Name of Organization | Amount Recommended | Program | Program Description | Area Served |
Washington State University Foundation | $ 207,494 | Ascorbate (vitamin C) supplements, oxalate and risk of kidney stones | This study will determine the effect of taking 2000 mg per day of Vitamin C on the risk of kidney stone formation. | Impact will be state-wide. |
South Seattle Community College Foundation - APPLE Parenting Program | $ 70,000 | Bananas, Bones and Brains: The Family Nutrition and Health Project | The Bananas, Bones and Brains Project will strengthen the health and nutrition components of the SSCC Home and Family Life Programs, which serve five hundred families each year. | South King County. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Pierce County | $ 295,259 | Boys & Girls Clubs of Pierce County Nutrition Program | Upgrade kitchens at four of five sites that provide after school and summer meals and snacks to 600 low-income children per day. | Four sites in Pierce County. |
Kittitas County Health Department (KCHD) | $ 62,000 | Building an Infrastructure for Breastfeeding Services and Support (BIBSS) | Provide training and support to women in Kittitas County, in order to increase the length of time mothers breastfeed their babies. | Kittitas County |
Washington State University Foundation | $ 174,908 | Can Phytoestrogens Improve Cognitive Function in Healthy Elderly Women? | Investigation of plant-based estrogen-like compounds as alternative approaches to hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to treat menopausal symptoms, such as memory loss. | Impact will be state-wide. |
Second Harvest Food Bank of the Inland Northwest | $ 25,000 | Commodity Supplemental Food Program | Unreimbursed start-up and initial operation costs for a pilot site for a federal program that works to improve the health of low-income pregnant and breast-feeding women, other new mothers and infants, and the elderly. | Spokane County and other SHFB sites in eastern Washington. |
Cross Cultural Health Care Program | $ 447,785 | Cross Cultural Community Health and Nutrition Demonstration Project | Diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular and other nutrition education/health promotion activities for communities underserved and unserved by other programs in the Seattle-King County area. | Seattle-King County |
Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center | $ 190,449 | Develop Family and Community Based Resources to Provide Clinical Guidance for Children with Obesity | Information and support for doctors and families concerning treatment for overweight and obese children, targeting the African-American and Hispanic communities. | Impact will be state-wide. |
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department | $ 331,177 | Farmland Antibiotic Resistance Monitoring, Education, and Reduction (F.A.R.M.E.R.) | This project will study factors influencing antibiotic resistance related to livestock production and intervene to limit the threat of these resistant microbes in Washington. | Impact will be state-wide. |
SE WA Office of Aging and Long Term Care (an 8-county consortium sponsored by Yakima County) | $ 131,198 | Food for Life | Nutritional assessments, distribution of nutritional materials, and development/assessment of a Farmer’s Market Outreach Program to provide fresh fruit/vegetable baskets semi-monthly to home bound seniors in eight Central Washington counties, including a large Hispanic population. | Southeast Washington (8 counties) |
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Washington | $ 142,868 | Health and Nutrition Education and Outreach | Develop and distribute new health and nutrition educational materials to low-income mothers and pregnant women and to physicians, dentists, health and social service organizations. | Impact will be state-wide. |
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | $ 394,744 | Health Risks and Benefits of Dietary Supplements | Evaluate whether supplements are associated with risk of cancer and a wider range of conditions, e.g., cardiovascular, eye and bone diseases, enabling Washington residents who take supplements to make more informed choices. | Impact will be state-wide. |
Group Health Cooperative | $ 565,555 | Health Trek - Nutrition and Media Literacy | Implementation of a 3-year nutrition education program that includes training in nutrition for health and science teachers, a Health Trek nutrition curriculum, hands-on exhibits, media literacy training, and web-based interactive lessons. | Impact will be state-wide. |
Eastern Washington University Foundation | $ 49,987 | Healthy Start | Serve rural, remote, medically underserved, and low-income pregnant women, nursing mothers and young children, focussing on nutrition for healthy physical and cognitive development and benefits of breastfeeding. | Eastern Washington |
Small Tribes Organization of Western Washington | $ 50,000 | Native American Nutrition Awareness | Deliver information and motivation to 8 Indian reservations of Western Washington on issues of nutrition, in order to improve nutritional habits among low-income families, particularly the elderly and families with children. | 8 sites in Western Washington |
Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe | $ 10,000 | Nutrition Education for Everyone | Funding for a contract nutritionist to improve the nutritional status of Port Gamble S'Klallam Reservation community members through small classes addressing nutritional issues related to Type II diabetes, heart disease and obesity. | Kitsap County |
Central Washington University Foundation | $ 91,068 | Nutrition status enhancement of Washington state Hispanic clients through cultural awareness (over 3 years) | Training for professional dieticians in the Hispanic culture and the Spanish language in order to meet the specific nutritional/health related concerns of the growing Hispanic population in Washington. | Central Washington |
Washington State University Foundation | $ 253,543 | Optimizing Vitamin E Protection in the Diabetic Population | The goal of this 2-year program is to aid in the development of scientifically based recommendations for optimal vitamin E doses to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease associated with diabetes. | Impact will be state-wide. |
Second Harvest Food Bank of the Inland Northwest, Yakima Branch | $ 28,500 | Perishable Food Distribution Project | Purchase of a forklift for the Perishable Food Distribution Project at SHFB's Yakima Branch warehouse, which serves approximately 42 agencies in the Yakima Valley and Central Washington. | Yakima and surrounding area |
Second Harvest Food Bank of the Inland Northwest (formerly the Spokane Food Bank) | $ 28,500 | Perishable Food Distribution Project | Purchase of a forklift for SHFB's Spokane Perishable Food Distribution Project, replacing one that broke down beyond repair. This warehouse serves nearly 260 collaborating nonprofit agencies in 19 Eastern Washington counties. | Spokane and surrounding area |
Community Health Education and Resources (CHER) (a division of Inland Northwest Health) | $ 39,237 | Preconception Diabetes and Folic Acid Education | Improve the ability of health care providers to identify and provide preconception diabetes information, counseling and services, and increase the knowledge of women of child-bearing age about pre-conception folic acid requirements. | Spokane and Eastern Washington |
Council on Aging & Human Services ( a community based agency) | $ 27,100 | Purchase of walk in freezer & used delivery truck for Whitman County Food Programs | Purchase a centrally located walk in freezer and replace a 1966 cargo truck used for commodity and emergency food program distributions to 12 rural emergency food distribution sites throughout Whitman County. | Pullman - Whitman County |
Bastyr University | $ 91,440 | Purity, Viability and Characteristics of Lactobacillus Dietary Supplements | Investigate the safety and efficacy of the dietary Lactobacillus supplements that are available to Washington consumers. | Impact will be state-wide. |
Bastyr University | $ 121,847 | Standardization of Nutritional/Herbal Supplements (Nutraceuticals)using HPLC | Develop analytical methods for standardization of the quality and nutritional content of nutritional supplements (nutraceuticals). | Impact will be state-wide. |
Washington State University Foundation | $ 46,755 | Suppression of breast cancer cell growth by garlic components in vivo | This study will add to other work on the effect of garlic, which has anti-cancer growth-suppressive effects, on the development and growth of breast cancer cells. | Impact will be state-wide. |
University of Washington Foundation | $ 829,200 | The Center for Public Health Nutrition | The Center for Public Health Nutrition will work with community-based organizations to address growing rates of obesity, by promoting community-based approaches to improving nutrition and physical activity. | Impact will be state-wide. |
The Heart Institute of Spokane | $ 471,588 | The Heart Institute of Spokane Diet Intervention and Evaluation Trial (THIS-DIET) | This project will study the effects of the Mediterranean and the American Heart Association Step 2 "heart healthy" diets on repeat heart attacks and death from heart attack, compared to a database control group. | Spokane,although impact will be state-wide. |
Children's Alliance | $ 35,840 | The Voice of Washington's Children and Families | Conduct a series of 6 focus groups of children and families across Washington in a mix of urban and rural sites to collect their critical views about federal nutrition programs and household access to nutritious food and physical activity. | Impact will be state-wide. |
City of Seattle Aging and Disability Services et al | $ 570,000 | Washington State Senior Farm Produce Program (over 3 yrs) | Improve the nutritional status and health of low-income seniors in WA by providing them with fresh fruits and vegetables from local farms, as a means to help prevent or manage chronic illness. | Impact will be state-wide. |