The Journal Record
May
NONPROFIT BRIEFS
NAMI adds board members
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OKLAHOMA CITY – NAMI Oklahoma
has added five new members to its
2020 board of directors.
Frances Kersey, Shar’dae
Ihekona, Jayne Van Bramer,
Page Michelle Britten and Valyncia M.
A010 Wilson have joined 15 other board
members from across Oklahoma.
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resized Kersey has worked for the city
66% of Oklahoma City for 38 years.
Ihekona is a licensed professional
counselor. Van Bramer has 30 years
of experience working in behavioral
health. Britten is an accounting and
finance professional. Wilson has
spent 16 years working in mental
health.
–Staff report
Parkinson Foundation
receives gift
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Parkinson
Foundation of Oklahoma received
a $30,000 gift from the family of
Martin Rinehart in his memory.
He had lived with Parkinson’s
disease for 13 years.
In 1984, Rinehart and three other
partners founded Matrix Service
Co., where he worked until his
retirement in 2000.
Rinehart’s wife, Bonnie;
daughter, Holly Blake; and son,
Brad Rinehart, have been active
in supporting the work of the
foundation.
“Dad benefited from the services
and programs offered by the
foundation and for that we are
grateful,” said Brad Rinehart. “The
Parkinson Foundation of Oklahoma
is truly making a difference in the
lives of those impacted by the
disease.” –Staff report
Positive Tomorrows
picks top volunteer
OKLAHOMA CITY – Positive
Tomorrows selected Todd Owens,
Baker Asset Management, as its
2020 Volunteer of the Year and the
information technology department
at Love’s Travel Stops and Country
Stores corporate headquarters as its
2020 Volunteer Achievement Award
recipient.
Owens has been a volunteer
with Positive Tomorrows for more
than 10 years and has served as a
weekly reader for the school’s fifth
and sixth grade class over the past
two years. The Volunteer of the
Year Award is presented annually
to an outstanding volunteer who
has provided extraordinary service
over an extended period of time at
Positive Tomorrows.
Love’s IT department was selected
for its invaluable contributions
helping the organization get moved
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into its new facility in November as
well as its commitment to hosting
birthday and classroom parties
throughout the year. The Volunteer
Achievement Award is presented
to a volunteer or volunteer group
that creates opportunities through
a short term, one-time project at
Positive Tomorrows.
Positive Tomorrows has a
volunteer roster of more than 1,400
individuals.
–Staff report
Philbrook Museum
receives matching grant
TULSA – Philbrook Museum of Art
has received a matching grant
from FC Tulsa totaling $500,000 in
unrestricted funds.
“Philbrook Museum of Art is a
pillar of the Tulsa community,” said
FC Tulsa owner J.W. Craft. “We want
to ensure they are able to continue
doing the great work in our city
they are known for, especially in
the fight against COVID-19 with
their #PhilTheGaps campaign.
The FC Tulsa Philbrook Matching
Challenge is a statement of FC
Tulsa’s commitment to team up with
organizations throughout Tulsa to
put our community at the heart of
our club.”
Every tax-deductible gift made to
Philbrook will be matched.
On April 7, Philbrook launched its
#PhilTheGaps campaign, building a
new slate of virtual programs. The
initiative also supports the Tulsa
Area United Way COVID-19 Response
Fund, the Community Food Bank
of Eastern Oklahoma, Oklahoma
artists, and the entire community of
members and visitors.
FC Tulsa is Tulsa’s professional
sports franchise, playing soccer in
the USL Championship at Oneok
Field in downtown Tulsa.
–Staff report
Animal support
grants awarded
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma
City Community Foundation, in
partnership with the Kirkpatrick
Foundation, is awarding $30,500
in Oklahoma Disaster Relief for
Animal Support grants to nine
Oklahoma charitable organizations
continuing to make an impact for
animals throughout the COVID-19
emergency.
Established in late March in
response to the COVID-19 disaster,
OK-DFAS was designed to mitigate
the financial impact of disaster on
charitable nonprofits providing care
for animals. To encourage donors
to support OK-DFAS, the Kirkpatrick
Foundation offered a dollar-for-
dollar matching
opportunity for
donations to the
fund up to $100,000
total.
“Every state
should be so
lucky to have this
Louisa type of trusted
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philanthropic tool
to help animals
affected by disaster,” said Louisa
McCune, Kirkpatrick Foundation
executive director. “The additional
support provided through the
Kirkpatrick Foundation’s dollar-
for-dollar matching opportunity
offers donors a high return on their
philanthropic investment, a rare
thing in this economic climate. The
cats, dogs, horses, wildlife and farm
animals of Oklahoma are all better
for the fund’s creation.”
Organization receiving grants
include Animal Aid of Tulsa, $3,500;
Friends of the Shelter Foundation,
$3,000; Oklahoma Alliance for
Animals, $6,000; Oklahoma
Humane Society, $2,000; Pets &
People Humane Society, $6,000;
Thoroughbred Athletes, $1,500; and
WildCare Foundation, $2,500.
–Staff report
Schools awarded
technology grants
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma
Education Technology Trust
announced the 20 schools that have
been selected to receive grants for
the 2020-2021 school year.
Established to provide the
latest technologies and teacher
training to Oklahoma schools, OETT,
administered by Communities
Foundation of Oklahoma, is
awarding each of the 20 schools
with $40,000 to purchase new
technology equipment. Additionally,
each school will receive professional
development through OETT’s
partnership with the K20 Center at
the University of Oklahoma.
Each school will use the funds
to purchase items including, but
not limited to, Apple iPads, Google
Chromebooks, Microsoft Surface
Tablets and various robotics
and virtual reality equipment.
Teachers will also receive monthly
professional development focused
on integrating technology to
enhance authentic, real-world
learning in their
classrooms.
“As our world becomes
increasingly reliant upon
technology, the exposure students
receive at school is shaping their
future and becoming more critical
than ever,” said Teresa Rose Crook,
Communities Foundation executive
director. –Staff report
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