Star News communities receive grants from Sauk Prairie Healthcare Foundation

‘Tis the season of giving. Every year, Sauk Prairie Healthcare Foundation supports community projects that contribute to the health of the community. Organizations apply for these “Healthy Life Initiative Grants.” Applications are reviewed by the members of the Foundation Board Grants & Gifts Committee. 

The grantees for 2020 have been selected.  According to Todd Wuerger, Executive Director of the Foundation, “The total amount awarded for next year was more than $25,000. We thank our supporters and donors who make these gifts possible.” 

2020 Grant Recipients

Black Earth

Heights Unlimited Community Service Center. The Foundation grant will support area food banks in an effort to provide more healthy dairy items to clients.

Joining Forces for Families . Grant funding will support building positivity and providing wellness programs to families.  

Ruth Culver Community Library of Prairie du Sac. Funds will be used by the library to support residents in Bluffview who do not have library access due to lack of transportation. The grant will allow the Dane County Bookmobile to take the library to the residents of Bluffview.

Mazomanie

Mazomanie Municipal Swimming Pool. The Foundation grant will be used to help pay for a training course for lifeguards.

Mazomanie United Church of Christ. Funds will be used to encourage reading to babies with the purchase of books for newborns. In Wisconsin 1 in 5 adult readers are not able to read at a 4th grade level.  Reading to babies 0-3 aids in brain development.  By encouraging adults to read to babies, UCC hopes to change the cycle of non-reading.

Sauk Prairie

Prairie du Sac, Pack 373. The grant will support the pack in a community service project to promote literacy in the area by constructing and placing Free Little Libraries at multiple locations in our region.

Sauk Prairie National Honor Society. Funds will be used to bring a mental health speaker to the school to help people that are struggling with mental health issues.

Sauk City, 6:8 Inc.6:8 is working to reduce the poverty rate in the Sauk Prairie School District by 10% in the next 10 years through weekly programming and community engagement.

Sauk City Fire Department. The funds will be used to add an AED to the fleet.  

Sauk City Public Library. The grant will help encourage a healthier lifestyle by providing information about cycling and bicycles for check out.

Sauk Prairie Community Education. Funds will be used to purchase pool inflatable structures to enhance existing pools and increase programming to drive attendance.

St. Aloysius School. The initiative at St. Aloysius will strive to have children more active.

Black Earth/Mazomanie Recreation Program. The grant will help provide free yearly events and recreation activities for youth in villages of Black Earth and Mazomanie.

Sauk Prairie School District Summer School. This grant will support summer programs designed to address the high obesity rates in grades K-5 in the Bluffview and Maple Park areas. The focus will be on educating economically disadvantaged youth on healthy food and exercise options.

To support the Foundation, go to https://www.saukprairiehealthcare.org/give