SitemapThe William Swanston
Charitable Fund awarded $50,000 to Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership toward
building a playground at the Highland Terrace housing complex in Warren.
Area organizations such as Team Sanders Inc., Ignite
Ministry and the Warren G. Harding High School basketball program already
pledged to support the multi-year Project Play by hosting programs at the new
playground on the city’s southwest side, according to a news release from the
Swanston fund. Project Play is a collaborative effort between Trumbull
Neighborhood Partnership and the Trumbull Metropolitan Housing Authority, the
release states. The fund awarded $374,900 in grants for eight initiatives
aimed at improving the health and wellness of at-risk children, according to a
press release from the agency. The William Swanston Charitable Fund is an
affiliate of the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley. The other Trumbull County organization receiving a grant was
the Children’s Rehabilitation Center Inc. in Howland, which received $14,900 to
support its “Healthy Hand, Healthy Body: Improving Children’s Accessibility to
Fitness and Nutrition” project. The project includes adaptive fitness classes, cooking and
nutrition education, and gardening activities for medically fragile children
and those with disabilities.
The highest grant awarded, $150,000, went to the Youngstown
Neighborhood Development Corporation for its Built Environment Improvements for
Increased Physical Activity project. This initiative seeks to reduce childhood
obesity in Youngstown’s neighborhoods through investments in parks and schools
that serve the highest number of children, the release states.
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