Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Klee Foundation Announces New Grant Opportunity!

The Conrad and Virginia Klee Foundation Announces up to $300,000 in Grant Funding for the Development of a Community Response to Childhood Overweight and Obesity in Broome County

The Conrad and Virginia Klee Foundation is requesting proposals that will improve the quality of life for children and adults in Broome County by supporting the adoption of healthy lifestyle behaviors. This Request for Proposals (RFP), Healthy Lifestyles: Developing a Community Response to Childhood Overweight and Obesity, will award up to $300,000 over 2-3 years for one grant to a coalition of community partners that seek to impact the issue of overweight and obesity in Broome County on three levels: environmental change, policy change and behavior change.

The Klee Foundation is committed to “promoting, nurturing and educating a healthy community.” Elements of this mission include, but are not limited to:
• Educating and promoting healthy lifestyles
• Encouraging synergism that occurs when organizations cooperate to promote these ends

In keeping with its commitment, the Klee Foundation in recent years has made it a priority to address increasing rates of overweight and obesity in Broome County.

View the complete Request for Proposals on the Conrad and Virginia Klee Foundation’s website: www.kleefoundation.org.

The deadline to submit a Letter of Intent is Tuesday, May 1st, 2012. Submissions must be received by noon at the foundation’s offices located at 84 Court Street, Suite 500. For questions or additional information, please contact Judy Peckham, Executive Director at (607) 722-2266.

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