The Aultman Foundation Distributes $125,000 in Grants to 17 Nonprofits

Fifth Round

CANTON, Ohio (Nov. 4, 2009) – The Aultman Foundation has announced 17 area nonprofit organizations will receive the organization’s fifth round of grant funding totaling $125,000 to help further The Aultman Foundation’s mission with their own services in Stark, Wayne, Holmes, Carroll and Tuscarawas counties.

The following organizations – whose services focus on health, education and human services for the underserved, especially the poor, elderly and children – are receiving grants for the specified amount:

Association for Better Community Development (ABCD), $6,000 for transportation services for dialysis patients
Christian Children’s Home of Ohio, $5,000 for counseling services for children
Dragonfly Academy, $13,400 for speech and language pathology program for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Golden Key Center for Exceptional Children, $8,000 for child care services for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Guardian Support Services, Inc., $7,000 for volunteer guardian program
Health Professionals of Holmes County, $3,000 for Impact Kids Fitness Club
Horizons of Tuscarawas and Carroll County, $1,100 for exercise equipment for individuals in Adult Day Service Center
Minerva Community Meals, $3,000 for replacement of warming ovens
NAMI of Stark County, $4,500 for education and support programs for individuals and families with mental illness
Personal & Family Counseling Services of Tuscarawas Valley, $4,500 for Older Adult Outreach services
Phoenix Rising Behavioral Healthcare and Recovery, $15,000 for evidence-based teen and parent outreach services
Pregnancy Support Center, Stark County, $8,000 for sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic, education and intervention program
Quest Recovery Services, $6,000 for evidence-based substance abuse education and prevention programs
Stark County Hunger Task Force, $10,500 for Community Campus Pantry
Stark County Out of Poverty Partnership, $6,000 for Family Economic Success program
Tuscarawas County Clinic for the Working Uninsured, $12,000 for free clinic program
Voyager Program, $12,000 for Teen Violence Education program

The Aultman Foundation will distribute additional rounds of grants in May and October 2010. To learn more about the organization, contribute a charitable gift or apply for a grant, go to www.aultmanfoundation.org or call 330-363-2366.

About The Aultman Foundation
Aultman Health Foundation announced The Aultman Foundation in May 2007 to improve the health of the community using a two-fold process: targeted grant funding to area non-profit organizations and the acceptance of charitable gifts to the foundation and hospital. Since inception, the foundation has distributed $625,000 in grants.

About Aultman Health Foundation
Aultman Health Foundation is a not-for-profit health-care organization serving Stark and surrounding counties. The vertically integrated institution includes Aultman Hospital, the locally managed health-insurance provider AultCare, The Aultman Foundation and the Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences. With 682 beds, 530 active physicians and a staff of more than 5,000 employees, Aultman is Stark County's largest hospital. For more information, visit www.aultman.org.

Media Contact
Leslee Dennis, Corporate Communications
330-363-5319