Bulletproof Cop Initiative, Inc. recently received a $3,000 OK Community Cares grant to sponsor two law enforcement officers in the Wellness Solution program. The Bulletproof Cop Wellness Solution is a two-part wellness program serving law enforcement officers in Payne County and surrounding areas. The program offer’s resources to help officers build resilience, strengthen [...]
OK Community Cares recently awarded Marland’s Place a $2500 grant to support their Marland’s Landing project. Marland’s Landing will consist of modular homes and operate as a supportive transitional living program for young adults aging out of foster care. Young adults living at Marland’s Landing will receive individualized support from a case manager [...]
OK Community Cares recently provided Harvest House a $2,000 grant to support their programs focused on food insecurities. Harvest House serves clients in Northeast Oklahoma and is located in Tulsa, Okla., in one of the highest concentrations of Section 8 housing in the state. Two of their programs focus on food insecurities to [...]
Perkins-Tryon Band recently received a $1,000 OK Community Cares grant to help purchase new drumline equipment. The grant funds will replace current equipment that is around 12 years old and has general wear and tear. The new drums will allow the program to continue being competitive with other bands in the state. "The [...]
OK Community Cares recently awarded P-T Partners in Education a $983 grant to purchase flexible seating for Perkins-Tryon Elementary classrooms. Students in Perkins-Tryon Elementary classrooms will now have seating options to support attention challenges, sensory processing differences and for those who learn better when they are on the move. “Each year, P-T Partners [...]
OK Community Cares recently provided the Science Museum Oklahoma a $2,000 grant to support their STEAM Live Educational Outreach program. The STEAM Live program brings Science Museum Oklahoma directly to classrooms with high-energy, interactive demonstrations that spark curiosity and connect science to the real world. With the support of the OK Community Cares [...]
The Early Childhood Coalition (ECC) received a $800 OK Community Cares grant to help provide Brain Bags to newborns at Stillwater Medical Center. The Brain Bags were developed by the ECC as a tool to provide parents and caregivers with easy, meaningful ways to spend time with their young children even as newborns. [...]
Perkins Emergency Management was recently awarded a $1,000 OK Community Cares grant to help purchase a potable water trailer. “Perkins Emergency Management is grateful to have been chosen to receive this grant towards our 550 Gallon Potable Water Trailer project,” said Eric Lovelace, City of Perkins Emergency Management Director. “This money will have a [...]
Anna’s House Foundation recently received a $1,500 OK Community Cares grant to purchase Chromebooks to use in the First Focus reading program for children in their foster community. "We are incredibly thankful to OK Community Cares and the Oklahoma Community Credit Union for their generous $1,500 grant in support of our reading program,” [...]
Glencoe Public Schools was recently awarded a $1,194.60 OK Community Cares grant to purchase PE equipment and activities as well as a storage shed. “We are excited for the opportunities the OK Community Cares Grant will provide our campus,” said Lindsay Bailey, Glencoe Elementary Principal. “We will be buying a storage building to house all [...]