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The Sammy Fund

Spreading Sammy’s Smiles

(What have we done so far?)

    Since the Samantha Otte Youth Opportunity Fund was established in September of 2000, over $313,000 has been raised through the fall Sammy Fund events and private donations. From that amount, in excess of $116,000 has been distributed by the Community Foundation of the Quincy Area to the following eligible area agencies, over $10,000 has been given directly from the Sammy Fund to support worthwhile youth activities, and
the remainder is held at the Community Foundation. A portion of the proceeds from this year's event will go to the Community Foundation of the Quincy Area, and the remainder will be used by the Sammy Fund group for support of other youth-oriented needs

Grants from the Samantha Otte Youth Opportunity Fund

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Girl Scouts - to fund troops at Washington School, Harrison Hills and Walter Hammond Daycare

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Quincy Community Student Theater -  for children's theater classes, productions and class tuition.

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Quincy Art Center -  to underwrite funding for art education at low-income schools and to provide educational programs for underserved youth who show promise in the visual arts.

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Camp Callahan -  to provide support so handicapped children can experience a week's camping at Camp
Callahan.

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Jackson-Lincoln Pool - for pool operations and swimming fees for children who would not otherwise have the
ability to pay admissions fees and for 10 free Family Swim Nights from June to August 2008.

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Walter Hammond Daycare -  for equipment and daycare fieldtrips.

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Quincy Society of Fine Arts -  to help fund Arts = Education Programs at Irving School.

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Great River First Tee -  to provide operational support enabling First Tee classes to be offered to more children
and provide program fees for income-eligible children and to provide Life skills training for kids at Walter
Hammond Day Care and Cheerful Home Child Care & Learning Center.

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Community Foundation for the Quincy Area -  for the unrestricted endowment fund, which helps support the Community Foundation's programs and grants for eligible area non-profit groups.

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Quincy Family YMCA -  for Head Start swim lessons.

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Paw Pals, Inc. -  to fund educational programs at Washington, Dewey and Berrian Schools on basic animal care
and dog bite prevention.

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American Red Cross -to fund babysitter training programs for 50 youth.

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Big Brother / Big Sister -  to support program services for one-to-one relationships between adult volunteers
and children.

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Faith in Action -  to support youth volunteer training

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Mississippi Council of Boy Scouts -  to support programs for low-income scouts

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John Wood Community College - to enable low-income kids to attend College for Kids

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Quincy Humane Society -  for pet care educational programs for low income scouts

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Redmon and Lee Association - for children's work stations, literacy and math skills materials

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Cornerstone: Foundations for Families - for therapeutic materials for counseling low-income families

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Friends of the Trails -  to assist in launching citywide bicycle lending program for children & families who do
not have access to a bicycle

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Quincy Area Youth Chorus- for tuition waivers and to purchase music

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Muddy River Opera Company- to support children's opera

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United Way of Adams County- Quincy Area Partnership for Unmet Needs for urgent medical and related
needs of families in crisis.

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Panther Pride Foundation for Central Schools- to help implement the "Seven Habits of Highly Effective
People" program in all Adams County school.

    Our goal is to create a permanent endowment that will help insure funding to agencies providing worthwhile opportunities to area children. Grants from the Samantha Otte Youth Opportunity Fund particularly target programs that might not be possible without this funding.

 

Sam's self portrait 1-26-2000
Sammy's self portrait
1-26-2000

Grants from the Sammy Fund
The Sammy Fund also directly supports the involvement of disadvantaged kids in a variety of worthwhile pursuits.
over $10,000 in grants have been awarded directly to these programs from the Sammy Fund group:

BlackStar tutoring program
National Youth Sports Program
People to People Leadership Training
LeadAmerica Conference
YoungLife camp fees
Unmet Needs Committee of Quincy IL
(Emergency dental work, equipment for autistic child, family support in medical crisis)

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The Sammy Fund, P.O. Box 3622, Quincy, IL 62305   Voice Mail ( 217)-242-1527

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(All donations to the Samantha Otte Youth Opportunity Fund are subject to the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the  Community Foundation of the Quincy Area, all of which provisions are hereby incorporated by reference).