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2001 HACF GRANT RECIPIENTS

HIGHLAND AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 2001 GRANT RECIPIENTS

Seated Left to Right: Yvonne Halleman, VIP (Very Important Principles) program at Highland High School; Sr. Justina Schaefer, Tutoring One-on-One; Rebecca Wisdom, Hospice of Southern Illinois; Holli Martin, Hard Road Theatre Productions; Colleen Marchetti, Highland Band Parents; Sheryl Johnson, Highland Garden Club.

Standing Left to Right:  Kae Schmitt, chairperson, Foundation Grants Committee; Ellen Isert, St. Paul School Parents & Friends; Lynn Rehberger, Highland Historical Society; Suzie Essenpreis, Greater Highland Area Habitat for Humanity; Mary Heeren, St. Joseph Hospital; Leon Luber, Weinheimer Senior Citizens Club; Jim Bryant, Hospice of Southern Illinois; Romy Schrage, Louis Latzer Library; Darin Girdler, City of Highland; and Bill Pierce, President Highland Area Community Foundation.

2001 GRANT RECIPIENT TOTAL - $27,150

Greater Highland Area Habitat for Humanity

  • $2,000.00
  • To be used to assist with the building of a low cost home for a qualifying family.
  • GRANT FROM GENERAL ENDOWMENT

Hard Road Theatre Productions

  • $1,200.00
  • To be used to purchase set materials, costumes, and advertising materials for theatre productions and also to purchase training materials associated with acting workshops.
  • GRANT FROM GENERAL ENDOWMENT

Highland Band Parents Association

  • $2,000.00
  • To be used to purchase Band Uniforms for the Highland High School Band Marching Bulldogs.
  • GRANT FROM GENERAL ENDOWMENT

Highland Community School District #5

  • $2,000.00
  • To be used to assist with The Very Important Principles (VIP) Character Education Program.
  • GRANT FROM GENERAL ENDOWMENT

Highland Garden Club

  • $500.00
  • To be used to complete special garden and landscape projects in the Highland area.
  • GRANT FROM GENERAL ENDOWMENT

Highland Historical Society

  • $500.00
  • To be used to build restrooms for public use at the Louis Latzer Homestead.
    *Funds returned to Foundation – Project Not Started
  • GRANT FROM GENERAL ENDOWMENT

Louis Latzer Library

  • $500.00
  • To be used to assist in the purchase of a computer and accompanying workstation plus a printer to help meet the community's need for electronic access.
  • GRANT FROM GENERAL ENDOWMENT

Sr. Justina Schaefer Tutoring Program

  • $500.00
  • To be used to provide tutoring to underachieving and underprivileged children.
  • GRANT FROM GENERAL ENDOWMENT

St. Paul School Parents and Friends

  • $1,500.00
  • To be used to implement a technology system that will be low-cost, high utility, low maintenance and widely used by students in regular and adult community classes.
  • GRANT FROM GENERAL ENDOWMENT

Senior Citizens Club of Highland

  • $1,300.00
  • To be used to purchase furnishings to make a comfortable gathering place for Senior Citizens in the Recreation Room at the Weinheimer Building.
  • GRANT FROM GENERAL ENDOWMENT

2001 Recipients – Debra Bellm, Hillary Clark, Tracy Esmon, Tracy Gutzler, Jean Korte, JoAnn Vesper & Kim Winter

  • $2,650.00
  • To provide scholarship grants for mothers seeking higher education
  • HIGHLAND CIVIC WOMAN'S CLUB GERALYN M. REHKEMPER MEMORIAL FUND

Korte Recreation Center

  • $8,000.00
  • To benefit the operations of the Korte Recreation Center
  • RECREATION CENTER OPERATIONS FUND

Hospice of Southern Illinois, Inc.

  • $1,000.00
  • To be used to provide needed services in the greater Highland area.
  • NAN CARPENTER MEMORIAL DESIGNATED FUND

St. Joseph’s Hospital, Highland

  • $3,500.00
  • To provide needed assistance and medical programs
  • NAN CARPENTER DONOR ADVISED FUND
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