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The KCMS Alliance, through its Charitable
Fund Committe, selects one or more
charities a year to be the major
recipient(s) of the funds raised through the Charity Ball. Applicants
must be 501(c)3 organizations and
provide services within Kent
County.
The Alliance Charitable
Fund Committee gathers information and reviews data from organizations
that have submitted grant applications. Applicants must
demonstrate how the grant will benefit children and strengthen the
Alliance's presence in Kent County. The Charitable Fund Committe
then recommends applicants to the KCMS
Alliance Board and membership for final approval.
The deadline for
grant applications for the 2012
Charity Ball for Children is January 15, 2011.
Download
a copy of the Charity
Ball for Children Grant Application here or email grants@kcmsalliance.org for
more
information.
The
Charitable Fund Committee meets in February for selection of the
2012
charities. Selected organizations will be notified by May 2011.
Mail completed grant
applications to:
KCMSA Foundation
233 East Fulton, Suite 222
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Attention: KMCSA Charitable Fund Committee
Catherine’s Health Center
Catherine's Health Center is a non-profit, community-based free clinic dedicated to wellness and preventive care. Named after Catherine McAuley, the foundress of the Sisters of Mercy, its mission is to provide health education, screening, and primary care medical services to low income, uninsured, and medically underserved residents of Grand Rapids. Catherine’s Health Center aims not only to serve their patients' immediate medical needs but to establish relationships and partnerships within the community to continue to meet the growing health care needs of the under insured.
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How does the current health care crisis impact families and children? Lack of insurance increases health care costs to the point where in some families there is a choice to be made between food on the table and a visit to the doctor. When parents are unhealthy, they are unable to care for their children in appropriate ways. Families who are able to meet their health care needs at Catherine’s eliminate onepotentially harmful choice. The preventive medicine offered at Catherine’s also makes a positive impact on children. When parents receive nutritional counseling, advice on increasing physical activity, or smoking cessation, a healthier home environment is the result. Catherine’s strives to offer families the dignity of service in a welcoming setting, so parents can model for their children that everyone deserves and should receive quality health care.
Catherine’s is currently in the public phase of a Capital Campaign to triple the size of the clinic. Renovations of six classrooms in the former St. Alphonsus School will create a much larger space to address the growing health care needs in our community. Funds from the Kent County Medical Society Alliance’s Children’s Charity Ball will go towards the increase in operations funding in the new clinic. It will help Catherine’s Health Center increase services to families and children. More office visits, health education, immunizations, and physicals will be possible, thanks in part, to the generosity of KCMSA. |
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D.A.Blodgett-St.John’s Home
D.A. Blodgett-St. John’s is a private, non-profit agency that works in partnership with the community for the good of all children. The agency provides comprehensive services to 3,000 children and their families, including Big Brothers Big Sisters, foster care, adoption, residential services, emergency shelter care and family support. In 2010, D.A. Blodgett for Children and St. John’s Home merged to form one of
West Michigan’s largest child welfare agencies.
The agency is supported by more than 5,000 community members who serve as directors, committee members, foster and adoptive parents, program volunteers, and generous donors. With their help, D.A. Blodgett-St. John’s will continue to achieve its mission of enhancing the well-being of children and their families. The agency salutes the Kent County Medical Society Alliance Foundation for its past contributions, its pledge of support through its Charity Ball 2011, and its unwavering commitment to better health for all West Michigan children. |
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