Community Corner
Kaiser Permanente awards $330,000 to local organizations
Grants from KP Redwood City used to fight obesity, prevent domestic violence, more.
Kaiser Permanente Redwood City has awarded grants to 22 local organizations providing community programs that support exercise, nutrition, intervention for at-risk youth, behavioral health, alcohol and drug prevention, obesity, domestic and teen violence and aging.
The Community Benefit grants are part of the Community Benefit program dedicated to improving the health of the communities that Kaiser Permanente serves.
“The reach of Kaiser Permanente’s efforts goes beyond our walls,” said Michelle Gaskill-Hames, Senior Vice President and Area Manager, "and the impact that we make touches the lives of thousands of people and families throughout our service area -- both today and for years to come.”
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Grants are awarded to non-profit organizations in the communities served by Kaiser Permanente’s Redwood City Medical Center and San Mateo Medical Offices.
Some of the many grantees who received funding are CORA’s county-wide domestic violence prevention, Friends for Youth's Mentoring, Ravenswood Family Health Center, Peninsula Family Service Agency, Redwood City 2020, Redwood City Library, San Mateo Police Activity League, Sheriff's Activity League, Saint Francis Center, Caminar, Mental Health Association of San Mateo County, and the Boys and Girls Clubs Coastside and Peninsula.
