To learn more about Mercy Neighborhood Ministries, click here.

• St. Catherine Laboure Medical Clinic: $35,500 to support general operating expenses. St. Catherine Laboure Medical Clinic, a clinic that serves the uninsured, is located in Germantown. To learn more about St. Catherine Laboure Medical Clinic, click here.

• Temple Time Out Program: $15,000 to support the Time Out Program that provides respite services to caregivers of the frail and infirm elderly. This is an intergenerational program that also promotes continued living in-home and community. To learn more about the Temple Time Out program, click here.

The Green Tree Community Health Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in May of 2009:

• BCS YES! Youth Empowered to Succeed: $5,000 for the Health, Nutrition and Fitness Program of the School House Lane Group Home for Girls. To learn more about BCS YES! click here.

• Best Buddies International: $1,000 to support their chapter at Plymouth Whitemarsh High School Providing friendship for children with and without disabilities. To learn more about Best Buddies at Plymouth Whitemarsh High School, click here.

• Foundations, Inc.: $10,000 to expand Seeds for Learning-Beyond the Farm program at Martin Luther King High School. The current program includes an on-site farm, farm stand and marketplace program. The additional programs will add a Community Lunch summer program and Food for Thought nutrition workshops. To learn more about Foundations, Inc., click here.

• Inter-Faith Housing Alliance: $10,000 to support their transitional housing, homeless shelter, Food cupboard, hotline and hope garden, a two year transitional housing opportunity. Inter-Faith Housing Alliance meets the needs of homeless and near homeless families as they are assisted in becoming permanently self-sufficient through the continuum of comprehensive care. To learn more about Inter-Faith Housing Alliance, click here.

• Northwest Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network (NPIHN): $17,000 to further support the strengthening of NPIHN’s Life Skills Education Initiative by continuing their full-time social worker and a full-time position for a therapist who will provide family therapeutic services to women, children and teens served in the shelter and post-shelter. To learn more about NPIHN, click here.

• Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse: $2,000 for general operating support. To learn more about Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse, click here.

• Tabor Children’s Services: $10,000 to improve and expand their Supervised Independent Living program. A program that targets youth ages 16-20 in Philadelphia approaching emancipation. They provide a parenting program that helps cover nutrition, post-partum depression, positive child development and discipline techniques, in addition to many other services. Their goal is to enhance the parenting knowledge and skills of the clients, teach them about healthy pregnancies, health babies and how to maintain physical and mental postpartum health. Although they angle the proposal from a parenting education perspective, they do state the majority of the funding will go to provide assistance with educational needs for the clients enrolled in educational or vocational programs. To learn more about Tabor Children’s Services, click here.

The Green Tree Community Health Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in February of 2009:

• First United Methodist Church of Germantown (FUMCOG): $15,000 to support their general operating expenses for the After School Program for students of Germantown High School. To learn more about FUMCOG and their After School Program, click here.

• Journey's Way: $10,000 to support their Volunteer and Outreach project. This project addresses the aging in place phenomenon in the community through the effective use of volunteer support and outreach. This program helps to prevent isolation, maintains homes and improves home safety. Services provided to families include, but aren't limited to, linking them to exiting services and offering ongoing support. To learn more about Journey's Way and their Volunteer and Outreach project, click here.

• Keystone Hospice: $15,000 to support their Hospice Care services. Services would be provided to elderly patients, 65 years and older, who do not have available caregivers and who, upon verification, have neither insurance nor personal means to afford hospice services. To learn more about Keystone Hospice and the services they provide, click here.

• Visiting Nurse Association Community Services, Inc. (VNA): $47,500 to support their general operating expenses for the Children's Health Centers of VNA-Community Services, Inc. To learn more about VNA-Community Services, Inc., click here.

• Women of Faith and Hope: $15,000 to support their Parish and School Nurse Program that would reach more African American women living in Northwest Philadelphia and support them if they are at risk or living with breast cancer. To learn more about Women of Faith and Hope and the programs they offer, click here.

The Green Tree Community Health Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in November of 2008:

• Episcopal Community Services (ECS): $10,000 to support their effort in helping low-income elderly stay in their home with independence and safety within the Northwest Philadelphia area. To learn more about ECS, click here.

