Junior League of Lexington Inc

Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra will receive $390 in financial support and 5 volunteers for additional organizational support.  The project is for CKYO Friends in Music – private lessons scholarships.   This is an after-school music instruction program reaching middle school students in two Title I schools in Lexington.  There are 2 components: 1. after-school group session led by high school mentors and 2. private lessons by professional music educators.  This will pay for 31 private lesson scholarships. FIM addresses the cost of access to high-quality music education in Lexington.

Children’s Advocacy Center will receive $2500 in financial support and 5 JLL volunteers for additional agency support.  The project is for the CAC resource closet.  The CAC provides services to children in Central Kentucky that have been the victims of sexual abuse.  The resource closet will contain new children’s clothes, premade toiletry kids and other items for parents and caregivers.

Fayette Eating Education & Delivery – F.E.E.D. will receive $2500 in financial support and 10 JLL volunteers for additional programatic support.  The project is the Backpack Food Program.  F.E.E.D. works with Gods Pantry and private donations to provide weekend meals to students in need in the Fayette County public school system.   Many children from low-income families depend on the food they receive at school for sustenance. F.E.E.D. tries to bridge the gap over the weekend to provide these children with meals.

Lexington Fraternal Order of Firefighters will receive $2860 in financial support and 10 JLL volunteers for additional organizational support.  This project is for CPR education.  This funding will be used to purchase 12 adult and 12 infant CPR mannequins to use during CPR classes.

Living Arts & Science Center will receive $5000 in financial support and 10 JLL volunteers for programtic support.  The project is the Reading Trail: A Path to Inclusion and Literacy.  A reading trail will be installed through LASC’s garden.  This will be a fun, engaging tool to increase literacy skills.  The stories on the panels along the trail will change on a regular basis.

American Saddlebred Museum will receive $750 in financial support and 4 JLL volunteers for programatic support.  The project is the American Saddlebred Museum Trophy Preservation Projection.  This will fund the purchase of silver-cloth to preserve the museum’s collection of trophies, many of which are from the Lexington Junior League Charity Horse Show.

UK Markey Cancer Foundation will receive $1000 in financial support and 6 JLL volunteers for foundation support.  This project is for the Markey Cancer Foundation Support Fund.  These funds will be used entirely for patients and their families and will provide 20 patients and their families with a $50 gas card to help with the cost of transportation during a very trying time.

The Well will receive $5000 in financial support and 5 JLL volunteers for project support.  The project is Trafficking Education and Outreach.  The funding will be used to make instructional videos and materials to increase trafficking awareness, reduce the stigma of trafficking, show how individuals may be victimized and show how to recognize trafficking and how to intervene.  The initial focus will be the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department of Community Based Services, schools, the judicial system, first responders and community centers.

YMCA will receive $10,000 in financial support and 10 JLL volunteers for programatic support.  The project is YMCA of Central Kentucky Black Achievers program.  This program serves youth, grades 6-12, does not exclude based on race and is a multiracial effort to help teens develop to their fullest potential.  Black achievers provides exposure to arts and cultural experiences as well as support in academics, career exploration and planning, mentoring and post-secondary goals.