How do you make a difference? Through the grants many residents are touched, helped, supported, and enlivened. Here is how.
American Red Cross
Medina's chapter of the American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization that provides relief to victims of disasters and helps people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. In 2010, MCCF funding purchased mannequins and materials for use in the Red Cross? CPR classes. CPR training teaches a person how to keep a heart beating until professional help arrives on the scene. Together, MCCF and the Red Cross are saving lives in Medina County.
Medina Creative Housing
Medina Creative Housing promotes the acquisition, development and ongoing management of permanent, affordable housing and quality services for persons with disabilities in Medina County. Medina Creative Housing is seeking to develop a supportive employment opportunity for those with disabilities through a hydroponic greenhouse. MCCF will be partnering with them in this endeavor.
The Medina Health Ministries
The Medina Health Ministries, led by Dr. Kin Bowen, M.D, has been Medina's free medical clinic since 2004 and currently treats 450 active patients, residents of Medina County. Medical director, Dr. Kim Bowen, oversees the medical care and eleven board certified volunteer physicians provide treatment ranging from family medicine to orthopedics, Numerous registered nurses, nursing assistant's and lay volunteers ensure the daily functioning of the clinic. In addition there are 20 specialists MD's who volunteer their services.
Patients who are eligible to receive care through the clinic must:
- Be employed
- Have no health insurance coverage
- Not be receiving government medical care or aid
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- Have an income level within 200 percent of the federal poverty level
- Live in Medina County
In 2010, the Medina Health Ministries came to the Medina County Community Fund with the growing need for health care for diabetics which affects 11.5% of its patients, with a particular emphasis on Type I diabetics who are unable to maintain their own care due to lack of health insurance or other resources. Many of these are young men in their twenty's who have fallen into the 'gap' between governmental assistance and employer sponsored health insurance. These patients without insurance may need to monitor their blood glucose levels as much as 6 times per day at a cost of approximately $625 per year. Although certain Medina Health Ministires accesses as many free phamaceuticals as it can, diabetes supplies are generally not available for free. Without the support of the Medina County Community Fund, these patients would go un-monitored and risk the significant health effects this poses.
Project Lifesaver
(A demonstration of Project Lifesaver to MCCF Board President Don Miksch)
Project Lifesaver is a program of the Brunswick Police Department that uses technology to help locate missing persons. The project uses personalized radio transmitters to locate persons who suffer from conditions such as Alzheimer's, autism or other related mental disorders that put them at risk for leaving their residences and becoming lost. Specially trained officers can find missing individuals quickly and more cost-effectively than expensive search-and-rescue operations. A grant from MCCF in 2009 helped purchase some of the necessary equipment.
2011 Grant Recipients
In 2010, the following 10 nonprofit organizations received grants from the Medina County Community Fund:
American Red Cross, Medina County Chapter, to purchase mannequins and CPR instructional booklets, $1,600
Brunswick Art Works Inc., to support a children’s art contest to create tiles for a sculpture park, $900
The Children’s Center of Medina County, to implement a life-skills mentoring program for young adults phasing out of foster care, $2,500.
The Kidney Foundation of Medina County Inc., to provide residents with reliable transportation to hemodialysis treatments, $2,500
Medina Cares Inc., to provide financial assistance to residents facing a medical crisis, $1,000
Medina Creative Housing, to provide people with disabilities vocational opportunities at a hydroponic greenhouse, $4,500
Medina Health Ministry, to support the free medical clinic, $10,000
Mobile Meals Inc. Foundation of Northeast Ohio, to deliver meals to low-income, homebound individuals, $5,000
Operation: HOMES Inc., for vehicle repair and maintenance for homeless clients, $1,000
Our Saviour Lutheran Church, to support the food pantry, $1,000
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