Two township-based organizations were among 35 recipients awarded grants from the Horizon Foundation for New Jersey.
HAMILTON — Two township-based organizations were among 35 recipients awarded grants from the Horizon Foundation for New Jersey.
The foundation announced the award of $691,250 in grants to nonprofit organizations throughout the state that are working to improve the health and quality of life of New Jersey residents, according to a press release.
The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey is the charitable arm of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, and these grants represent the third round of awards in 2013 to community-based organizations in the state.
Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton, received a grant of $11,750 to support the Enabling Creativity Program, a collaborative art program with Enable Inc., a Princeton-based nonprofit serving individuals with physical and/or mental disabilities.
The program provides participants with monthly hands-on art workshops at Grounds For Sculpture during the winter and spring of 2014.
The workshop series will culminate in a six-week exhibition of participants’ artwork.
In addition, a grant of $50,000 was awarded to the New Jersey Pediatric Council on Research and Education, also based in Hamilton.
The grant will support the New Jersey Immunization Network Immunization Initiative.
Through this collaborative project, NJPCORE and NJIN will work with select pediatric practices in Ocean and Burlington counties to have their patients, from birth through two years, immunized against all 14 recommended vaccine- preventable diseases.
The goal is to establish practices for improving immunization service delivery and immunization rates within each practice. The grant also supports the practice teams’ use of the mandated New Jersey immunization information system /registry to ensure accurate and complete immunization documentation for patients aged seven and under.
Robert A. Marino, Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey and Chairman and CEO of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, praised the organizations for their efforts to have a positive impact in the lives of New Jersey residents.
. “We commend these organizations for their work and proudly support their efforts to enrich the quality of life in New Jersey’s communities,” Mr. Marino said.