Tracy Hospital Foundation Pledges $440,000 to Boost Community Health
4/25/2007
TRACY, CA – The Tracy Hospital Foundation will honor the 2007 grant recipients at its annual meeting on April 25th at 6:15 p.m. to be held in the community room of Sutter Tracy Community Hospital. Grants totaling $440,000 will be awarded to community programs and organizations that improve and protect the health and well being of Tracy area residents.
This year the Foundation is proud to announce the funding of two new programs to help troubled teens and their parents. Recognizing the growing need to offer counseling services for at-risk and troubled teens, the Foundation is funding a new two-year program to provide much needed individual and group counseling sessions for children, adolescents and parents. A $93,000 grant is being awarded to Tracy Mental Health Services for this new important program geared toward Tracy underserved teens. In addition, the Foundation is providing first-time funding to the Parent Project, a parent training program designed for parents with high-risk adolescent children.
"The Foundation's sole purpose is to improve the quality of health in the Tracy community," said Pam Warta, chair of the Foundation Board of Trustees. "We do that by identifying the community's health care needs and providing the financial support and resources necessary to meet those needs."
Focusing on the big picture, the Foundation aims to keep Tracy's children safe, learn healthy habits, and incorporate good nutrition into an active lifestyle that will benefit them for years to come. Funding for several successful children's programs and organizations will continue including Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH), Project Fit America, CPR for Kids Program, Challenge Kids Program of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Tracy and the Children's Skin Disease Foundation.
Among the other top grantees for 2007 are several very important programs and organizations including Healthy Connections Resource Center, Sutter Tracy Lactation Education Program and Tracy Interfaith Ministries. In addition, the Foundation is pleased to provide needed funding for various ongoing programs in Tracy, as well as two new first-time grant recipients including the Community Partnership for Families VITA program and to the Tracy Volunteer Caregivers.
Striving to keep Tracy families healthy, the Foundation will continue to maintain its funding for health insurance enrollment services provided by the Charterhouse Center for Families in San Joaquin County. Charterhouse representatives visit Healthy Connections every week to enroll families in Healthy Kids and other free or low-cost health insurance programs.
"Many families go without vital health care services because they don’t have health insurance or the money to pay for the services themselves. Our goal is to help families find programs they qualify for so they don't fall through the cracks," says Mario Supnet, Charterhouse program director. "We're very grateful to the Foundation and their generous grant that will enable us to expand our services and help even more families in Tracy."
"The Foundation has generated millions of dollars since its inception in 1993 to fund hospital improvements and community projects that help keep our community healthy," added Warta. "But we couldn't have done it without the generosity of hundreds of local businesses and individuals. The community's continued support is crucial to our success."
The Tracy Hospital Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to improving the health and well-being of Tracy area residents. Since its establishment in 1993, the Foundation’s philanthropic efforts and fundraising events have provided over $2 million to support Sutter Tracy Community Hospital and fund local non-profit organizations and programs that empower children to succeed and connect families with better health. To make a tax-deductible contribution, please visit www.suttertracy.org or call (209) 832-6052.