Notable Gifts for Aug. 7

The Rotary Club of Innsbrook recently awarded more than $27,000 in grants to local charitable organizations, including the Virginia Home for Boys and Girls , FeedMore , READ Center , the YMCA and others. The club's largest single donation of $10,000 went to Connor's Heroes , a Richmond-based organization supporting families of children diagnosed with pediatric cancer .

So far this year, the club has donated more than $25,000 to other groups, including the Coal Pit Learning Center in Henrico County , which provides preschool education to low-income families; the World Pediatric Project's Healing Hearts program, which supports life-saving heart surgeries for children performed at VCU Medical Center ; and the Rotary International Bridges to Prosperity program.

Funds to assist school-readiness efforts

Three new grants from the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation will aid school-readiness initiatives in central Virginia.

Smart Beginnings Heartland — which includes Amelia, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Nottoway and Prince Edward counties — will receive $100,000 to offer the Virginia Star Quality Initiative program to childcare centers in the area.

Smart Beginnings Northumberland Lancaster will receive $95,000, and Smart Beginnings Fluvanna Louisa will receive $100,000 for screening programs to make sure that young children are developmentally moving forward to be ready for school, said Scott Hippert, president of the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation.

Each of the Smart Beginnings programs has done a community-needs assessment and developed a long-range strategic plan. The grants began July 1 and will extend through June 30, 2013.

Richmond Memorial helps nonprofits

Richmond Memorial Health Foundation awarded nearly $1.4 million in its most recent grant cycle: $783,400 to seven nonprofit organizations, $525,000 for the Patient Centered Medical Home Collaborative and $75,000 in matching funds for the Promise Neighborhood project.

Recipients are:

Challenge Discovery Projects : $16,000 to create a Youth Technology and Healing Center.

New Shoes!! | Children, Incorporated

, Saxon Shoes welcomed 124 students served by the U.S. division of programs on children, incorporated into one of its Richmond, VA areas, where each child was fitted with a new pair of shoes. The children were delighted as they tried on pair after pair of designer shoes, until they find just the right match. Then, each child received a backpack full of school supplies courtesy of YMCA of Greater Richmond. Children, Incorporated would like to thank Tito Luna, Director of Community Development at the YMCA, to make this event possible. Thank you to the wonderful staff at Saxon.

Saxon Shoes has been a Richmond VA landmark since its establishment in 1953.  The company, which recently opened a second branch in Fredericksburg VA, carries over 200 well-known brands of shoes.

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