Grants - 2005 Awards

In 2005, the Terry Lee Wells Foundation awarded a total of $201,210 in grants to 26 organizations in northern Nevada. The grant amounts ranged from $500 to $35,000.

The grant recipients and purposes of the grants are:

Angel Kiss Foundation: Support to families of children diagnosed with cancer.

CADV: services to improve the quality of life for at-risk women and children in rural Elko County and surrounding areas.

C*A*R*E Chest of Sierra Nevada: Emergency prescriptions for single, low-income mothers and grandmothers raising children in northern Nevada.

Community Foundation of Western Nevada: Funds for Family Court Judicial Benevolent Fund to fill grant requests for children whose families are involved in the Family Court System in Washoe County.

Disability Resources: Services to people with disabilities through Job Development, Supportive Living, and New-to-You Computer programs.

Family Counseling Service: For Aly's Prom Closet to offset the cost of prom tickets and other needs of teens who could not otherwise attend their prom.

Family Counseling Service: Room and board for sexually abused girls from the Reno-Sparks area to attend the Sexual Abuse Treatment Summer Camp.

Food Bank of Northern Nevada: Back-Pack Kids Program, which provides packages of nutritious food for children who might otherwise go hungry on weekends.

Health Access Washoe County: Provide oral health care for Washoe County’s uninsured children.

High Desert Hospice: Provide hospice care for patients and families in the Fernley area.

Horizon Hospice: Provide hospice care for patients and families in the Elko area.

Nevada Diabetes Association for Children and Adults: Terry Lee Wells Memorial Fund to support camp programs for children with diabetes, community diabetes programs, wellness services, and the facilitation of Nevada Urban Indians Diabetes Screening.

New Frontier Treatment Center: Enhance and expand services provided in the Women Empowering Women program for substance abusing women.

Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe: Purchase a new van for transporting students participating in the Johnson O'Malley Program to access opportunities for Native American students to achieve success in school.

Safe Embrace: Shelter upgrade project to provide a more hygienic, comfortable, and safe environment for abused women and their children.

Senior Companion Program: Provide companions for low-income, rural seniors to allow them to live more independently and remain in their own homes.

Special Recreation Services, Inc.: Camp Lotsafun for people of all ages with disabilities that provides a therapeutic experience for the campers while providing respite services for their families.

St. Mary's Art Center: Youth Press Corps Program for at-risk students in Virginia City Middle School to participate in after school activities and expose them to the arts to enhance their learning and achievement.

Tahoe Women's Services: Assistance in reducing the incidence and trauma of domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse in North Lake Tahoe and Truckee communities.

The Note-ables: Expand music program and create a women’s choir for women with disabilities to improve their self-confidence and self-esteem through involvement in music and the community.

The Solace Tree: Support for grieving children, teens, and families coping with the loss of a parent or other family member.

Truckee Meadows Community College Re-Entry Center: Implement Mobile Computer Lending Program to provide laptops and Internet connections to allow women with young children to enroll in classes and complete class work from home.

UNR Foundation: Expand the MESA (Mathematics, Engineering and Science Achievement) Program to an additional school in Washoe County to help underserved students build a strong academic foundation in math and science in order to be admitted to and succeed in college.

Washoe County School District Music Department: Provide music stands and method books for low-income students in the elementary schools and music uniforms for at-risk students in the middle and high schools.