The Bock Family Foundation presented their fall grant awards Monday afternoon, giving out more than $56,000 to several local nonprofit organizations.

The presentation was conducted by Scott Finneseth, the Executive Director of the Foundation, and he got it started by explaining its history and the process of selecting grants to be awarded. He said during this cycle they received 22 applications from worthy groups, but in the end they narrowed it down to 19. Some of the bigger checks handed out included: $3,500 to the Perry Police Department for automated external defibrillators for patrol cars; $3,500 to the Perry Ministerial Association for their Good Samaritan Fund; $4,000 for the Dallas County Hospital Foundation for a vein illuminator device; $5,000 to Dallas County Habitat for Humanity for a home ownership opportunity; $6,000 to Dallas County Conservation for phase two of the connector trail project; and $6,500 to the Perry Area Child Development Center for scholarships.

The biggest grant of the night was once again to Perry’s Academic, Cultural, and Enrichment Services (PACES) program, which received $8,500 to help fund them for another year. PACES Director Mary Hillman accepted the grant, saying she’s had a great relationship with the Bock Foundation since its inception in 2002. Each recipient was thankful to the Foundation for helping fund their projects. All total, there was $56,078 awarded to the 19 organizations. Finneseth added, since the Foundation began they’ve given out more than $1.8 million. They award grants twice a year, in the spring and fall, and the deadline for the spring cycle is March 1, 2019.

See below for a full list of recipients for the fall grant cycle.

City of Perry Police Dept: $3,500 for Automated External Defibrillators for patrol cars
City of Perry Parks & Rec: $2,000 to update locker room floors at McCreary Center
Dallas County Conservation Board: $6,000 for RRVT Connector Phase II
Mercy Foundation: $1,500 for food/supplies for The Blessing Box
Dallas County Hospital Foundation: $4,000 for Vein Illuminator device
Perry Area Child Development Center: $6,500 for scholarships
Art on the Prairie: $1,908 for Prairie Lane alleyway
Dallas County Habitat for Humanity: $5,000 for home ownership opportunity
Perry Community School District: $1,500 towards storage units near ballfields
PACES: $8,500 for Pre-K to 5th Grade 2018-19 Program
Perry Area Emergency Food Council: $2,000 to purchase meat & other items for Food Pantry
Perry Ministerial Association $3,500 for Good Samaritan Fund
Perry Fine Arts: $650 for Quarter 515 Concert
HomeCare Services Inc of Dallas County: $2,500 for insulated bags/food trays for Meals on Wheels
Washington Twp Cons. School Foundation: $2,000 to repair outside walls in Washington History Room
Minburn Area Firefighters Association: $1,000 to upgrade emergency lighting on tanker truck
Woodward Public Library: $1,020 for computer, copier, digitizing records, cabinets.
Faith’s Flock Preschool: $2,000 to purchase gross motor development equipment
American Legion Post 717, Granger: $1,000 towards remodeling kitchen & restrooms