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W. H. G. Carter Fund
June 2003 |
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It is gratifying to review the assistance
provided through the WHG Carter Fund since its inception in January 2001.
The Fund’s purpose is to make educational opportunities possible for
under-served children and to assist in housing stability so that children
may remain in the same school throughout the year.
Any church member or friend may recommend projects for assistance. The
initial $3,918 Carter Fund collection on January 22, 2001, established the
Fund. The two subsequent offerings to replenish the Fund in January 2002
and 2003, and sporadic individual contributions, have yielded $9,197 for use
under the guidelines established by the Board. |
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Projects receiving grants to
date include:
 | Matching grants for two young Woodward High School
scholarship students to go on the Historic Black Colleges spring tour
(2001) |
| Underwriting a college intern to work at the West
Cincinnati Presbyterian Church Fun in Learning, Learning is Fun
8-week summer day camp program (2001, 2002 and 2003) |
| Purchasing a series of African-American biographies
for the Whittier Middle School Library, which had none, after Oyler School
merged with Whittier (2001) |
| Subsidizing 33 high school students to attend “Blues
from an Alabama Sky” (2002) |
| Partially underwriting three Hughes Center students
to accompany their class to the Memphis, TN, Civil Rights Museum (2002) |
| Covering the final two months of pre-school tuition
for a young African-American being raised by his Grandmother who lost her
job due to the poor economy (2003). |
This year Northern Hills Unitarian Fellowship
contributed an additional $500 in the name of the Carter Fund to West
Cincinnati Presbyterian Church’s summer program, which allowed maintaining a
small reserve in the Carter Fund for the remainder of this calendar year.
Twelve low-income families have received matching
assistance to avoid immediate eviction or utility cut-off since early
2001. Each has demonstrated reasonable ability to make future payments,
their arrearage due to a temporary emergency. These twelve families include
20 children and two elderly, single individuals who faced a crisis and would
otherwise have been forced to move or become homeless.
The following table is a summary of Carter Fund
expenditures to date and the very low cost per child or family assisted:
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Project |
Cost |
Cost per child |
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W. Cincinnati Presby. Summer program |
$5,000. |
$23.00 per child per year* |
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Whittier School Library |
700. |
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Other Projects |
1,190. |
$12.75 per child/young adult |
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12 Families including 20 children |
2,602. |
$217. average per family |
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Remaining balance (June 2003) |
405. |
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*does not include 2003 summer
enrollment
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Contributions to the Carter Fund may be made at
any time by writing a check to First Unitarian Church clearly marked for the
Carter Fund. The Carter Fund Committee, including Bev Baker, Ann Black and
Dot Christenson will be joined by Fritz Casey-Leininger this summer.
The committee needs a church member who is a current social service
professional as both Ann Black and Dot Christenson have retired and no
longer have daily contact and updates on available non-profit and government
agency programs. Anyone interested in assisting this effort to honor Rev.
Carter and make a small contribution to social justice is most welcome. |
Contributions to the Carter Fund may be made at any time |
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