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Rockbridge Community Health Foundation, along with Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital, has announced the funding recipients for their 2024 grant cycle. A total of $525,458.14 will be awarded to 25 different organizations, including the local hospital.
“We continue to be grateful for the quality of the proposals the Foundation has received and the grants we have been able to make in furtherance of our mission to make a transformative impact on the health and well-being of the residents of Rockbridge County, and now even more through our firstever multi-year grant,” said David Grizzle, chairman of the Rockbridge Community Health Foundation board of directors.
Grant recipients for the 2024 grant cycle are as follows:
• Blue Ridge CASA for its child advocacy in Lexington, Rockbridge and Buena Vista program.
• Boxerwood Education Association for its Tending our NEST program • Bridge to Hope Food Pantry for its addressing food insecurity programming.
• W&L Campus Kitchen for its Backpack Program.
• Concerned Citizens of Glasgow for physical updates to the community center.
• ConnectionsPlus Healthcare and Hospice for its Healthy Grieving program.
• Friends of Natural Bridge State Park for its Right Hear and Beyond Project.
• Hoof beats Therapeutic Riding Center for scholarships and its Dinner Theater Project.
• Project Horizon for its Violence Prevention Education Program.
• Rockbridge Area Health Center for a vehicle to support off-site clinic activities.
• Rockbridge Area Community Services for its Building Healthy Youth and Families in Rockbridge County programming.
• Rockbridge Area Recreation Organization for its Community Wellness Publication Guide.
• Rockbridge Area Relief Association for its Emergency Housing Support Program.
• Rockbridge Area Transportation System for its Rockbridge Connect and Nourish (CAN) program.
• Rockbridge Baths Community Organization for its Rockbridge Baths community exercise program.
• Rockbridge Christmas Baskets for the Rockbridge Christmas Baskets project.
• Rockbridge Community Church of the Nazarene for its Celebrate Recovery program.
• Rockbridge Recovery for its Hope House/Recovery Center Health and Wellness/ Recreational programs.
• Rockbridge Regional Jail for its Rockbridge Regional Jail Industries Program.
• The Community Table for the Rockbridge area for a new refrigerator.
• Valley Program for Aging Services for its Meals on Wheels program.
• Yellow Brick Road ELC for its enrollment expansion project.
This year, the Rockbridge Community Health Foundation has started a new grant option for multiple-year large, high-impact projects that closely relate to the needs found on the Rockbridge Community Health Needs Assessment.
This grant has the option of renewal for up to three years. The idea behind this new opportunity is to fund programs that are needed in the community but have not been started due to initial costs and the sustainability of the program. For the 2024 grant cycle, RCHF has decided to fund Rockbridge Community Services for its School Intervention Specialists Program.
For more information about the Rockbridge Community Health Foundation, its grant recipients, its grant process, or how to help, visit www. rchealthfoundation.org or contact Hattie Myers, chief administrator with the Foundation, at rchealthfoundation@ gmail.com.
