MARQUETTE, MI— The West End Health Foundation of Marquette County has awarded a number of grants to advance health and wellness in the region.
Grants were approved for the Spring Capital Grant Cycle to support health-related programs and services that will benefit Marquette County’s west end communities.
The money was awarded as follows:
- Ishpeming Ski Club ($10,000) for the purchase of a snowmobile to assist in maintaining and grooming 10 km of cross-country ski trails at the U.P. Nordic Ski Complex (Suicide Bowl) and the Iron Ore Heritage Trail between Ishpeming and Negaunee.
- Kiwanis Club of Ishpeming ($5,500) to support the creation and building of a new, state-of-the-art outdoor playground next to Lake Bancroft Pavilion in Ishpeming.
- Partridge Creek Farm ($5,000) toward the purchase of materials to build ADA-accessible raised garden beds for the Ishpeming Intergenerational Farm in Ishpeming.
- Courage, Inc. ($4,000) toward the purchase of camping equipment used in its FREE outdoor wilderness-based adventures for individuals and veterans with physical disabilities.
- Michigamme Township ($3,000) for supplies needed to maintain the Senior Meals program serving the Michigamme area.
- Presbytery Point ($2,800) for its Health Center Update Project. The funds will purchase Epinephrine Auto-Injectors and an Emergency Inhaler for its facilities in Michigamme.
The WEHF provides funding in three competitive grant cycles per year and provides funding for health- and wellness- related programs in the four West End school districts.
The Foundation will accept proposals for its Proactive Grants Cycle later this spring.
