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Local Charities

 June 19,2009

Dear Charities Staff,

This month we have tested 59 Idaho children for diabetes markers as part of  the National Institutes of Health TrialNet study. Preparations are in full swing for Sweet Kids Day Camp coming up next month. Last month we delivered nutrition/childhood obesity prevention education to parents of children in local kindergarten-readiness programs. In August, we will begin scheduling school programs.

Your donation of $2,000 helps make all these children's programs possible in Boise, Meridian, Nampa, and Caldwell, Idaho. Thank-you very much, especially to Mandi Moore (Caldwell) on our local grants committee and Natalie Summers (Boise) who delivered the check yesterday.

Natalie's timing was perfect. We had just reviewed our children's budget a week ago and had made plans to cut back programs if funding did not come  through. Then Natalie came through the door yesterday, with a gift that you have all made possible, even in these hard times.

We are grateful. Thank-you again.

With appreciation,

Jeanette Germain
Development Director
Humphreys Diabetes Center		    
 

Idaho

LHM Charities helped children in Idaho improve their social and emotional health by donating to Walkin' the Talk, an organization that focuses on teaching individual responsibility and decision-making skills to youth. Funding was also provided to Idaho Diabetes Youth Programs/Camp Hodia. At Camp Hodia, youth learn to develop self reliance and coping skills that help them address the unique challenges faced by children with diabetes.

A donation from LHM Charities to the Assistance League of Boise helped provide school supplies to Ada County children in need. Funding for the Boise Public Schools Education Foundation went toward purchasing science equipment and supplies to aid limited-English speaking students.

LHM Charities contributed to Girls on the Run, a nonprofit that develops physical, social and emotional health in preteen girls. A donation to Ride2Read went toward the Bells for Books bookmobile, which serves students who attend schools that have no library. Western Idaho Community Action Partnership was granted funding for its Head Start preschool program, and Ride for Joy, an organization that provides therapeutic riding lessons to children with mental or physical disabilities, also received assistance.

Learning Lab, an agency that enhances literacy in under-educated families, received funding for its children's programs. Anne Heilman, executive director at Learning Lab, wrote the following, "It means the world to us and our students that you believe in what we do and have chosen to contribute to our work." Other donation recipients include Boise Leadership Academy and the Suicide Prevention Action Network. 

Larry H. Miller Charities - Change for Change

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