Jean Griswold Foundation a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping older residents age in place, has awarded grants to 39 organizations devoted to improving the lives of seniors and others in the communities in which Griswold Home Care operates.
The awards aim to help subsidize health initiatives and home health services for those who otherwise couldn’t afford them.
“Giving much-needed funds to local nonprofits that share Griswold Home Care’s passion for helping people remain in the place they love—their homes—is tremendously rewarding. Each of these worthy organizations has improved the lifestyles of many older citizens and those who are recovering from illness or trauma,” says Cathy Howard, co-president of the foundation and Director of Griswold Home Care of Fairfield County, Connecticut, in a media release.
The grant recipients for 2018 are as follows:
- Glencroft Senior Living (Glendale, AZ)
- Solecito Services (Peoria, AZ)
- Dignity Health (San Francisco, CA)
- Neighbor Network Colorado (Castle Rock, CO)
- Project Angel Heart (Denver, CO)
- Stratford Visiting Nurses Association (Stratford, CT)
- Bethel Visiting Nurse Association (Bethel, CT)
- Jewish Family Services of Delaware (Wilmington, DE)
- Delaware Quality of Life Coalition (Newark, DE)
- Newark Senior Center (Newark, DE)
- Area Agency on Aging Pascoe-Pinellas, Inc. (St. Petersburg, FL)
- Suncoast Hospice Foundation (Clearwater, FL)
- Friends of the Sunshine Center (St. Petersburg, FL)
- Harry Chapin Food Bank (Fort Myers, FL)
- Neighbors Network (Maitland, FL)
- Lutheran Social Services of Northeast Florida (Jacksonville, FL)
- Gulfside Hospice & Pasco Palliative Care (Land O Lakes, FL)
- Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired (Port Richey, FL)
- Tampa Lighthouse for the Blind (Tampa, FL)
- Cobb Senior Services (Marietta, GA)
- Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Park Ridge, IL)
- Community Ministries of Rockville (Rockville, MD)
- Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers for Macomb County (Center Line, MI)
- STL Village (St. Louis, MO)
- Sheperd’s Center of Greensboro (Greensboro, NC)
- Council on Aging of Buncombe County (Asheville, NC)
- Senior Transportation Connection (Cleveland, OH)
- Lake County Council on Aging (Mentor, OH)
- Kidney Foundation of Central Pennsylvania (Harrisburg, PA)
- Meals on Wheels Northampton (Bethlehem, PA)
- Center in the Park (Philadelphia, PA)
- Evangelical Community Hospital (Lewisburg, PA)
- Friendship Foundation, Inc. (Lancaster, PA)
- Hospice Care of the Lowcountry (Bluffton, SC)
- Abode Contemplative Care for the Dying (San Antonio, TX)
- Mesquite Social Services (Mesquite, TX)
- Houston Food Bank (Houston, TX)
- Senior Services of Alexandria (Alexandria, VA)
- Insight Memory Care Center (Fairfax, VA)
- New Jersey Adult Day Care
Griswold Home Care comprises more than 180 locations in 32 states.
[Source(s): Griswold Home Care, PRWeb]