• The Food Trust: $10,000 to improve elementary school children's health and literacy through student-written Healthy Times newspapers in 5 schools, 4 of which were in Norristown and Jenks School in Chestnut Hill. To learn more about The Food Trust, click here.

• Kardon Institute for Arts Therapy: $5,000 to support their Safe Expressions program at Carson Valley Children's Aid School. Safe Expressions objective is to provide music, art and dance/movement therapy to at-risk youth. To learn more about Kardon Institute, click here.

• Legal Aid of Southeastern PA: $10,000 to support general operating expenses used towards supporting its work in Eastern Montgomery County with frail and vulnerable older adults. To learn more about Legal Aid of Southeastern PA, click here.

• Penn Asian Senior Services, Inc. (PASSi): $20,000 to provide in-home health services to 90 frail elderly Asian seniors through linguistically appropriate care givers. To learn more about PASSi, click here.

• Supportive Older Women's Network (SOWN): $10,000 to support their services for older isolated women to help improve the quality of life to continuing to live independently in their own homes. To learn more about SOWN, click here.

• Retired Seniors Volunteer Program of Montgomery County (RSVP): $15,000 to sustain and enhances RSVP services; Eldercare, Help on Call; Apprise; Response; VITA in Eastern Montgomery County. To learn more about RSVP, click here.

The Green Tree Community Health Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in August of 2008:

• Aid for friends: $7,500 to sustain the Quick-serve meal programs to the inner city. To learn more about Aid for Friends, click here.

• Awbury Arboretum Association: $30,000 to support healthy programs that will teach and motivate adults and children within Germantown, West Oak Lane and Mt. Airy to adopt healthy lifestyles, good nutrition and regular physical activity. To learn more about Awbury Arboretum, click here.

• Breastfeeding Resource Center: $15,000 for general operating support for its promotion and support of breastfeeding in northwest Philadelphia and eastern Montgomery County. To learn more about Breastfeeding Resource Center, please click here

• Center for Advocacy for Rights & Interests of the Elderly (CARIE): $20,000 to support their free telephone and on-site information and counseling service that is relied upon by older adults, their families and other caregivers, and professionals in the aging, healthcare, and law enforcement fields. To learn more about CARIE, click here.

• Crossing the Finish Line: $10,000 to provide support towards general operating expenses to help provide young adult cancer patients and their families a respite excursion. To learn more about Crossing the Finish Line, click here.

• Dragonfly Forest, Inc: $7,500 to support the medical elements for approximately 100 children and to take the camp program (Dragonfly Away) to hospitals and rehab centers. To learn more about Dragonfly Forest, Inc., click here.

• Mercy Neighborhood Ministries of Philadelphia, Inc.: $10,000 to support the Mercy Neighborhood Ministries Adult Day Care Program. To learn more about Mercy Neighborhood Ministries of Philadelphia, Inc., click here.

• Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance (MANNA): $15,000 to support MANNA's home delivered meals and nutrition support services to individuals and families in Northwest Philadelphia and Eastern Montgomery County who are at acute nutritional risk from a life-threatening illness including Cancer, HIV/AIDS, Heart Disease, Diabetes and others. To learn more about MANNA, click here.

• Philadelphia Children's Alliance: $10,000 to support programs and services for sexually abused children. To learn more about Philadelphia Children's Alliance, click here.

• Philadelphia Outward Bound Center: $7,500 to provide unique transformational programs for disadvantaged and at risk 7th and 8th grade students from the Shawmont School in Roxborough. To learn more about Philadelphia Outward Bound Center, click here.

• Philadelphia Senior Center, Inc.: $10,000 to support the Tioga Senior Center which enables older adults to have their basic needs met and lead healthy, fulfilling lives. To learn more about Philadelphia Senior Center, Inc., click here.

• St. Catherine LaBoure Medical Clinic: $50,000 for general operating support to provide a free, dignified and quality primary care clinic in Germantown serving the uninsured. To learn more about St. Catherine LaBoure Medical Clinic, click here.

• Time Out Respite Program at Temple University: $20,000 to support their student volunteer program to go into the homes of chronically ill seniors who are living with and dependent on constant care from their families and provide periods of respite for the family. To learn more about the Time Out Respite Program at Temple University, click here.

