NEWPORT – Newport Hospital announced April 13 that its Frederick Henry Prince Memorial Fund awarded 25 organizations within Newport County $135,293 in total grants.
The grantees will use the funding to help support local youths on Aquidneck Island with healthy programming and athletic opportunities, the hospital said. Such programming includes golf, swimming, biking, surfing and tennis, as well as nutrition education.
Since the fund began in 2010, it has provided more than $893,000 in grants for programs within Newport County, the hospital said.
The organizations that received funding from the Prince Fund are:
- Aquidneck Community Table: The Root Riders summer program, offering exercise and learning through biking and gardening.
- Bike Newport: Funding in support of summer bike camp.
- Boys & Girls Club of Newport County: Learn-to-swim program for children ages 5-12.
- Butler Basketball Club: Support for the “Skills and Fitness” clinic.
- Child & Family Services: Sandpipers Outdoor Play Zone for daily exercise and safe movement.
- FabNewport: Collaboration with Gnome Surf to provide surf lessons to local youths.
- Gnome Surf: Expansion of surf therapy program, offering surf lessons as a means of exercise and self-learning.
- International Tennis Hall of Fame: Free tennis instruction program to increase access to the sport.
- Island Community Tennis Association: Funding for a six-week tennis program for kids ages 6-10.
- Island Moving Company: Support for the New Dancers Program for local fourth graders.
- Looking Upwards: Aquidneck Island Day Camp for underserved youths ages 5-14.
- Melville Elementary School: Benefiting the SkatePass program and its innovative skateboarding curriculum.
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center: Weekly Movement and Mindfulness yoga classes.
- Newport Boxfit: Boxing for Bright Futures fitness and health program.
- Newport County YMCA: Support for initiatives that include a youth triathlon program, after-school squash, and a 12-week physical fitness and social interaction program for children at-risk of obesity.
- Newport Gulls: Funding for one-day “Pop-Up Clinics” for boys and girls to learn baseball from Gulls players and coaches.
- Newport Recreation: First Tee Golf Program summer camp for kids in grades K-8.
- Newport String Project: Support for the two-week Play Out with Strings outdoor workshop program.
- Newport Tree Conservatory: Forest Walking Club, bringing Pell Elementary students to Miantonomi Park for fitness and naturalist learning.
- Norman Bird Sanctuary: Outdoor exploration through hiking and discovery.
- Revka Hovermale: A combination of movement/dance and mindfulness for students in grades 2-4.
- Sail Newport: In partnership with the MLK Center, a no-cost introduction to sailing for summer camp participants ages 8-12.
- Sail to Prevail: Support for the Adaptive Sailing Program for children with disabilities.
- Star Kids: Providing access to summer camp and outdoor activities for 75 low-income youths.
- Strategic Prevention Partnerships: A 10-month golf program for underserved Aquidneck Island children.
James Bessette is the PBN special projects editor, and also covers the nonprofit and education sectors. You may reach him at Bessette@PBN.com. You may also follow him on Twitter at @James_Bessette.
