2023 Grantees.
Our partners deliver amazing programs in their communities. Here’s who we’ve sponsored for 2023-24:
Fort Wayne Medical Society Alliance
“NARCAN Individual Pouches Community Harm Reduction” The Fort Wayne Medical Society Alliance, in an effort to combat both fatal and non-fatal drug overdoses in Allen County, Indiana, partnered with the FW Police Department Narcotics Division to identify hot spots that needed Narcan boxes. The Alliance installs, monitors, and restocks 9 NARCAN boxes every week, which include 10-12 kits. These free kits contain a nasal Narcan dose, fentanyl testing strips, and information to get drug addiction help. Their alliance was also able to install the first and only NARCAN vending machine in their county.
Alliance with Nevada State Medical Association
As the final part of a two-year, six part program, 45 members of the Alliance with the Nevada State Medical Society Alliance and other community members will attend Adult First Aid/CPR/AED certification as our final program. Participants will learn how to act calmly, quickly, and properly in an emergency until medical first responders arrive. After the on-field collapse of a professional football player, this program is more timely than ever.
Nueces County Medical Society Alliance
This program at TG Allen Elementary, a Title I school in Corpus Christi, TX, strives to promote literacy and to make reading a fun skill for these students. Gifting the students with 1-2 books of their own will allow them to read outside of the school building. This program also plans to meet the basic hygiene needs these students may have. NCMS Alliance will create hygiene kits three times throughout the year and they will be given to students with the greatest need
Healthy Schools Oklahoma
Healthy Schools Oklahoma (HSOK), a community-based nonprofit organization, has been recognized as a best-practice school health model for the state of Oklahoma. HSOK was developed in 1997 by the Oklahoma County Medical Society (OCMS) to promote and maintain healthy lifestyle choices among children, families and school faculty. The overall organizational goals are: 1) To build and maintain program infrastructure through extensive community collaborations; 2) To provide training, resources and support to schools; and 3) To evaluate and disseminate results. Grant funding will be used to expand to more schools in Oklahoma.