The Green Tree Community Health Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in April of 2008:

• Albert Einstein Healthcare Network: $30,000 to support the West Oak Lane NORC (naturally occurring retirement community). To learn more about the NORC, click here.

• Community Legal Services: $25,000 to support Northwest Philadelphia seniors retain access to medical coverage and remain in their homes. To learn more about Community Legal Services, click here.

• Face to Face: $25,000 to support a health center in East Germantown providing nursing care, alternative healing modalities and social services. To learn more about Face to Face, click here.

• Inter-faith Housing Alliance: $20,000 general operating support for a homeless continuum and prevention services including, Hope Garden, an eight-unit, transitional housing, and apartment building. To learn more about the Inter-faith Housing Alliance, click here.

• Little Brothers—Friends of the Elderly: $25,000, first year payment on a three-year grant, to support outreach to the homebound elderly in Northwest Philadelphia. To learn more about Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly, click here.

• Maternity Care Coalition: $25,000 to develop a Northwest Philadelphia MOMobile to assist pregnant and new moms to connect with health care, services, education and other community resources. To learn more about the Maternity Care Coalition, click here.

• Northwest Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network: $30,000 for a full-time social worker to support the needs of homeless guests and post-shelter families. To learn more about the Northwest Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network, click here.

The Green Tree Community Health Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in January of 2008:

• Anti-Violence Partnership of Philadelphia: $15,000 for the Student Anti-Violence Education (SAVE) training program for middle school students. To learn more about the Anti-Violence Partnership click here.

• BCS Yes! (formerly Baptist Children's Services): $20,000 for the Health, Nutrition and Fitness Program of the School House Lane Group Home for Girls. To learn more about BCS Yes! click here.

• First United Methodist Church of Germantown (FUMCOG): $15,000 for an after school program for Germantown High School students. To learn more about the FUMCOG after school program click here.

• Journey's Way (formerly Intercommunity Action, Inc. or Interac): $31,110 to cover volunteer personnel salaries for aging programs. To learn more about Journey's Way programs click here.

• KenCrest Centers: $3,689 to provide communication training to low-income families with young children who have autism spectrum disorder. To learn more about KenCrest click here.

• Maternal Wellness Center: $5,000 for general operating support and $5,000 for scholarships for low-income women or parents. To learn more about the Maternal Wellness Center click here.

• Philadelphia Flying Phoenix-Healthy Dragons Program: $8,500 for equipment to start the Northwest Philadelphia Middle School Dragon Boat Association to develop a model obesity prevention program that focuses on healthy lifestyle choices, academics, self-esteem, teamwork and conflict resolution. Schools involved in the collaboration are the Lingelbach and Henry public schools, Wissahickon Charter School and the private William Penn Charter School.

• Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY or formerly Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth): $25,000 to increase public awareness, issue briefing papers and build support for actions to increase the number of safe, opportunities for children to play and exercise, identify parenting programs for at-risk families and increase children's access to behavioral health supports in communities and schools. To learn more about PCCY click here.

• Roxborough Family YMCA: $13,600 for a two-panel, interactive Sports Wall for the youth fitness program and healthy dinners for low-income families enrolled in the Body Rox program to prevent childhood obesity. To learn more about the Y's youth fitness programs click here.

• Smith Memorial Playground and Playhouse: $10,000 for general operating support. To learn more about Smith Playground and Playhouse click here.

• Support Center for Child Advocates: $20,000 for access and treatment to behavioral health services for child victims of abuse and neglect. To learn more about the Support Center click here.

• Tabor Children's Services, Inc.: $10,331.34 to expand the Supervised Independent Living Program for Philadelphia youth approaching the age of emancipation. To learn more about Tabor Children's Services click here.

VNA-Community Services, Inc. (Visiting Nurse Association): $50,000 for primary health care and health education to at-risk children and their caregivers in Montgomery County. To learn more about VNA Community Services, Inc., click here.

Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in November of 2007:

• Keystone Hospice: $35,000 for indigent care for residents in the Foundation’s service area. To learn more about Keystone Hospice, please click here.

• Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP): $20,000 to support elder care services programs. To learn more about RSVP, please click here.

The Green Tree Community Health Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in August and October of 2007:

• BREAKFREE Youth Design: $5,000 to support a design, sewing and entrepreneurship classroom and after-school programs for at-risk youth in Philadelphia. To learn more about BREAKFREE, please click here.

