You can download her Fall 1998 or Winter 1999 newsletters in Microsoft Word format, or you can browse through the HTML versions of the same Fall or Winter newsletters online. Senior-Oriented Projects Youth and school groups across the country interested in reaching out to the older members of their communities may be eligible for support from a national retailer. The Wal-Mart Foundation, the funding arm of the national discount store chain, offers small grants to schools, Boys and Girls Clubs, scout troops and church youth groups, among others, to support projects to honor and involve senior citizens. The grant program is named for the holiday honoring grandparents, which is slated for September 12, 1999. Applications will be available in local Wal-Mart stores beginning in August.
Deadlines vary by store.
Grant applications are accepted beginning February 1 each year, until program funds are depleted. St. Bentonville, AR 72716-8071. Five years ago , a woman named Eleanor Zdanczewicz was interviewed on television in Milwaukee. She was featured because she was a resident operating a radio show in Lakewood Health Care and Rehab Center, a nursing home where she had lived for 11 years. During the news segment, Eleanor described her original placement in a nursing home to a dog being placed in a cage.