Tucson Electric Power awarded more than $100,000 this month in βGrants That Make a Difference.β The money will help 18 nonprofit organizations offer programs that improve the health and well-being of children, families and seniors:
$10,000 to Gap Ministriesβ Feed Our Schools program; $10,000 to Our Family Services for its Teens in Transition program; $5,700 to Good Shepherd United Church of Christ for expansion of a food backpack program for children at Summit View Elementary; $5,000 to Sold No More for expansion of a prevention and education program that teaches middle and high school students about the dangers of child sex trafficking; $5,000 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tucson.
Also: $6,500 to El Rio Community Health Center Foundation for its Dental Partnership Program; $5,000 to Therapeutic Riding of Tucson to provide scholarships and services; $7,500 to Beads of Courage to address the psychological and bereavement needs of critically ill children and their families; $7,500 to the Southern Arizona Research, Science and Engineering Foundation for its βYear of the Engineerβ program; $5,000 to Act One Foundation for its field trip program; $5,000 to Pima Community College Foundation for the Joint Technical Education District; $4,980 to Reid Park Zoological Society for its Zoo-to-You Outreach program;
And, $2,500 to Lead Guitar, which provides free classical guitar classes in public schools that serve economically challenged neighborhoods; $5,325 to Interfaith Community Services for Efforts to Outcomes; $6,000 to Community Home Repair Projects of Arizona; $5,000 to the Assistance League of Tucson for its Starting Over Supplies program; $5,000 to the Salvation Army for its Hospitality House Shelter Hotel Voucher Program; $5,000 to YWCA for expansion of its Women Out of Poverty Initiative.
In other charitable giving:
Operation Christmas Child: In the past week, Tucson families, churches and groups packed more than 10,400 shoebox gifts filled with toys, school supplies, hygiene items and notes of encouragement, as part of the project of Samaritanβs Purse, which will deliver the gifts to children in need overseas.
Gootter Foundation: Donated a lifesaving Automated External Defibrillator to the Tucson Hebrew Academy.
U.S. Bank: Awarded a $5,000 scholarship to University of Arizona student Degas Lopez. Lopez, a psychology major, was one of five college students across the country who was awarded bank scholarships.
American Association of University Women: Awarded a 2015β16 Community Action Grant to the Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona for STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) programming.
