We proudly awarded a total of $60,000 to the following organizations:

~ Madonna Learning Center

~ Porter Leath

~ Neighborhood Christian Center

~ Ronald McDonald House Charities

~ Southern Reins

~ My Town Miracles

At Madonna Learning Center the grant will be used for the purchase two Desktop iMacs for use by their full-time staff occupational therapists. Madonna’s two occupational therapists use the iMacs to teach their students and adults typing skills, office skills such as sending emails and the specialized program, “Shared Note”. “Shared Note” is a program that aids communication skills between peers, as well as between families
and children. The use of the iMac keyboard also helps with eye-hand coordination and enhances cognitive and processing skills
for their students and adults with disabilities.

Find out more: madonna-learning.org

At Porter-Leath the grant will be used for their ongoing preschool program which serves 1,200 children and families at five sites across Memphis. The preschools strive to positively affect the lives of children of under-resourced communities by making sure students are ready for kindergarten on day one– academically, socially, and developmentally. To meet these goals, Porter-Leath implements an evidence-based curriculum and offers health, disability, and nutrition services.

Additionally, Porter-Leath provides vital wrap around services to families enrolled in the program. Each family is assigned a family service liaison who coordinates developmental, vision, dental, and medical screenings. The family service liaisons coordinate services for all Preschool families to ensure that every child can develop to the maximum of their ability.  

Find out more: porterleath.org

Neighborhood Christian Center was awarded a grant for their Work Force Development and Entrepreneurial Training program. NCC’s Work Force Development and Social Enterprise Program is designed to address the employment and entrepreneurial needs of the families they serve. This program offers year-long internships to participants who have completed their Holey Cakes Training. These leaders will work under NCC
leadership, inviting them to learn and develop workforce skills such as logistics, planning, customer communication, and human service work.

Find out more: ncclife.org

Ronald McDonald House Charities– Awarded a $6,000 grant for their Memphis Burial Assistance Program. This program provides burial assistance in the form of a $1,200 grant to each family that has called Ronald McDonald House-Memphis their home and has had a child pass away. The gift is given directly to the funeral home to be used towards the cost of burial arrangements. It is RMHC-Memphis’ final way of showing their love and support. The Les Passees grant will ease the financial burden of 5 Memphis families as they lay their child to rest.

Find out more: https://rmhc-memphis.org/

Southern Reins– Awarded a $8,000 grant towards the construction of a new 55’ outdoor round ring. Their new outdoor round pen arena will enhance their therapeutic services, improving participants’ physical, emotional, and social well-being in a safe, supportive environment.

Find out more: https://www.southernreins.org/ 

My Town Miracles– Awarded a $30,000 grant towards the purchase of a Ram Promaster 3500 van to transport food, mattresses and furniture to families across the city to ensure children’s basic needs are met. This grant will allow MTM to further their care for even more families within low income neighborhoods through their “Daily Miracles” program and with their18 local partner organizations.

Find out more:  https://www.mytownmiracles.org/