The Giving Committee met this week to discuss applications for 2018 3rd Quarter Satch Grants and selected awards for these local organizations:
Days for Girls (Alachua County Chapter) started as a local Girl Scout Troop project in 2013. The Girl Scouts were focused on making kits to help girls in Africa attend school every day of the month. During one of their sewing events at the Alachua Library, a mother dropped in with her teenage daughters and revealed there were times they missed school due to the excessive expense of having so many menstruating females in one home. This inspired DFG to begin serving low-income local women in 2017. When DFG distributes the kits they also give a presentation on women's health and rights. The women (and girls) impacted have increased knowledge of women's reproductive health, self-defense, their rights as a human being to be free of abuse, and human trafficking.
Satchel's awards Days for Girls (Alachua County Chapter) $500. This will provide menstrual hygiene management for up to 60 local women and girls in Alachua County. Each kit contains a survey for participants which will be evaluated after this pilot year to make improvements as needed going forward.
Saint Madeleine Community Outreach provides services to anyone in need, regardless of race or religion through our food pantry and clothes closet programs at no cost to our clients. SMCO operates with one paid employee and 40 volunteers and are open five days a week without any state or federal funding. Saint Madeleine Community Outreach serves rural clients who have a difficult time getting to agencies in Gainesville and Lake City. Satchel's awards $500 to SMCO to help stock the food pantry with non-perishable food items to help their clients in need.
Theatre Connect is a special program run by UF's Center for Arts in Medicine faculty and staff that supports the health of the LGBTQ+, gender transitioning and non-conforming teens in the Gainesville community through theatre and improvisation. Theatre Connect was founded in the summer of 2017 to provide an affordable and safe space for LGBTQ+ youth to explore and work through relevant issues of their choosing with trained mentors and mental health counselors. TC focuses on developing social, emotional and communication skills through Sociodrama and other theatre-based skill building exercises. Satchel's awards $500 to Theatre Connect to help pay for an additional facilitator and will provide pizzas for their family "show and tell" nights.
Guardian ad Litem, 8th Judicial Circuit advocates for the best interests of Florida's abused, abandoned and neglected children. Every child is assigned a team to effectively serve them - a volunteer, Child Advocate Manager and Best Interest Attorney work tirelessly on every case.
GAL's current focus is training volunteers on LGBTQ+ Cultural competency and child welfare. LGBTQ+ youth are over-represented among those who are homeless or in foster care due to rejection by their families, abuse and discrimination. The training is unique and vital to child welfare, medical and legal professionals. Satchel's is providing pizza for GAL's upcoming volunteer training sessions.
Congratulations to all 3rd Q Satch Grant award recipients!
4th Quarter Satch Grant applications are due December 31, 2018 and giving guidelines are here:
Don't forget to apply for Satch Cash 2019 and Satch Capital 2019.
Applications due October 31 (Satch Cash) and November 30 (Satch Capital)
Check here for instructions:
