Information on Recent Grant Recipients
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Since its inception in 2007, the Nash Family Foundation has approved grants to a number of organizations, including:
- Southfield NNLC Garden
- Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Manitowoc
- Gaining Ground in Concord, Massachusetts, a volunteer-run farm that grows food for local food banks
- Girls Scouts of Manitowoc
- Jubilee Baltimore, an affordable housing project
- Minnesota Art Lending Library
- Manitowoc YMCA Gymnastics Program
- The Rahr-West Museum Family Discovery Room
- A scholarship program for students of Lakeland College, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
- Support for the Nash Family Gymnastics Center at the Manitowoc-Two Rivers YMCA
- Funding to develop a weekend event entitled "The Multi-Generational Church," organized by the First Presbyterian Church of Manitowoc
- Restorative Justice, Massachusetts
- Miriam's Kitchen, Washington, DC
- Lakeshore Interfaith, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Below are photos of previous recipients:
Southfield Townhouses Neighborhood Center
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Chesterbrook
The Manitowoc-Two Rivers YMCA
Practicing leaps on the balance beam
Practicing leaps on the balance beam
The Manitowoc-Two Rivers YMCA
Practicing handstands on the new balance beams.
Practicing handstands on the new balance beams.
The Manitowoc-Two Rivers YMCA
Practicing leaps on the balance beam.
Lakeland College Scholarship Fund
The Nash Family Foundation has established a permanent scholarship fund that pays for half the costs of attending Lakeland College in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. The scholarship is awarded annually to a deserving student from Manitowoc County or a nearby county in northeastern Wisconsin.
Emily Lensmire enrolled in Lakeland College for the academic year 2013-2014. She received a scholarship funded by the Nash Family Foundation that pays one half of her tuition, room and board.
Emily Lensmire enrolled in Lakeland College for the academic year 2013-2014. She received a scholarship funded by the Nash Family Foundation that pays one half of her tuition, room and board.
Gaining Ground
Gaining Ground's new truck with farmers Doug Wolcik and Kayleigh Boyle.
This weekend event helped participants learn that healthy and growing congregations are able to build bridges between various generations by honoring the best of tradition while embracing the future. The goal of Light On The Lakeshore 2011 was to help congregations and individuals recognize and address the issues a multi-generational church faces.
Manitowoc Civic Center
The Nash Family Foundation helped the Manitowoc Civic Center do a much-needed renovation. It is a venue for concerts, plays and other cultural events.
Volunteers holding twins
Shoes of babies living at the home.