Grants Awarded
Youth as Resources (YAR)
Total Grant Dollars, 1993–2009 = $119,405
2009 - Spring Grant Awards $4,070
Health Visions of Fort Wayne - Health & Nutrition from the Ground Up - $713.00
Fort Wayne Urban League NULITES - Lending a Helping Hand - $270.00
Arlington Elementary - Advice from 5th Graders - $150.00
Arlington Elementary - Building the Warmth - $700.00
Weisser Park/YMCA Childcare Services - Kids Caring for Kids - $172.00
Lincoln/ YMCA Childcare Services - Magic Memory Mile of Hope - $133.00
Amicette and Archonette Youth Group of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Eta Upsilon Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority - Easter Egg & Scavenger Hunt - $250.00
Engaging Men's Task Force Fort Wayne Women’s Bureau - "Date" Project - $532.00
Woodburn Elementary Student Council Early Childhood Alliance - Turn Off the TV and Play - $750.00
Boy Scout Troop 442 - Stop-Gap Emergency Preparedness Kits - $400.00
2008 - Spring Grant Awards $5,323
Perry Hill Caring Cougars – Books for All $250
Fort Wayne Gardeners – Health and Nutrition from the Ground UP $750
Arlington Elementary – 5th Grade Girls – Tying Up Loose Ends $400
Eagle Care Club – Feeding Homeless $450
Heritage Honor Society – Youth Fitness Day $575
Heritage AP Class – Lending Hoagland a Hand $373
True Life – Project Linus $350
Northrop Interact – Canstruction $200
Carroll High School Student Council – Citizens for Soldiers $400
Philip Wegman – Woodburn Children’s Home $125
Laura Wegman – Allen County Dept. of Health – Coloring Books $750
4-H Blue Ribbon Club – Fence for Stillwater Retreat - $700
2007 Youth Summit Awards $1,500
Upward Bound - Academic Fun Fair $500
Village People - Bears That Care $500
Youth with a Purpose - Emergency Preparedness Kits $500
2007 Spring Grant Awards $5,307
Allen County 4-H Junior Leaders, "Operation Military Kids" $188
Arlington Elementary, "Building the Warmth" $600
Club Unified South Side High School, "Unified Youth Poster Campaign" $750
Intouchables, Carroll High School, "Intouch with Internationals" $739
Limberlost Girl Scouts, Juniors at Rescue "Blankets for the Elderly" $269
Limberlost Girl Scouts, Brownies, "Operation Burr" $265
Limberlost Girl Scouts, Juniors at Rescue, "T-Shirts for Homeless" $203
Limberlost Girls Scouts, Troop 412, "Handicap Ramp & Deck" $375
Limberlost Girls Scouts, St. Vincent Troop 3, "Collection and Purchase
of Items for Needy Pregnant Women" $250
Prevailing Word Ministries, "Fun Day at Charis House" $247
Teens With a Voice, FW Women's Bureau, "Talk About It" $400
Wayne H.S., Student Council, "Community Changes" $271
Student Volunteers Group #1 & #2, Interfaith Hospitality Network,
"Roof Makeover" $750
2006 Spring Grant Awards $4,746
Kiskakon Lodge BSA "OA Anti-Drug Outreach" $300
Cornerstone Youth Center "Dance the Night Away" $650
Erin's House Ambassadors "Memory Carnival" $750
Heritage H.S. AP Literature 11 "Cornerstone Coolness" $606
Heritage Honor Society "Hoagland Helping Hands" $250
Heritage H.S. AP Language 12 "Awakening Community Parks" $750
Homestead SADD "Eat 'n' Drive" $690
Carroll Intouchables "Helping Youth Bloom" $750
2005 Spring Grant Awards $4,061
Fairfield Elementary School "STEP-UP" $590
Cornerstone Youth Center "Helping Hands" $710
Erin's House "Grief Journals, Created by Kids for Kids" $500
