Welborn Baptist Foundation Dinner

The Welborn Baptist Foundation serves counties in Southwestern Indiana, Southeastern Illinois, and Western Kentucky and has awarded a total of seventy-four grants to area not-for-profit organizations, totaling approximately $3.24 million for programs within the Foundation's target areas of Promotion of Early Childhood Development, Promotion of Healthy Adolescent Development, Faith-Based Initiatives, Improvements in Commuity Health Status and School-Based Health Programs.

Being an award recipient of this foundation is an extremely high honor. Our children's grade school is an award winner this year and is participating in the HEROES (Healthy, Energetic, Ready, Outstanding, Enthusiastic, Schools) Coordinated School Health Initiative. Paul and I are proud to serve on the local committee for the grant and were fortunate in being selected to attend the awards ceremony held on November 9, 2010. I was also able to spend time with good friend and fellow therapist, Elizabeth Tharp, who is now a part of the Foundation serving as their Evaluator for funded programs. In the short time that NCO Grade School has had in participating already, some very great changes are in the works for a healthier school and community -- adults and children alike.