• Build-a-Bridge: $10,000 to develop curriculum for caregivers in transitional housing to gain skills to improve the welfare of vulnerable children through parenting education. Additionally, the Foundation will provide the services of its parenting educator to assist. To learn more about Build-a-Bridge, please click here.

• Cradles to Crayons: $25,000 to support a warehouse program of collecting/recycling gently-used and donated garments and other items for distribution to children who are homeless and living in poverty. To learn more about Cradles to Crayons, please click here.

• Episcopal Community Services (ECS): $15,000 to help low-income, frail elderly persons in Northwest Philadelphia to sustain their independence and remain safely in the comfort and dignity of their own homes. To learn more about Episcopal Community Services, please click here.

• Family Services of Montgomery County: $50,000 to provide in-home mental health counseling and other support services to homebound frail elderly persons. To learn more about Family Services of Montgomery County, please click here.

• The Food Trust: $35,000 to improve elementary school children's health and literacy through student-written Healthy Times newspapers. To learn more about the Food Trust, please click here.

• JEVS Human Services (Formerly Jewish Employment and Vocational Services): $20,000 a year for three years for home abatement and adaptation for homebound elderly. To learn more about JEVS Human Services, please click here.

• Jewish Family and Children's Services of Greater Philadelphia (JFCS): $10,000 to support NORC (naturally occurring retirement community) programming to assist elderly adults age with dignity and safety in the comfort of their own homes and in the communities of Elkins Park, Jenkintown and Cheltenham. To learn more about Jewish Family and Children's Services, please click here.

• Kardon Institute for Arts Therapy: $10,000 to provide music, art and dance/movement therapy to at-risk youth. To learn more about the Kardon Institute, please click here.

• Legal Aid Society of Southeastern Pennsylvania (LASP): $15,000 to support legal work in Eastern Montgomery County with frail and vulnerable older adults. To learn more about the Legal Aid Society, please click here.

• Penn Asian Senior Services (PASSI): $30,000 for recruitment and training of Asian-speaking home health aides to support the ailing Asian American seniors who are isolated by language barriers. To learn more about Penn Asian Senior Services, please click here.

• Philadelphia Early Childhood Collaborative: $50,000 for pre-school obesity prevention program to fund exercise equipment that can be used in smaller spaces. To learn more about the Philadelphia Early Childhood Collaborative, please click here.

• Women of Faith and Hope: $45,000 to support African American women living in Northwest Philadelphia at risk or living with breast cancer.

• WON Community Services Center (WCSC): $5,000 for community service programs targeted to non-English speaking immigrants related to the health and wellness of individuals and families. To learn more about the WON Community Center, please click here.

The Green Tree Community Health Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in June of 2007:

• Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly (CARIE): $20,000 for a free telephone and on-site information and counseling service for older adults. To learn more about CARIE, please click here.

• Center in the Park: $50,000 as the first payment of a three-year grant for general operating support. Center in the Park's mission is to promote healthy, positive aging. To learn more about Center in the Park, please click here.

• Chestnut Hill Garden District: $2,100 in support of the "Walk a Healthy Mile" program.

• Chestnut Hill Senior Services Center: $10,000 for general operating support.

• Child Home & Community: $7,200 for prenatal and support groups for adolescent parents at the Maternal Wellness Center in Mt. Airy. To learn more about Child, Home & Community, click here.

• Dragonfly Forest: $10,000 for seriously ill children to enjoy overnight camp in an environment designed to meet their physical medical needs. To learn more about Dragonfly Forest, please click here.

• Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund: $20,000 to support families dealing with chronically or terminally ill children. To learn more about the Memorial Fund, please click here.

• Liberty Center for Survivors of Torture, a program of Lutheran Children and Family Service of Eastern Pennsylvania: $25,000 to fund case management services for victims of torture. To learn more about Liberty Center, please click here.

• MANNA: $30,000 to increase services in northwest Philadelphia. MANNA provides meals and other services to HIV positive, as well as AIDS patients. For more information, please click here.

• Philadelphia Children's Alliance: $33,000 to fund a forensic interviewing specialist to increase access to services for northwest Philadelphia children and non-offending caregivers during sexual abuse investigations. To learn more about Philadelphia Children's Alliance, click here.

