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 August 2008Award Recipients Designate Charities to Receive $10,000 July 2008WakeMed Receives National Award for Grant-Funded ENERGIZE! Program Hands of Health Award - 2008 Call for Nominations As we continue to support a Healthy Weight Initiative, the John Rex Endowment is seeking proposals for programs and projects aimed at improving nutrition. Letters of intent are due July 24. [more] June 2008 Nine-year-old Braxton and many other children benefit from Healthy Out of School Time (HOST), a project run by Community Partnerships Inc., which teaches others how to provide quality, recreational time for kids with special needs. [more] Project Access Support Renewed The Endowment has extended its support of Project Access for Children, run by the Wake County Medical Society Community Health Foundation. The project will receive $90,335 over two years to provide free diagnostic and specialty care to uninsured children whose family income falls below 185 percent of the federal poverty level. Endowment Welcomes New Staff We are pleased to announce two new members of the John Rex Endowment team. Kate Shirah has been hired as program director, and Mary Stevenson is our new staff accountant. "Kate and Mary have strong skills in their areas of expertise, and they are both very knowledgeable about our community and have a strong commitment to helping others," said president and CEO Kevin Cain. "The addition of a program director marks an important step in the development of our organization." Featured Resource: The National Children's Study The National Children's Study will examine the effects of environmental influences on children's health and development by following more than 100,000 children from across the United States from before birth until age 21. Congress recently appropriated nearly $111 million for the study, which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The large amount of information collected is likely to influence child health policy and interventions for many years. Learn more and get involved. N&O Covers Innovative Character-Building Track Club  New Trail Opens in Apex at Middle Creek Elementary First Phase of Three-Year Grant from John Rex Endowment
 Students from Key Clubs at Middle Creek, Green Hope and Apex high schools, as well as PTA members and Kyle Fisher of Fishers Landscaping, rallied together to build the trail over the past few months. "The completion of the new trail has truly been a community-wide effort, and both students and community members are out walking and running already," said Mimi Shankin, president of the PTA (Parent Teacher Association) at Middle Creek Elementary. "Accessibility to the right resources, such as nearby trails, is important as we address the issues surrounding childhood obesity," said Kevin Cain, president and CEO of the John Rex Endowment. "Middle Creek Elementary has exhibited a high level of commitment to creating a community environment which promotes and supports physical activity for youth at their school as well as families and the surrounding community." Over the next two years, the school plans to add challenging stations to the trail, provide teacher training, and increase physical education awareness throughout the school and community. The new trail, located at 110 Middle Creek Park Avenue in Apex, NC, will also be open to the public seven days a week. Middle Creek Elementary is one of 15 elementary schools selected to receive $30,000 through a three-year Wake to Wellness grant ($10,000 each year), from the John Rex Endowment, to provide support for new projects that create healthier school environments. In an initial phase of a long-term commitment to a Healthy Weight Initiative, the John Rex Endowment has dedicated $2.5 million to combat childhood obesity. Request for Proposal: Nutrition |
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