Local groups among Packers Foundation grantees

GREEN BAY — Three groups with ties to Oconto County were among 192 civic and charitable groups who shared in a record $1 million from the Green Bay Packers Foundation presented at a luncheon Dec. 4 in the Lambeau Field Atrium.

Oconto Falls Area Ambulance Service received a grant toward the upgrade of its cardiac monitors.

HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital Inc. of Oconto Falls received a grant on behalf of the Nurse’s Nook program, which provides basic needs and other resources to local students through their schools. Before becoming affiliated with St. Clare, the program was not eligible for grants from the foundation.

The Oral Health Partnership Inc., which recently began providing dental health services at St. Clare, also received a grant.

The recipient groups were guests at a luncheon in the Lambeau Field Atrium, which honored the outstanding efforts and services performed by each of the organizations.

This year’s grant cycle focused on organizations that will direct the funds toward the need areas of animal welfare, civic and community, environmental, health and wellness including drug/alcohol and domestic violence causes. In 2020, the focus areas will be elderly, homelessness, human services and hunger causes. For more information about the grant cycles, visit packers.com/foundation.

The Foundation now has distributed more than $12.68 million for charitable purposes since it was established in 1986 by Judge Robert J. Parins, then president of the Packers Corporation, “as a vehicle to assure continued contributions to charity.”

“We’re proud to award a record $1 million through our annual Packers Foundation grants this year,” Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy said at the event. “We are inspired by the outstanding recipient organizations, who have critical roles in the community and have remarkable positive impacts on those they serve every day.”

The Green Bay Packers Foundation and its annual grants is part of Green Bay Packers Give Back, the Packers’ all-encompassing community outreach initiative that comprises appearances made by players, alumni, coaches and staff, football outreach camps, cash and in-kind donations, Make-A-Wish visits and community events.