Press Release:
December 1, 2007
The EMC Foundation board members met in November to look over the 22 submitted grant requests, and the Foundation has awarded a total of $30,400 to ten different agencies including:
- YWCA - $2400 to provide cribs and beds for families living in the homeless shelter
- Monroe Street Fine Arts Center - $3000 for scholarships to students in economically needy families
- Horizon High School - $3000 to support services for this alternative high school which provides a supportive environment for teens committed to being alcohol- and drug-free
- Imagine A Child’s Capacity - $3000 for the expansion of their Creative Skills Builders Program, which promotes children’s literacy
- Turn Around Teen – $3,000 to support their “New Directions” program which provides fee-waived services to low income youth
- Common Wealth Development - $3,000 for their youth-business mentoring program which provides employment training, financial education, job placements, and mentoring to low-income and at-risk youth
- Nehemiah Community Development Corporation - $4000 to support their program for survivors of sexual abuse
- Hope House Building Corporation - $4000 to support the Hope House Program, which helps transition homeless mother with infants to stable, independent living through training, mentoring, and nurturing
- Village of Waunakee - $2000 for fencing and refurbishing the village’s caboose. We will also ask them to come in to the shop and talk about possible donated materials for the fence
- Interfaith Hospitality Network - $3,000 for an emergency shelter for homeless families with children
The EMC Foundation has also donated again to the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission, and of the $15,000 that the EMC Foundation gifted, a portion of the contribution was awarded to the following organizations:
- Chazen Museum of Art
- Madison Symphony Orchestra
- Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra
- Madison Repertory Theatre
- Children’s Theater of Madison
If you know of any non-profit organizations who you think the Foundation could help, please let us know and pass on the word to those non-profits. We are here to help better the community and the things that our shop employees are passionate about! The grant applications can be found at www.endresmfg.com by following the foundation link.