2009 Grass Roots Grants Recipients
- Water Watcher’s at Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona
Tiffany Isaacson 602.546.1712
- Banner Children’s Medical Center
Mesa, Arizona
- Life Guard ID Tags and Whistles
Rhonda Anderson 480.512.3200
- Children’s Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
Beth Ellis 214.456.8360
- Iowa Great Lakes Water Safety CouncilSpirit
Lake, Iowa
- Spirit of America Programs
Bill Maas 712.320.6227
- Lake Thunderbird Foundation
Edmond, Oklahoma
Lester Cummings 405.823.2342
- Lake Metroparks Foundation
Lake County, Ohio
- 4 Life Jacket Loaner Stations
- Marine Radios
- Wet Suits / Instructors
Leigh Garam 440.585.2800
- Southeast Missouri (SEMO) Regional Water Safety Council, Inc.
Wappapello, Missouri
Dan Gross 573.222.7901
- Alabama Children’s Waterway Safety Task Force
Marine Police Alabama
Robert Moss 205.966.5093
- US Coast Guard Flotilla 63
Rockaway Beach Oregon
- Laptop, Projector, Screen
Elliott Herder 503.322.0067
- Erie Safe Boating Task Force
Meadville, Pennsylvania
- Life Jacket and Flare Swap
Keith Edwards 814.336.2426
- US Coast Guard Flotilla 51
Coos, Oregon
- Life Jacket Loaner Station
George Tinker 541.267.6152
- Safe Kids Kitsap County
Silversdale, Washington
- 2 Life Jacket Loaner Boards
Michele Jennings 360.662.1198
- Lake Erie Marine Trades Association Educational Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Ken Alvey 440.899.5009
- Lake Erie Safe Boating Council
Cleveland, Ohio
- North Coast Boating & Fishing Fest
Mike DiLorenzo 440.899.5009
- Mentor Safety Village
Mentor, Ohio
- Interactive Water Safety Props
Don Zimmerman
- North Valley Family YMCA
- Mentor Fire Department Dive Team
Mentor, Ohio
- Laptop and Camera Educational Classes
- Mobile AV Display Mentor
- Life Jacket Design Competition & Giveaway
- Life Jacket Give Away / Fair Mentor
Mike Ulrich 440.336.5418
- City of Amarillo Parks & Recreation
Amarillo, Texas
- 42 Swim Lessons and Scholarships
Janice Young 806.378.6007
- Keller Independent School District (KISD)
Keller, Texas
- 15-20 Swim Lesson Scholarships
Linda Shults 817.744.1353
- Muskingum County Community Foundation
Zanesville, Ohio
- Marketing Safety on Receipts & Rolling Billboard
Davis Mitzel 740.453.5192
- U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 62, District 13
Long Beach, WA
- Laptop & Camera Education Classes
Robert Siefert 360.642.2279
- Long Beach Police Department
Long Beach WA
- Inflatable Life Jackets/Marine Police
Flint Wright 360.642.939
- Central Ohio Safe Boating Council
Columbus, Ohio
- Billboards and Ramp Signs
John Wargo 740.548.6151
- North Central Ohio Safe Boating Council
Butler, Ohio
- Life Jacket Giveaway Boating Festival
- Canoeing Lessons
George Christ 419.938.6671
- Safe Kids Tulsa Area – Water Safety Committee
Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Life Jackets For Loaner Stations
Mary Beth Ogle 918.494.7233
- Lorain Educational Service Center
Lorain, Ohio
- Spirit of America Youth Education
- VHF Radios
- Personal Watercraft Equipment
- Vessel Graphics
- Background Checks for All Instructors
Ken Klein 440.933.4564
- Camp Foster YMCA
Spirit Lake, Iowa
Josh Carr 712.336.3272
- America Red Cross
Hilton, West Virginia
- Life Jackets for Safety On The Blue
Travis Daugherty 304.466.1234
- Lorain Boating & Education
Lorain, Ohio
- 2 Certificate Course for Apprentices
Lynn Ensinger Foundation