• St. Catherine LaBoure Medical Clinic: $50,000 for general operating support for a free clinic in Germantown serving the uninsured. To learn more about St. Catherine LaBoure Medical Clinic, click here.

The Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in February of 2007:

• Awbury Arboretum Association: $30,000 for an afterschool program for Germantown area children who participate in planting gardens, learning about nutrition, and harvesting and then cooking vegetables. To learn more about Awbury Arboretum Association, please click here.

• Dignity Housing: $25,000 for a support program for family reinforcement for the homeless in Germantown. To learn more about Dignity Housing, please click here.

• First United Methodist Church of Germantown (FUMCOG): $15,000 to support the after-school program for students of Germantown High School. To learn more about First United Methodist Church of Germantown, please click here.

• Friends of the Children's Park in Chestnut Hill: $5,000 to repair playground equipment, and another $5,000 challenge grant for lead paint removal on the Jenks School Playground. To learn more about Friends of the Children's Park, please click here.

• Health Promotion Council of Southeastern Pennsylvania: $50,000 to support their Bodyworks program (obesity prevention) among transitional housing families in Ambler. To learn more about Health Promotion Council, please click here.

• North Light Community Center: $50,000 as the first payment in a 3-year grant for general operating purposes for their after-school program in Manayunk. To learn more about North Light Community Center, please click here.

• Visiting Nurse Association Community Services: $50,000 to support immunization and general health efforts among uninsured children. To learn more about Visiting Nurse Association, please click here.

• YMCA of Roxborough: $13,900 to purchase a climbing wall for children as part of the Y's program in preventing childhood obesity. To learn more about YMCA of Roxborough, please click here.

The Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following organizations in December of 2006:

• Albert Einstein Healthcare Network: $40,000 to develop a Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NORC) in West Oak Lane. To learn more about Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, please click here.

• Breastfeeding Resource Center: $10,000 for general operating support for its promotion and support of breastfeeding in northwest Philadelphia and eastern Montgomery County. To learn more about Breastfeeding Resource Center, please click here.

• Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels: $10,000 for general operating support.

• Intercommunity Action, Inc. (Interac): $27,047 to recruit staff to manage their volunteer program. To learn more about Intercommunity Action, Inc., please click here.

• Montgomery County Health Department: $5,000 to support their safe child care seat initiative. To learn more about Montgomery County Health Department, please click here.

The Green Tree Community Health Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following organizations in September of 2006:

• Anti-Violence Partnership of Philadelphia: $20,404 for its Student Anti-Violence Education (SAVE) training program. To learn more about Anti-Violence Partnership of Philadelphia, please click here.

• The Center for Women's Reproductive Health: $20,000 to support its program of counseling for un- and under-insured women suffering from postpartum depression.

• Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly of Greater Philadelphia: $25,000 to support its program of friendly visits to homebound elderly. To learn more about Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly, please click here.

• Northwest Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network (NPHIN): $20,000 to support its program of providing temporary housing and counseling support services for the homeless. To learn more about Northwest Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network, please click here.

• Pennsylvania School for the Deaf: $50,000 as part of a two-year funding program to support its early childhood program for hearing children. To learn more about Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, please click here.

• Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP): $20,000 to support its program for elder volunteers supporting elders. To learn more about Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, please click here.

• Young Lives Delaware Valley: $10,000 to support its program of supporting teen parents and their children. To learn more about Young Lives Delaware Valley, please click here.

The Green Tree Community Health Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in June of 2006:

• Breakfree: $5,000 for nutrition counseling in their teen empowerment workshops. To learn more about Breakfree, please click here.

• Episcopal Community Services: $10,000 to provide home care services to low-income elderly patients in northwest Philadelphia. To learn more about Episcopal Community Services, please click here.

• Family Services of Montgomery County: $15,000 to provide in home mental health counseling and other support services to frail homebound seniors in Eastern Montgomery County. To learn more about Family Services of Montgomery County, please click here.

• Jewish Employment and Vocational Services: $17,000 for home abatement and adaptation for homebound elderly in Mount Airy and Germantown. To learn more about Jewish Employment and Vocational Services, please click here.

