72 HOUR SALE $19 99 for 1 year
SUBSCRIBE NOW (HTTP://OFFERS.DELAWAREONLINE.COM/SPECIALOFFER? Ends 1/24 GPS- SOURCE=BENBJAN&UTM_MEDIUM=NANOBAR&UTM_SOURCE=BOUNCE- EXCHANGE&UTM_CAMPAIGN=72HOUR18)
Eight area organizations awarded funding from Gannett
The News Journal Published 3:26 p.m. ET Jan. 16, 2018 | Updated 4:47 p.m. ET Jan. 16, 2018
The Gannett Foundation awarded $37,000 and the Needy Family Fund doled out $10,000 to eight organizations Tuesday afternoon at the offices of The News Journal Media Group.
The organizations were chosen from around 40 applicants to receive the grants from Gannett, the parent company of The News Journal Media Group.
The Gannett Foundation (https://gannettfoundation.org/) is a corporate foundation sponsored by Gannett Co.,
(Photo: Suchat Pederson, The News Inc. Through its Community Grant Program, Gannett Foundation supports nonprofit activities in the JournalUSA TODAY NETWORK) communities in which Gannett does business.
Recipients of donation money from The Gannett Foundation on Tuesday included the following:
Dr. Stacey Fox with Beacon Pediatrics receives a Gannett Foundation Grant from Thomas Donovan, President/Publisher and Northeast Regional President of Gannett East Group. (Photo: Suchat Pederson, The News JournalUSA TODAY NETWORK)
Beacon Pediatrics: Awarded $7,500. The practice in Rehoboth started a Reach Out and Read program, which is a program for doctors' offices to promote early literacy. The program gives out books to kids after checkups from ages 6 months to 5 years. Natalie ArmorPayne (left) and Dina Melchiorre (right) with Delaware Futures receive a Gannett Foundation Grant from Thomas Donovan, President/Publisher and Northeast Regional President of Gannett East Group. (Photo: Suchat Pederson, The News JournalUSA TODAY NETWORK)
Delaware Futures: Awarded $9,500. The New Castle County organization is an afterschool program that provides college and career access readiness to students in middle and high schools.
Jeff Jackson with Read Aloud Delaware receives a Gannett Foundation Grant from Thomas Donovan, President/Publisher and Northeast Regional President of Gannett East Group. (Photo: Suchat Pederson, The News JournalUSA TODAY NETWORK)
Read Aloud Delaware: Awarded $3,000. The nonprofit's core mission is to make sure each preschool child in Delaware is regularly read to 1on1. The program being supported, the Clem Bowen Storytelling Program, which weaves story and music together to teach language and literacy, is being saved by the Gannett Foundation award and donations from other private donors. Donna Fierro with Reading Assist and Matt Sullivan (right) receive a Gannett Foundation Grant from Thomas Donovan, President/Publisher and Northeast Regional President of Gannett East Group. (Photo: Suchat Pederson, The News JournalUSA TODAY NETWORK)
Reading Assist Institute: Awarded $3,000. The organization, which serves New Castle County and is hoping to get into Kent soon, provides reading intervention for students in grades one through three who have languagebased learning disabilities.
Tara Quinn with Vision to Learn receives a Gannett Foundation Grant from Thomas Donovan, President/Publisher and Northeast Regional President of Gannett East Group. (Photo: Suchat Pederson, The News JournalUSA TODAY NETWORK)
Vision to Learn: Awarded $5,000. The statewide foundation, which launched in 2014, provides free eye exams and glasses to children in lowincome communities. The organization has done over 6,000 exams and has provided over 5,000 pairs of glasses since its inception. Carrie Gray with Wilmington Renassaine Corp receives a Gannett Foundation Grant Money from Thomas Donovan, President/Publisher and Northeast Regional President of Gannett East Group. (Photo: Suchat Pederson, The News JournalUSA TODAY NETWORK)
Wilmington Renaissance Corporation: Awarded $5,000. The organization, which will celebrate its 25th anniversary this year, is working on the revitalization of downtown Wilmington. The grant awarded will go toward a collaboration with NextFab to help young adults.
In addition to The Gannett Foundation awards, The Needy Family Fund, set up by Gannett years ago as a local charitable organization, in 2017 donated $105,612.
On Tuesday, two nonprofits accepted awards from The News Journal as part of the Needy Family Fund:
Cape Henlopen Food Basket: Awarded $5,000. The Cape Henlopen Food Basket's sole purpose is to provide food in the Cape Henlopen area to individuals and families in need.
Subscribe Now Join now for as low as (http://offers.delawareonline.com/specialoffe 99 st gps- $19 for the 1 year source=BEAZjan&utm_medium=agilityzone&u exchange&utm_campaign=UWEB2017) Rob Gurnee (left) and Greg Moore (right) with Lutheran Community Services receive a grant from The Needy Family Fund from Thomas Donovan, President/Publisher and Northeast Regional President of Gannett East Group. (Photo: Suchat Pederson, The News JournalUSA TODAY NETWORK)
Lutheran Community Services: Awarded $5,000. LCS provides food for lowincome families and operates a network of food pantries and distribution sites. Additionally, LCS provides homelessness prevention services.
More giving
Around the holiday season, The News Journal Media Group's staff adopted 50 children’s wish lists who are living at the YWCA Delaware’s HomeLife Management Center. The gifts were distributed at the organization's holiday dinner.
TNJ also partnered with the United Way of Delaware's Winter Sleigh Program to adopt 20 wish lists from area families. The gifts were distributed through four local agencies: Greater SmyrnaClayton Boys & Girls Club, Salvation Army, Communities in Schools of Delaware and Sussex County Health Coalition.
Contact reporter Jeff Neiburg at (302) 9836772, [email protected] or on Twitter @Jeff_Neiburg.
Read or Share this story: https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2018/01/16/eightareaorganizationsawardedfundinggannett/1035365001/