Bowling Green Community Foundation has gave $56,269.27 to 16 recipients at a ceremony Thursday.
Wood Lane Residential Services, Inc. – Poe Mowbility Crew
· $5,999 to purchase a riding lawn mower for a vocational landscaping program for adults with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities that are served by Wood Lane Residential Services, Inc.
Wood County Hospital – Wood County Hospital Community Outreach Program
· $3,900 towards expenses for the Wood County Hospital Outreach Program. Community health workers from Wood County Hospital will identify noninsured/underinsured Bowling Green individuals in need and work with our local agencies and organizations to support these individuals with their basic needs. Members of the community can receive assistance with obtaining health insurance, housing, legal services, and be connected with a physician or dentist. Also, they can get help with going back to school, employment, obtaining items such as clothing, furniture, household items, food and various other needs that can be assisted with.
Bowling Green Firefighters Community Benefit Fund – Knox Box Loan Program
· $5,075 to purchase 24 Knox Boxes. These funds will purchase 24 Knox Boxes which are essentially a small safe that is installed on the exterior of a building, typically by the front door. Keys to the building are placed within the Knox Box, allowing first responders to access the building quickly during an emergency using a master key. Without a Knox Box, first responders must find alternative entry solutions, whether waiting for someone to unlock the door or forcing entry, which could cause costly damage to the building.
Children’s Resource Center – Modernizing Mental Health Services for Wood County Youth
· $2,200 to purchase Surface Pros for home-based staff to use while completing intakes and implementing treatment plans within the client’s home.
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio – Helping Hands- Bowling Green
· $1,000 will be utilized to provide nights of rest at Ronald McDonald House to Bowling Green families that have children in the hospital.
Bowling Green Save Our Neighborhoods Group – BG SONG 2024 Rock the Block Project –
• $3,750 to purchase equipment and supplies to help with basic home repair and maintenance and landscaping improvements. The funding will help with repairs such as house painting, wood rot repair, door and window repair and replacement and refreshing or reestablishing appropriate landscaping.
Friends of the Wood County Parks – Benches for Bowling Green
• $3,750 to purchase two benches to be placed in publicly accessible spaces in two Wood County parks located in Bowling Green. High quality recycled plastic benches are less maintenance while both aesthetically pleasing, comfortable, and require minimal maintenance.
Bowling Green Parks & Recreation – Security Cameras for Simpson Garden Park and Wintergarden Nature Preserve
• $3,828 to purchase security cameras and related equipment to help monitor Simpson Garden Park and Wintergarden Nature Preserve.
Bowling Green Police Division /Downtown Foundation, Inc. – Small Unmanned Aircraft System Program (SUAS)
• $7,103.00 to purchase one drone for use of the Bowling Green Police Division. They are valuable tools in surveillance operations related to criminal activity, airborne documentation of crime scenes, as well as fire and rescue operations.
Firefly Night – Firefly Nights 2024 Festival Series
• $6,672.50 from the Cormier Fund. This money will fund children art activities along with children entertainment during the Firefly Nights
City of Bowling Green Bicycle Safety Commission – Public Bike Repair Stations
• $1,267 to purchase one public bike repair station to be placed at Wooster Green.
NAMI Wood County – Caregiver and Youth Connection
• $3,000 for funding of family/caregiver and youth programming. Through this initiative, NAMI can address and reduce stigma, increase necessary skills to respond to mental health symptoms and crisis, and cultivate awareness of recovery support group services for family and caregivers.
Sufficient Grace Ministries for Women, Inc – Bring SGM Perinatal Hospice & Bereavement Support Services to BG
• $2,475 to fund perinatal loss support training and resources for patients experiencing early pregnancy loss.
Black Swamp Arts Festival – 2024 Art Installation
• $2,500 from the Town and Gown Fund. BGSU students will create and install an interactive art installation during the 2024 Black Swamp Arts Festival.
Bowling Green High School After Prom Committee – BG High School After Prom
• $3,132.28 to fund an organized annual after-prom event. The event offers students a fun and memorable experience while minimizing the risk of underage drinking and exposure to drugs.
• Wood County District Public Library – Janis L. Pallister Fund was established on Jan. 16, 1999, to enable the Wood County Public Library to purchase videotapes which will then be made available for circulation to people who use the library. This year’s amount was $617.49.
