John Rex Endowment Announces Five-Year Funding Focus
The John Rex Endowment has completed an in-depth assessment of its funding areas to determine the focus of a five-year plan that will concentrate resources on four specific areas. Prior to the assessment, we committed to continue funding the areas of Nonprofit Capacity Building and Healthy Weight. After reviewing the ass…
Read MoreNew Board of Directors Officers and Members Announced
The John Rex Endowment is pleased to announce new officers and members of the board of directors. Sherry Worth is the new board chair. Worth has served on the board since 2004. Jill Wright, MD, Wake Health Services New Bern Ridge Pediatrics, is the new vice chair. Janet Cowell, State Treasurer of North Carolina, and…
Read MoreGrants Awarded for Injury Prevention and Capacity Building
The John Rex Endowment announces the approval of an injury prevention grant for InterAct and capacity building grants for PLM Families Together, the North Carolina Healthy Start Foundation, and the North Carolina Pediatric Society Foundation. The four grants total more than $160,000. InterAct will receive a $71…
Read MoreWake Youth Say Yes to Positive Skills Development
A self-proclaimed “shy” teenager, Shaquita (Quita) Williams, found herself confidently stepping up to the podium just months after meeting a Youth Empowered Solutions (YES!) representative at her high school. “That was a real turning point for me,” said Williams. “I was intrigued b…
Read MoreProject CATCH Helps About 350 Homeless Children in First Year
Children and teens make up approximately 25 percent of homeless people in Wake County, according to a count done in 2008. Project CATCH (Community Action Targeting Children who are Homeless), a collaborative effort led by Salvation Army of Wake County, the Young Child Mental Health Collaborative and Wake C…
Read MoreJohn Rex Endowment Announces Early Childhood RFP
The John Rex Endowment is pleased to announce an Early Childhood Mental Health, Social and Emotional Well-being request for proposals. It is well understood that the healthy development of our youngest is of critical importance.  Early life experiences not only shape how the brain develops but also provide a …
Read MoreJohn Rex Endowment Announces Capacity Building Initiative RFP
The John Rex Endowment is pleased to renew our Capacity Building Initiative (CBI).  We believe this internal organizational work is critical to help build the strength and resilience of our local nonprofit sector so that the children and youth of our community have the quality services and support they need to thr…
Read MoreThree Grant Awards Support the Healthy Weight of Children
The John Rex Endowment announces the approval of three healthy weight grants totaling more than $525,000. The Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education, the North Carolina State University Natural Learning Initiative, and WakeMed Health and Hospitals will receive grants for projects that include overweight and obesity…
Read MoreCapacity Building Investments Continue
Southlight has been awarded a capacity building grant of $94,609 from the John Rex Endowment. Investments in capacity building support internal organizational work that is critical to help build the strength and resilience of local nonprofits so that children and youth in Wake County have the quality services and suppo…
Read MoreFourteen Schools Win AHA Brains and Bodies Healthy School Awards
Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) Superintendent Tony Tata joined Advocates for Health in Action (AHA) on May 30 to announce the 2012 Brains and Bodies Award recipients for Wake County elementary and middle schools that are striving to improve the health of students and staff. Four schools won the Gold Awa…
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