History of Ronald McDonald House Grants

Total Funded	Grant Award Winners: 2005
$2,000	Boys and Girls Club of Pueblo County and Lower Arkansas Valley Eastside Center-Program Supplies Program Summary: This grant is in support of the Healthy Choices - Food and Fitness: Type 2 diabetes prevention program, which encourages girls and boys to make healthy food choices and increase their daily physical activity. Hispanic/Latino AND poverty-stricken populations face a greater increase of developing Type 2 Diabetes: Boys & Girls Club of Pueblo County - Eastside center members are 68% Hispanic, and 73% live in poverty.
$2,000	Care and Share Food Bank Children's Nutrition Initiative Program Summary: This grant is in support of the Children's Nutrition Initiative (CNI). In El Paso County, some 18,800 children live in poverty, facing food insecurity and hunger at least some times during the year. CNI, a meal and nutrition program for children in low-income neighborhoods provides children with nutritious food through six different Kids Cafes - which served 45,384 nutritious meals and snacks during 2004-2005. CNI also provides monthly nutrition education and cooking classes at most of the cafes.
$2,000	Colorado Springs Teen Court, Inc. Restorative Justice Sentencing and Youth Volunteer Corps Program Summary: This grant is in support of the Colorado Springs Teen Court, Inc (CSTC) and its two primary interlocking programs: 1) Restorative Justice Sentencing and Case Management, and 2) Teen Court Youth Volunteer Corps. Specifically, the grant will support volunteer training efforts and to provide scholarships to fee-based sentencing requirements. (The volunteers are youth).
$5,000	Easter Seals- Southern Colorado Recreational Camping Program- Rocky Mountain Village Program Summary: This grant is in support of the 2006 Rocky Mountain Village Easter Seals Camp. Specifically, funds will be used to support the opportunity for children with disabilities to attend the camp.
$5,000	Girl Scouts- Wagon Wheel Council Outreach in Excellence Program Summary: This grant is in support of the Outreach in Excellence Program: OEP is designed to specifically meet the needs of girls and their families who are living at or below the poverty line and face financial or transportation barriers, lack adult leaders in their area, and are unable to participate in Girl Scout's programming. OEP includes: At-School K-5 Program at Centennial Elementary at Harrison District 2, City Wide Troop - K-12 at Citadel Mall, and Camp Excellence - for ages 5-17, all low-income, at-risk populations.
$1,750	Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation- Colorado Springs Walk To Cure Diabetes Program Summary: This grant is in support of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the educational costs associated with conducting their Walk to Cure Diabetes.
$5,000	Kids Crossing Wraparound Program Program Summary: This grant is in support of Kids Crossing and the Wraparound Program. Wraparound Funds is a term commonly known in the juvenile justice system and is considered "flexible funds" to be used to assist families - funding that falls outside of what is funded or provided by traditional funding streams. Example: Losing a job or losing housing, or having a car break down can create an awful crisis for a family. Compound these issues with having children removed from the home and placed into foster care, and this becomes tragic for the children. It can take months for a family to emerge from such a financial crisis - especially if left on their own to get out of this hole. There have been times, for example, where $5,000 is spent keeping children in foster care, waiting for parents to get another apartment. It takes months, because they have to save for a deposit and the 1st month's rent. Wraparound funds are available to help families, so that children can be returned home. Wraparound funds are used as a last resort and/or when no other resource is immediately available.
$2,000	Kid Power Scholarship Program Program Summary: This grant is in support of KIDPOWER and the scholarship program, which supports low-income, high-risk children and teens to attend courses, which teach them how to stay safe, act wisely and believe in themselves through self-protection and confidence building workshops. This support helps KIDPOWER to continue their policy of not refusing service to anyone based on a lack of available funds.
$6,000	Mission Possible Classic Hoops- Basketball Program for Girls Program Summary: This grant is in support of the Classic Hoops- Basketball Program for Girls operated through Mission Possible. Established as a nonprofit in 2000 by Palmer Johnson, who is respected highly by the 4th Judicial Juvenile District after providing 10 years of program services through Chins Up to at-risk youth. The agency's primary focus is to provide detention alternative programming for youth and families in El Paso County (an unduplicated service). Mission Possible is expanding its services to include advocacy services, and recreational programs. Mission Possible is requested funding for Classic Hoops - Basketball Program for Girls - a new program for lower socioeconomic girls attending Emerson Middle School, Roosevelt, Monroe and Wilson Elementary Schools (ages 8-14). The program's goal is to give opportunity for girls to better realize their potential in other areas such as academics, school attendance, peer and adult relations and self esteem as well as decrease negative activity, substance abuse, unwanted pregnancy, etc. The program includes a high level of youth, parent, school and community involvement.
$2,250	Pikes Peak Therapeutic Riding Center (Acts 19:11) Riding Program Expenses Program Summary: This grant is in support of the Pikes Peak Therapeutic Riding Program. It costs approximately $70 a lesson per student. Students pay $27 per lesson with the remaining $43 supported by donations.
$2,000	Youth Connect International- Colorado Boys Ranch Foundation Comprehensive Medical Program Program Summary: This grant is in support of the Comprehensive Medical Program. Comprehensive health care is a critical part of every child's growth and development. Unfortunately, many boys who come to CBRYC have never received proper health care, and some of them are in desperate need of specialized services. In the past year, when arriving at the ranch, 100% of the boys are in need of dental services, 35% need basic immunizations, 30% need lasses, 85% are taking psychotropic meds and 5% are overmedicated.