GALA BENEFICIARIES
Safety Village
Permanent Safety Village at McDowell Early Learning School
This area will be used by preschool and kindergarten students for learning and play opportunities throughout the school day, Hudson Community Education & Recreation for Safety Town classes in the summer, and families that visit the playground outside of these times. Children will be able to learn traffic signals and the rules of the road as they move around the town as well as engage in pretend play or games of hide and seek for fun with friends and family members.
Our hope is to include elements such as miniature buildings and shops recognizable from around Hudson, painting to mimic roadways and crosswalks, signage for streets and traffic safety, and working traffic signals such as a stoplight in the design of the project. The overall design of the safety village will be inclusive, and we plan to work with the intervention team at McDowell to include accessible, interactive elements for all children to explore, play with, and practice motor skills.Scholarship Fund
College Scholarships Awarded to Students in Hudson
Hudson City Schools ongoing support - including multiple $3,000 college and trade school scholarships, a longstanding partnership with the HHS Service Learning Class, and funding of various school clubs and elementary school projects.
Gift of Life NEO
Cardiac Care for Children in the Developing World
Gift of Life Northeast Ohio (GoL NEO) serves children and their extended families from the developing world who do not have access to cardiac care. For these children, GoL NEO is their last hope. GoL NEO has successfully progressed from serving “one child at a time” to helping create children’s heart centers in the developing world. This model allows for not only training of local surgeons and staff, but helps provide surgical services to more children. This is the long term goal of GoL NEO.
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