The Lloyd L. & Louise K. Smith Memorial Foundation awarded $97,100 in grants to local nonprofit organizations at its 2012 year-end meeting. The recipients are:
• Act II Production (The Illusion Factory), for actors’ rehearsal salaries, $500.
• Akron Art Museum, for Kids Art classes, $2,500.
• Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank, for operations and endowment, $4,500.
• Akron Children’s Hospital, for Pediatric Palliative Care River of Life program, $1,000.
• Akron Community Service Center and Urban League, for School’s In program, $2,500.
• Akron Rotary Camp for Special Children, for operations, $2,000.
• Akron Summit Community Action Agency, for YouthBuild program, $2,500.
• American Red Cross of Summit and Portage Counties, for Superstorm Sandy assistance, $1,000.
• Ballet Theatre of Ohio, for 20th season support, $1,000.
• Battered Women’s Shelter, for crisis intervention specialist, $4,000.
• Beacon Journal Charity Fund, for orthodontic care, $5,100.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of the Western Reserve, for educational programs, $3,000.
• Central Summit County Choral Society, for Summit Children’s Choir and satellite programs, $1,000.
• Child Guidance & Family Solutions, for Building a Healthier Community capital campaign, $2,500.
• Children’s Dyslexia Centers of Akron, for after-school tutoring, $2,500.
• Civic Theatre, for All Access and Community Partnership program, $1,500.
• Crown Point Ecology Center, for organic farming apprentice, $2,000.
• Cuyahoga Valley Preservation and Scenic Railway, for Passenger Comfort: Restroom Renovations project, $1,500.
• Cuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet, for Reach Out and Dance program, $1,500.
• Downtown Akron Partnership, for First Night Akron community outreach program, $2,000.
• Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center, for lessons, $2,000.
• Friends of 91.3, for KIDJAM! Radio, $500.
• Friends of Metro Parks, for Outside Is In, $1,000.
• Furnace Street Mission-Safety Forces Chaplaincy Center, for counseling for police and fire personnel and their families, $500.
• GASP (Guardian Advocating Child Safety and Protection), for program support, $1,000.
• Haven of Rest Ministries, for food, shelter and care of residents, $2,500.
• Ideastream-WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN, for operations, $1,000.
• Mental Health America of Summit County, for adolescent suicide prevention program, $1,500.
• Mobile Meals, for meals and supplements, $4,500.
• Musical Arts Association, for Blossom Music Center Festival, $4,000.
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society-Ohio Buckeye Chapter, for respite care program, $500.
• Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition, for Richard Howe House exhibits, $1,500.
• Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges Inc., for Summit County tuition assistance, $2,500.
• Old Trail School, for reading fluency program, $1,000.
• Our Lady of the Elms School, for wireless infrastructure enhancement project and One to One project, $2,500.
• Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio, for operations, $500.
• Portage Path Behavioral Health, for Akron clinic roof replacement, $500.
• Project LEARN of Summit County, to recruit volunteers and tutors, $2,500.
• Salvation Army — Summit County Area Services, for hot meals program, $5,000.
• South Street Ministries Inc., for youth programming and activities, $500.
• St. Sebastian Parish Foundation, for pipe organ restoration, $2,000.
• Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens Inc., for annual fund, $4,500.
• Stewart’s Caring Place, for program support, $1,000.
• Summa Health System, for Heart Care at Home program, $1,500.
• Summit Education Initiative, for Destination College workshops, $1,500.
• Victory Gallop, for rider scholarships, $2,000.
• Weathervane Community Playhouse, for current season support, $2,500.
• Western Reserve Public Media, for acquisition costs, $1,000.
• Williams Challenge, for Man 2 Man fatherhood initiative program, $500.
• Youth Excellence Performing Arts Workshop (YEPAW), for 2013 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Conference, $1,000.
For more information about the foundation and its grant making, contact Brenda J. Moubray, FirstMerit Bank, 106 S. Main St., Fifth Floor-TOW 23, Akron, OH 44308; 330-384-7301; brenda.moubray@firstmerit.com.