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posted 01/17/00
The Green Bay Packers Foundation has awarded $144,571 in grants to 62 civic and charitable groups throughout the state of Wisconsin in its annual distribution of funds, Chairman John C. "Jack" Meng announced today.
With the latest disbursements, the Foundation has distributed a total of $756,676 for charitable purposes since it was established in 1986 by Judge Robert J. Parins, then president of the Packer Corporation, "as a vehicle to assure continued contributions to charity."
"I think these grants have helped the needy and disadvantaged in the state of Wisconsin," Meng said, "in addition to a number of civic and charitable groups and organizations."
The 1999 recipients:
Aids Resource Center of Wisconsin, Arthritis Foundation, Athletes for Youth, Inc., Center for Blind & Visually Impaired Children, Center for Deaf-Blind Persons, Inc., Child Abuse Prevention Fund, Medical College of Wisconsin, Second Harvest Food Bank of Wisconsin, United Negro College Fund, Walker's Point Youth & Family Center and Wisconsin Deaf Sports Club, Inc., all of Milwaukee; American Red Cross of Outagamie County, Boys & Girls Club of Fox Valley, Children's Hospital Foundation and Volunteer Center of East Central Wisconsin, all of Appleton;
Ashland-Bayfield County Health Families, Ashland; Ashwaubenon Youth Baseball, Back to School Store, Big Event for Little Kids, Brown County Library, Cerebral Palsy, Inc., Concerned Hearts Club, Disabled Veterans of Wisconsin, Family Violence Center, Fort Howard/Jefferson Family Resource Center, Friends of Southwest Baseball, Friends of St. Mary's Hospital, Green Bay Area Youth Hockey Association, La Baie Girl Scout Council, Literacy Council of Brown County, MDA Summer Camp, Neville Public Museum, Residential Care for Developmentally Disabled, Special Olympics of Wisconsin, Think First, Urban Hope, Urban Partnership and Volunteer Center of Brown County, all of Green Bay;
Atwood Community Youth Center, Madison; Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ozaukee, Cedarburg; Boys & Girls Club of La Crosse and Riverfront, Inc., both of La Crosse; Auburndale District Library; Clothes for Kids, Inc., Beaver Dam; Crivitz Youth, Inc.; Habitat for Humanity of Green County, Monroe; Indianhead Community Action Agency, Ladysmith; Jasper Pickett Foundation, Inc., Pickett; Lutheran Counseling & Family Services, Wauwatosa; Make A Wish Foundation of Wisconsin, Butler; Merrill Community Center, Inc., Beloit; Racine Family YMCA;
Rawhide, New London; Senior Citizens Program, Belleville; Sheboygan County Head Start, Sheboygan; St. Croix Family Resource Center, Baldwin; Tyme Out Youth Center, Nashotah; Watertown Women's Center, Watertown; Waukesha Thunder, Menomonee Falls; Winnebago County Literacy Council, Oshkosh; and Wisconsin Badger Camp, Platteville.