PWC Wins Grants to Meet Region’s Needs
Posted on August 05, 2010 by chris owens
At PWC, our mission guides everything that we do:
“People Working Cooperatively performs essential repairs and services so that low-income homeowners can remain in their homes, living independently in a safe and sound environment.”
Over the past 35 years, that’s just what we have done – helped thousands of our most vulnerable neighbors stay safely in their homes. Everyday, PWC’s development department and committee are focused on this effort.
Support to PWC comes in many forms – donations, sponsorships, volunteer time, and grants. In fact, PWC was recently awarded a few grants that will allow us to help more people in the areas we serve from Dearborn County all the way to Hamilton, Ohio.
PWC has been awarded the following six grants each to be used for specific programs but all while helping local homeowners:
--- $5,000 from the Dearborn Community Foundation County Progress Grant Program to provide emergency repairs for low-income homeowners in Dearborn County;
--- $25,000 from the City of Lawrenceburg Community Grant Program Phase 2 to be used for the whole house home repair program in Dearborn County;
--- $50,000 from the Weathering the Economic Storm Fund, a partnership of funders, managed by The Greater Cincinnati Foundation to provide assistance with emergency home repairs and energy conservation for low income homes in Northern Kentucky and Ohio;
--- $60,000 from the Northern Kentucky Family of Funds at The Greater Cincinnati Foundation to provide home repairs and modifications in Northern Kentucky;
--- $15,000 from The R.C. Durr Foundation, Inc. to provide home modifications in Northern Kentucky; and
--- $10,000 from the Hamilton Community Foundation to provide emergency home repairs for low-income homeowners in Hamilton.
We’re so grateful for the agencies that trust PWC to help meet this increased need. We see these grants as resources that we must carefully use in the most meaningful way so that the maximum number of homeowners is helped. At PWC, we deliver tremendous value to the homeowner we’re helping and to our funders.
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to these agencies that have given us the resources to make even more of a difference in the community.
--- City of Lawrenceburg
--- Dearborn Community Foundation
--- Hamilton Community Foundation
--- The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
--- The R.C. Durr Foundation, Inc.
For the past few years, the economy has hit many families and the elderly hard. We’ve seen a great increase in demand for our services. It seems like for each homeowner we help, we see another two homeowners who need our assistance, too.
All of PWC’s funding has tremendous potential to transform lives in lasting and powerful ways. Financial support to PWC is directly benefiting someone through the building of a ramp for accessibility to move freely in and out of their home, to replace a roof that has been leaking for years and causing interior maintenance problems or helping a client to become energy smart and reduce their monthly energy costs.
In addition to PWC’s dedicated staff, we rely on donors and volunteers to give of their time and resources. But we also understand that in order to perpetuate and even enhance the programs and services which we offer the community, a marked increase in planned giving must occur.
I encourage you to look through our website and see the impact the services are having on our clients and the community. Please consider taking the next step and volunteer your time to help an elderly homeowner, or donate to help a neighbor with a ramp or other life-changing modification or repair.
Thank you for your support of PWC.