Caring, Community, Connections
Since 2006, our members and patrons have made it possible for us to grant more than $100,000 to local organizations that serve women and families in need. Over the past 15 years, Giving Hope has provided grants to:
In general, our competitive grant application opens annually in March and remains open through mid-April. Grants are typically awarded in early summer of each year. Organizations submitting an application must be focused on providing assistance to women and families in Western Wayne County.
Giving Hope, Women's Giving Circle is celebrating 15 years of giving in the Community.
In these 15 years Giving Hope has granted out $175,000 back to the community programs supporting women and children.
Partnership for Arts & Humanities
Partnership for Arts & Humanities for Adaptive Creative Expression program. To launch new adaptive arts and movement-based programming at the Village Arts Factory for a youth demographic that has been widely and historically underserved and will benefit from opportunities to explore and build new skills (communication, fine/gross motor, etc.,) while forming important social connections and meaningful ties to the community.
The Plymouth-Canton Community Schools Clothing Bank provides FREE clothing to families demonstrating financial need. Our goal is to provide the needy children in our school district with clothing that is similar to the apparel of their peers at school. The grant will provide clothing for students and supplement the donated clothing with purchases essentials and special needs.
The Salvation Army’s network of summer camps allows kids of all ages, despite their family’s income level, to have a safe, fun, unforgettable summer camp experience and enjoy outdoor recreation, educational activities, and hands-on projects. Grant was made to Salvation Army's Summer Day camp scholarships to provide for students to attend at a reduced cost from $90 per week. The camp includes activities to address the physical, educational, emotional and social needs of children.
Fleece & Thank You provides blanket therapy to patients facing extended hospital stays. Blanket kits made at these sessions come from previous blanket-making events that choose to donate excess blanket kits to this program. Grant is made to Canton Blanket event to purchase 30 blankets and ask the community to support making blankets. Each blanket is provided with a video message of support from its maker.
Plymouth-Canton Literacy Council
Plymouth-Canton Literacy Council is a volunteer, non-profit organization aiming to improve adult literacy in Plymouth-Canton and surrounding areas of Western Wayne County. The grant will assist English Langauge Learners families to help children meet Michigan's 3rd grade reading requirement. Parents working within 3 different age groupings in an interactive way by exposing parent and child to visual, tactile and audible lessons.
In past few years since SVDP-SJN has been serving the local community an additional need has become apparent – that of homelessness many of whom have children. A grant is awarded to St. Vincent de Pal for the Journey to Housing Program incresing the number of families served in housing the homeless. Also provide social service counseling and case management.
Living and Learning Enrichment Center
Living & Learning is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in Northville. Their mission is to enhance the lives of participants with disabilities. Through therapeutic, social, work-based, and community engagement, enrich, inspire, and embolden participants and their families so they can achieve their goals. The grant awarded for the purchase of equipment and supplies needed to expand the product Making Program to include bath and body products.
Emily Ann Griffin Foundation
The Emily Ann Griffin Foundation provides funding to support the needs of families who have a child with special needs. Our foundation purchases equipment and life-enhancing experiences to help children with special needs reach their full potential.
Courageous Kids sole purpose and program is to provide our courageous kids and their families opportunities for positive anticipation and distraction from medical issues and treatments, social interaction with kids and families in similar situations, and premium entertainment that families might not be able to afford. The grant was awarded for the expansion of activities and events for children facing life - threatening medical conditions and their families.
Plymouth-Canton Literacy Council
Plymouth-Canton Literacy Council is a volunteer, non-profit organization aiming to improve adult literacy in Plymouth-Canton and surrounding areas of Western Wayne County. Their mission is to provide adults in Western Wayne County who have limited English language abilities in developing vital reading, writing, and communication skills to help them participate in the community and reach their potential in life. The grant was made for their "Family Literacy Stsrts with Mom" program. Basic level books will be purchased as well as funding tutor training.
The mission of the Miracle League of Plymouth is to enrich our community by providing education and social development through high quality recreation programs, including baseball, for individuals with special needs and their families. As well to foster peer relationships through players and “buddy” interactions so that barriers to friendship are removed. Grant was awarded to Miracle League of Plymouth so all the children can enjoy the 2021 holiday party.
New Hope Center for Grief Support is a 501c3 charitable organization dedicated to bringing hope, healing, and new beginnings to adults and children grieving the death of a loved one. A grant was made to New Hope Center for Grief Support, for the expansion of their crisis outreach. The Expansion is needed due to a large increse of incidents of suicide, overdoses, and death due to Covid19.
The mission of First Step is to eliminate both domestic and sexual violence and to provide comprehensive services to individuals and families impacted by these crimes. "PPO Court Kiosk Program" With the court system being virtual, kiosks will be placed in First Step's Plymouth and Wayne offices, in order to assist victims of domestic violence with a more immediate way to apply for a personal protection order.
The Open Door Ministry is an organization which provides food and other help to an avaerage of 1000 people each week! The deeper goal of Open Door Ministry is to empower all individuals they encounter to learn and strengthen their own abilities so they may become skilled and capable of providing food and resources for themselves and their families. Open Door Ministry believes that introducing people in need to Jesus Christ and sharing His love for them is the foundation upon which they are best able to achieve their mission. This message of faith, hope, and love has been shared for over 18 years and nearly 8000 families have contacted Open Door Ministryfor help. The door is always open, and there is always enough for those in need at Open Door Minstries.
Because of the current world crisis, it is imperitive for parents and children to keep practicing their reading, speaking and overall literacy skills at home. The ESL books that the Literacy Council has chosen will provide resources that can be practiced and enjoyed at home by the entire family. These books are a source for improving reading and English language skills for parents, as well as a source for improving reading and comprehension skills for their children.
New Hope Center for Grief Support
At this time, there have been over 1,600 deaths in the state due to COVID-19. This number is steadily rising, and many individuals are now facing complicated, devastating, grief in an already difficult time. Due to the nature of this illness and crisis, families do not get to be with their loved ones to say goodbye, and cannot hold funeral services at this time. This furthers the already very difficult nature of grief. New Hope will offer many ongoing peer support groups that are continuing to meet via teleconferencing. They have also added additional support groups to support those reaching out to them in early grief. Along with the addition of groups, the staff will also be undergoing additional training to better support those grieving the death of a loved one due to COVID-19. They have launched a weekly support group for Frontline Workers who are witnessing death on a daily basis. As well as launched a weekly support group for those who have lost a loved one due to this pandemic.
In the four years that SVDP-SJN has been serving the local community an additional need has become apparent – that of homelessness many of whom have children. This grant will be used to assist families recently evicted or currently homeless. With the COVID-19 crisis, the Journey to Housing staff anticipates the need to assist those with low incomes and no financial reserves to become even more critical.