Aging

Henry Norman Leck Endowment Fund

Early in 1995, Dane County elders and the Area Agency on Aging Board were privileged to receive a bequest from the estate of Mr. Henry Norman Leck. Mr. Leck, killed in a car accident in 1992, left over $150,000 to service Dane County elders. Realizing how quickly these funds could be spent, the Area Agency on Aging Board chose to create the Henry Norman Leck Endowment Fund at the Madison Community Foundation. Each spring, approximately 5% of the assets of the fund will be distributed, on a competitive basis, to Dane County non-profit organizations, community groups, and public agencies serving senior adults age 60 and older. The grants are meant to provide seed money to develop peer-to-peer prevention programs in the areas of AODA, elder abuse, housing, and nutrition. Funds may not be used to supplant existing county funding.

The Area Agency on Aging Board has defined prevention as: a process which promotes physical and emotional health by empowering persons with the resources and services necessary to confront complex, stressful life conditions and by enabling individuals to lead personally satisfying and enriching lives.

For more information on the Henry Norman Leck Endowment Fund, please call the Area Agency on Aging of Dane County at 608-261-9930 or send an e-mail message to aaa@countyofdane.com.

• 2012 Announcement Letter
• 2012 Application

2012 Grant Awards ($8,500 awarded)

Caregiver Support Group

Will provide caregivers and resources to help them deal with rigors of remaining in their own home. Monthly caregiver support group will be offered. (New Project)

Amount Awarded

$1,900

Organization / Address / Name

Jim Krueger, Executive Director
North/Eastside Senior Coalition
1625 Northport Dr. #125
Madison, WI 53704

Phone Number

243-5252

Exercising as We Age

Offer sessions by a personal trainer to provide on-going assistance to seniors who want to begin an exercise program by using the equipment available at the senior center. (Expansion of an Existing Program) Received $500 Leck Grant in 2011.

Amount Awarded

$500

Organization / Address / Name

Linda Green, Executive Director
DeForest Area Community & Senior Center
505 N. Main St.
DeForest, WI 53532

Phone Number

846-9469

Memory Café @ Middleton Senior Center

Using a successful international model, the café will be an informal gathering place for socialization, support, and creative enrichment for seniors (and their family members & friends) with memory loss. (New Project)

Amount Awarded

$1,880

Organization / Address / Name

Danielle Thai
Alzheimer's & Dementia Alliance of WI
517 N. Segoe Rd. #301
Madison, WI 53705

Phone Number

232-3403

Respite Care Team Ministry: A volunteer-based support service for frail elders

Expand service to individuals who are marginalized by caregiver stress, fragilities of aging, isolation, poverty, & racial inequities in rural and urban communities. 1-2 teams will be created. (Expansion of an Existing Program) Received $2,000 Leck Grant in 2011.

Amount Awarded

$1,900

Organization / Address / Name

Kathy Stellrecht, Vice President
Catholic Charities—Diocese of Madison
702 South High Pt. Rd.
Madison, WI 53744

Phone Number

821-3122

Senior Outreach & Housing Counseling

To provide a series of presentations at Dane County senior centers & focal points to discuss tenant-landlord rights and responsibilities. Video of presentation will be created & shared. (New Project)

Amount Awarded

$1,900

Organization / Address / Name

Brenda Konkel
Tenant Resource Center
1202 Williamson St. #102
Madison, WI 53703

Phone Number

257-0143

Women's Wellness

Provide a 4-week health wellness series with local health professionals: nutrition, rieke, exercise, healthy heart. (New Project)

Amount Awarded

$420

Organization / Address / Name

Lynn Forshaug, Director
Southwest Dane Outreach
107 N. Grove St.
Mt. Horeb, WI 53572

Phone Number

437-6902

Mally Fund for Aging Education

The Area Agency on Aging Board of Directors is pleased to announce the 7th Annual Mally Fund for Aging Education Grant. A total of $500 is available for projects in 2012. Agencies may apply for up to $500. Projects must be completed in the year 2012. Grant funds are available to non-profile organizations, community groups, and public agencies. The grants are intended to provide annual funding for educational programs (training, retraining, educating or "retreating") to benefit staff, volunteers and/or senior adults in Dane County's aging network.

Mally funds are not intended to supplant other funds. No project will be funded more than twice. Agency/agencies are encouraged to plan in collaboration, whenever possible, to maximize the number of people benefiting from the educational experience.

Applications will include the following information:

• Name/Name of Agency
• Address
• Phone
• E-mail
• Description of the plan to use the money
• Estimated cost
• Number of people expected to attend

A brief letter of report will be written to AAA Manager Cheryl Batterman upon completion of the program.

Applications must be received by Monday, 16 April 2012, 4 p.m. at the Area Agency on Aging (2306 S. Park St., Madison WI 53713).

For more information, contact the Area Agency on Aging of Dane County at 608-261-9930.

2012 Mally Awards ($503.08 awarded)

Healthy Living for One: a joint proposal from West Madison Senior Center & Segoe Terrace Apartments

Offer two 6-week classes for low-income senior adults to learn how to cook for one. Using new USDA MyPlate food guidance system, includes cooking demonstrations, food, and side trips. (New Project)

Amount Awarded

$503.08

Organization / Address / Name

Ingrid Kundinger, Executive Director
West Madison Senior Coalition
517 N. Segoe Rd. #309
Madison, WI 53705

Judy Brookins, Service Coordinator
Segoe Terrace Apartments
602 Sawyer Terrace
Madison, WI 53705

Phone Number

238-7368
(WMSC)