YSU Students Pay It Forward, Award $2,000 in Grants
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Youngstown State University students in the nonprofit leadership academic program Pay It Forward: Strengthening Communities gained hands-on experience in philanthropy this spring through the student-led philanthropy initiative. Members of the student nonprofit leadership organization had $2,000 in available grant funding to award this spring semester.
The students focused on adult education/skill development, urban development revitalization and an outreach to veterans. The students narrowed the applicant pool of nearly 20 organizations to four finalists and then, eventually, the two award recipients.
Big Reach Center of Hope in Greenford was awarded $1,000 for its life-enrichment education program which offfers classes to low-income and underserved adults in that community. The funds will be used to supplement the garden bucket and cardiopulmonary resuscitation/first-aid classes where those who benefit are charged a small fee for instruction and/or materials. The grant funds will cover these fees so people can attend the classes at no charge.
The Idora Neighborhood Association in Youngstown was awarded $1,000 for the homeless veterans home revitalization project. The funds will be spent on building supplies to provide a homeless veteran a safe and healthful place to live.
SOURCE: YSU News Center
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
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