The Community Foundation of Greene County (CFGC) has awarded three grants to support the new Botvin Life Skills Training in three local school districts.
Central Greene School District, Southeastern Greene School District and West Greene School District will each receive a $2,000 grant to assist with implementing the program in their schools this year. The grants, awarded as part of the Foundation’s competitive summer Community Grant cycle, are made possible from the Bradford/Forever Greene Fund. The grants will help the schools with training and materials for the project.
The Botvin Life Skills project is a proven, school-based substance abuse prevention program that will be implemented this year in each of the Greene County schools , grades 3 through 9. The Coalition for a Brighter Greene has been working with each of the schools, the county human services program, and other local organizations to help bring this program to our community.
“Helping to address critical community needs is a priority for the Foundation,” noted CFGC’s board of directors chairman, Dr. Morris Harper. “Substance abuse is a growing problem in the county and it is important to encourage our youth to make good choices.”
CFGC has two Community Grants cycles each year to make grants that address community needs. Funding for the Community Grants are made possible through several field of interest funds as well as funds that the board of directors sets aside each year from their unrestricted funds. The Francis “Bob” Bradford Fund is one such unrestricted fund that was established by a testamentary gift through Mr. Bradford’s estate. The Fund has helped CFGC award more than $100,000 in community grants since 2009.
Three Greene County school districts each received a grant of $2,000 from the Community Foundation of Greene County’s Francis Bradford/Forever Greene Fund to help purchase materials for the new Botvin Life Skills Training program, a proven, school-based substance abuse prevention program that will be implemented in the schools this year.