• Kardon Institute for Arts Therapy: $6,000 to provide music, art, and dance/movement therapy to at-risk youth, ages 10 to 17. To learn more about Kardon Institute for Arts Therapy, please click here.

• Keystone Hospice: $40,000 for a passive monitoring program utilizing home placed instruments and web interaction and monitoring for single, elderly, homebound chronically ill patients as well as recent elderly discharges from an inpatient setting. To learn more about Keystone Hospice, please click here.

• PresbyHomes & Services: $25,000 for the purchase of exercise equipment for the community elderly. To learn more about PresbyHomes & Services, click here.

• Penn Asian Senior Services: $30,000 for the recruitment and training of Asian American native speaking home health aides in order to provide home health services to senior Asians living at home who had chronic health conditions and who did not speak English. To learn more about Penn Asian Senior Services, please click here.

• St. Catherine Laboure Medical Clinic: $50,000 for general operating support for a free clinic in Germantown serving the un-insured. To learn more about St. Catherine LaBoure Medical Clinic, click here.

• Support Center for Child Advocates: $35,000 for general operating support specifically geared to advocacy efforts for children in northwest Philadelphia who had serious and chronic medical needs and who are subject to protective proceedings in Family Court. To learn more about Support Center for Child Advocates, please click here.

• Temple University, Center for Intergeneration Learning: $25,000 for a student volunteer program to go into the homes of chronically ill seniors who are living with and dependent on constant care from their families, and provide periods of respite for the family. To learn more about Temple University, Center for Intergeneration Learning, please click here. Click here for an article on Temple University’s Time Out Respite Program.

• Unitarian Universalist House: $21,153 for a home-based physical exercise program led by social workers trained in senior exercise for residents of northwest Philadelphia. To learn more about Unitarian Universalist House, please click here.

The Green Tree Community Health Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in March of 2006:

• Aid for Friends: $6,580 to home safety abatement (installation of grab bars, bath tub seats, window installation, and more) to client residents in northwest Philadelphia. To learn more about Aid for Friends, click here

• Carson Valley School: $10,000 to provide a Benefits Bank for low income families to access their entitlements through Medicaid, CHIP. WIC, tax credits, etc. To learn more about Carson Valley School, click here. To read the news article: click here.

• Center in the Park: $30,000 to provide health and wellness services and screenings to its Germantown population. To learn more about Center in the Park, click here

• Chestnut Hill Garden District: $5,000 to develop the "Walk a Healthy Mile" program in conjunction with other Chestnut Hill businesses and agencies. To see related news article, click here.

• Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund: $20,000 to support families dealing with chronically or terminally ill children. To learn more about the Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund, click here

• Maternity Care Coalition: $15,000 to provide cribs to northwest Philadelphia low income families in an effort to reduce SIDS-related deaths. To learn more about the Maternity Care Coalition, click here

• North Light Community Center: $12,500 to provide support for KidZone after school program for northwest Philadelphia children, providing exercise, nutrition, and social counseling. To learn more about North Light, click here

• Springfield Ambulance Association: $645 to provide water and fans for needy elderly community members during the summer months in an effort to prevent heat stroke and related deaths. To learn more about Springfield Ambulance Association, click here. To see news article, click here.

• YMCA of Roxborough: $15,500 to provide exercise equipment and scholarship funds for their childhood obesity prevention program. To learn more about the YMCA of Roxborough, click here.

The Green Tree Community Health Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in December of 2005:

• Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels: $2500 to assist with the cost of meals. To see news article, click here.

• Chestnut Hill Senior Center: $10,000 to further outreach efforts. To see news article, click here. To see related news article, click here.

• First United Methodist Church of Germantown: $15,000 for their after school program with Germantown High School. See www.fumcog.org. To see news article, click here.

• Neighborhood Interfaith Movement: $30,000 for the program to counter childhood obesity. To learn more about NIM, click here. To see press release, click here. To see news article, click here.

• Women of Faith and Hope: $20,000 for outreach to minority women for breast cancer screening. To learn more about Women of Faith and Hope, click here. To see news article, click here.

Grantmaking Priorities: The Green Tree Community Health Foundation's priorities for funding for the year 2005 through 2006 relate to the outcomes of its community assessment. The identified needs, then, are for community services in support of:

Green Tree Community Health Foundation
6023 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19144
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