The Fairfield Community Foundation recently gave two local projects $5,000 in grants to help them in their work.
The foundation, which is nonprofit, awarded Art & Sole, a project of the Art Studio at Badin High School, $3,500. The project was started by students who noticed that many people who were being served at a woman’s shelter, and at local food banks, needed shoes.
Students discovered that 50 people were in need of shoes. In order to help, the students raised money, bought Nike athletic shoes, and interviewed potential recipients to find out more about them. Using that information, they personalized each pair. The students plan to use the grant to extend the program to help residents of the One Way Farm Children’s Home, located in Fairfield.
The foundation’s president, Diane Ruder, was impressed that students pinpointed a problem, found a way to solve it, and got involved in the lives of people in need. She pointed out the students did not simply raise money and give it away, but also treated the people as individuals and determined how best to help them.
The additional $1,500 went to the Fairfield YMCA to help fund its Joe Nuxhall Miracle League Youth baseball program, an effort that encourages special needs players to participate in baseball games.
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