Life Unlimited Youth Center "Youth Tournament Week" $750
Homestead High School SADD "Prom Promise" $556
FWJGF & AIM/YMCA Youth Service Bureau "Blan-Akits" $750
FWJGF & AIM/YMCA Youth Service Bureau "Expressions" $205
2004 Spring Grant Awards $2925
Northeast Juvenile Facility "With Every Praise Brings a New Journey" $750
Northeast Juvenile Facility "NASTY-Narc Ain't Sociable To Youth" $750
Erin's House "Camp Good Grief' $675
Cornerstone Youth Center "Second Chance Shelter - Block Bash" $750
2003 Fall Grant Awards $2,796
Fairfield Elementary "Step-Up" $710
Life Unlimited Youth Center "The Third Street Maze" $586
Southwick Elementary School "Jumpin' Jammers" $750
Urban Ministries Center Inc "Drug Free Is The Way to Be" $750
2003 Spring Grant Awards $6,375
Precious Blood School 'Circle of Friendship' $300
Educational Opportunity Center 'From Golden Land to Summit City' $500
Bishop Dwenger High School 'Summer Fun Camp' $750
Girl Scouts Troop 959 'Super Sitters' $400
Erin's House Ambassadors 'Grief Baskets' $750
St. Charles School 'Builders Club' $350
Heritage High School FFA 'Farm Days' $500
Vincent House' Acknowledging Needs Project' $300
St. Aloysius Brownies 'Helping Hands' $125
Wayne High School Student Council 'Kid Scripts' $100
Red Cedar Mustangs 'Operation Observation Room' $750
Northeast Community Juvenile Facility 'Giving Back' $575
Allen County Master Gardeners Youth Group 'Little Green Acres' $600
Euell Wilson Jewels 'CPYFA Project' $300
Homestead Key Club 'Card for Kids' $75
2002 Spring Grant Awards $5,275
Bishop Dwenger High School Art Club $400
Bishop Dwenger High School/Euell Wilson Center $750
Boys & Girls ClubsIMAYA $750
Canterbury High School Key Club $750
Erin's House Ambassadors $100
Euell Wilson Center $250
Euell Wilson Center Jewels $625
Boys and Girls Club Keystone Club $400
Mayor's Youth Advisory Council/Drug and Alcohol Consortium $250
Vincent House Backyard Bugs $500
Youth Consulting Group/Community Partnerships with Youth $500
2001 Spring Grant Awards $4,760
Allen County 4-H - fair ground clean up project $500
Southwick Elementary At Risk K-5 Students $500
Bishop Dwenger Art Club - St. Anne's Retirement Home Mural project $330
Bishop Dwenger Students - Summer Day Camp $500
Builders Club of St. Charles Borromeo School - host parties at State
Developmental Center $250
Meadowbrook Elementary Cool Care Kids - Project for elderly $300
Erin's House Ambassadors - Grief Support Baskets $500
Girl Scout Cadette Troop 199 - tablecloths & centerpieces for
Aging In-Home Services $300
Most Precious Blood School - Bridging Generations $300
Shawnee Middle School Outdoor Club - Project Bench $480
Uniteens of Unity Christ Church - New & True Communiteens $500
Village Woods Middle School Landscaping Club - Courtyard Project $300
2000 Spring Grant Awards $5,000
Aldersgate United Methodist Church - Red Cedar playground $475
Bishop Dwenger Ramp Builders $500
Crafty Cubs 4-H $500
Elmhurst High School- ESL project $150
Habitat for Humanity $500
Heritage Chapter FFA - Monroeville Nature Trails $500
Huntertown School - Nature Club $390
Meadowbrook Elementary $400
Most Precious Blood School - Bridging Generations $200
New Haven Elementary Student Council - Schnelker Park $250
St. Charles Serviteens $300
Snider High SchooV Adams Elementary/Landscape for the Future $485
Village Woods Middle School Garden Club $350
