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December 18, 2011

George Kaiser Family Foundation announces $150,000 in grants

Special to The Sun

OKLA. CITY — George Kaiser Family Foundation recently announced a series of grants to Oklahoma City area nonprofits that provide basic needs and health services to the community, including food, shelter, education and job skills training and placements.

“We are committed to serving individuals and families in our community and providing them with basic needs like food, shelter, health care and other important services,” said Ken Levit, executive director of George Kaiser Family Foundation.

Grant amounts include $55,000 to Sunbeam Family Services Inc., $50,000 to Smart Start Central Oklahoma, $25,000 to Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma and $20,000 to TEEM: The Education and Employment Ministry.

Sunbeam Family Services Inc. will use the funds to help support their services, including counseling, early childhood education and development programs, foster care and senior services.

Smart Start Central Oklahoma works to promote school readiness solutions and provide quality early learning experiences for children in the Oklahoma City metro area. Funds from GKFF will help support their school readiness programs.

“Ensuring healthy brain development during the first years of life is critical,” said Stacy Dykstra, director of Smart Start Central Oklahoma. “This grant will help us encourage parents to read, play, sing, talk and hold their children early and often to encourage early literacy development and help them succeed when they enter school.”

The Regional Food Bank will receive funds to support their efforts to feed more than 77,000 Oklahomans each week — nearly half of which are children.

The Education and Employment Ministry will use the funds to serve Oklahoma City community members in need of better employment through education, training and job placement assistance.

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