Children’s charities, Carmstrong Foundation to receive funds…
The Hope Foundation of the Mahoning Valley has announced its latest round of grants to local nonprofit organizations that serve chronically/terminally ill children. Checks were presented to the following groups on Thursday, November 20th at Coaches Court in the Beeghly Center on the campus of Youngstown State University at a Press Conference:
• Making Kids Count – A $1,500 award to fill Hope Totes for children currently undergoing chemotherapy at Akron Children’s Hospital of the Mahoning Valley.
• Easter Seal Society of Mahoning, Trumbull, and Columbiana Counties – A $1,500 award to enable children with Cerebral Palsy and other chronic diagnoses to participate in Intense SuitAbility therapy.
• Camelot Center – A $1,500 award to provide therapeutic horse riding to children with chronic/terminal illness through the Saddle Up Scholarship program.
Additionally The Foundation will be presenting a check to the Carmstrong Foundation in the amount of $1,079.05. “The money being donated to Carmstrong was raised during our very successful Carmstrong Bocce for Hope event held at the MVR recently,” says The Hope Foundation Executive Director Anthony Spano.
Founded in 2007, the Hope Foundation of the Mahoning Valley is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization provides charitable and financial support to local charities that share its goal of improving the lives of chronically/terminally ill children.