1999 Spring Grant Awards - $4,953
Elmhurst Reading Outreach $1000
Euell Wilson Center - Building Our Community $1000
St. Charles School Serviteens $ 250
Sonrise@ Aboite Hispanic Coalition $ 500
Allen Superior Court Family Relations Division $ 203
Memorial Middle School Summit Environmentalists $1000
St. Elizabeth Anne Seton Youth Group - Neighbors Helping Neighbors $1000
1998 Spring Grant Awards $3,426
Care Group $1500
Northrop High School $ 880
Girl Scout Troop 788 $1046
1997 Spring Grant Awards. $4,995
Washington-Study Elementary $1090
Salem United Church of Christ $ 720
Northrop High School Teaching Academy $1500
Blackhawk Middle School $ 185
Elmhurst High School Project Set $1500
1996 Fall Grant Awards $11,645
Deer Ridge Elementary AKids Who Care@ $1325
Unity Lutherans School Shelter Playground $1500
Northrop Teaching Academy - Literacy Begins at Home $1500
Smoke Free Indiana - Tobacco Free Fun Day $1500
St. Charles School Serviteens $ 500
Bishop Dwenger Habitat for Humanity $1500
Elmhurst High School Project Set $1320
Christmas at Calvary $1000
Sonrise@Aboite - Project Stillwater' $1500
1996 Spring Grant Awards $5,290
Blackhawk Middle School - Eagle Care Club $ 400
Northrop Project Set - Big People/Little People Learning Together $ 550
Canterbury Key Club - Habitat for Humanity $1500
Project Assist Student Ambassadors - Tobacco Free Saturday $ 700
Sonrise@Aboite Junior High - Project Stillwater $ 640
Allen County 4-H Junior Leaders - Petting Zoo $1500
1995 Fall Grant Awards $7,470
St. Charles School Serviteens $ 500
Happy Holidays - South Wayne Elementary School $ 375
Project Set/SSHS - Community Harvest Food Bank $ 505
Arlington Park Elementary School - Study Buddies $ 933
Northrop Teaching Academy - Books for Kids & Family Fun $1500
Marigolds for Meredith - North Summit Church Youth $1312
Fort Wayne Teens - Habitat for Humanity $1500
Boy Scouts - Croninger Picnic Area $ 845
1995 Spring Grant Awards $9,281
Allen County 4-H Junior Leaders $ 413
Concerned Adolescents for Leadership Mediation (CALM) $1173
Concordia Lutheran High School National Honor Society $1210
Heritage High School/Community Harvest Food Bank $1500
Jack & Jill of America, Inc. $1235
Sonrise@ Aboite Youth Group $1500
South Side Seattle Society/Community Harvest Food Bank $ 750
Washington-Study Elementary Student Council $1500
1994 Fall Grant Awards $4,985
Arlington Elementary - Study Buddies $1493
St. Charles Serviteens - Bingo at Developmental Center $ 500
Huntertown Elementary - Bridges to Byron and Back $ 740
Females Eliminating Math Anxiety $ 852
Wayne African American Culture Club - Caring Helpers $1400
1994 Spring Grant Awards $8,080
Concerned Adolescents for Leadership Mediation $1300
Adams Global Advisory/Adams Elementary School $ 750
Youth on a Mission/Greater Spirit of Love Church $1300
Leo Elementary Student Council $1000
Allen County 4-H Junior Leader Club $ 650
We CAN Help/St. Therese Sixth Grade $ 80
Sonrise@Aboite UMC Youth Group $1500
Teens Care Network/AIDS Task Force $1500
1993 Fall Grant Awards $6,017
Study Program/Bishop Luers Key Club $ 700
Catholic Schools Habitat for Humanity $1500
Paul Harding High School Cheerleaders Fun Days $ 850
St. Charles School Serviteens $ 272
Arlington Park Study Buddies $1115
We CAN Help/St. Therese Sixth Grade $ 80
Whispering Meadows Student Council Cheer Packages $1500