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Tonight, Greater Alliance Foundation staff joined Trailhead Community Health Foundation for its first anniversary celebration and Report to the Community. We were proud to celebrate this milestone and hear what it means for the nonprofits working to improve health in Stark County and across our region.
Created through the sale of Summa Health, Trailhead will put more than $350 million in assets to work across Stark, Medina, Portage, Summit, and Wayne counties. Tonight, we saw what that commitment can mean for our neighbors as Trailhead announced a $250,000 Community Crisis Grant to the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank. The grant was awarded without an application and will support the Foodbank’s work to help local families put food on the table.
In 2027, Trailhead plans to award $10 million in grants over four cycles, with application deadlines of March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31. Its four investment areas are:
* Prevention, public health, and population health improvement
* Health access and services coordination
* Healthcare workforce, medical research, and innovation
* Healthy neighborhoods and opportunities for a healthier region
An informational session will be held at the Stark County District Library in January. We encourage local nonprofits working to improve health to attend and learn how their work might fit these priorities.
Congratulations to Trailhead on its first year. We’re excited to see what this investment will make possible for the local organizations that know our communities well and work every day to help our neighbors live healthier lives. ...
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GAF is looking for donations of rolls of Children’s Christmas wrapping paper.
Please drop off full or half used rolls of wrapping paper to 960 West State Street in Suite 220 (Key Bank Bldg).
No donation is too small and we will take monetary donations to buy paper also.
Thank you for your help! ...
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Happy ONE YEAR Anniversary to these funds! 🎂 Last November, we were lucky enough to welcome these 4 funds to our GAF Family:
Michael’s World Endowed Fund
Douglas and Cynthia Cunningham Food Insecurity Fund
Douglas and Cynthia Cunningham Housing Support Fund
Glamorgan Castle Community Center Fund
These funds have made a big impact this past year.
The Cunningham Food Insecurity Fund helped bring Refuge of Hope from Canton to the Alliance Commons to provide 4 meals a week to those who need it. In their first two weeks in Alliance, 400 meals were served! 🍽️
We look forward to all the good they will bring in 2027! ...
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