About the Annual Program
Started in 2002 as a component of the Capital Region Community Foundation, the Uplift Our Youth Fund has awarded more than $160,000 in grants to several community-based organizations/agencies that have been able to provide programs that benefit youth.
From the beginning, the Uplift Our Youth Fund – and now the Uplift Our Youth Foundation – has benefitted from the support of many community leaders in the Lansing area. Our Board of Directors represents a cross-section of our community, including business, academia, non-profit organizations, and government agencies. The Annual Program that is hosted every year is a special time where we celebrate those organizations/agencies in our communities that focus on making an impact on our youth as well as award Grants to some of those organizations as well.
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2019 Guest Speaker
Patrick Bisher
Mental Toughness Expert
Patrick Bisher’s career as a Navy SEAL should have ended after a parachuting
accident nearly crippled him. But overcoming adversity, even an injury as
serious as a broken hip, was nothing new for him. He’d spent a portion of his
childhood in leg braces. Doctors told him he’d never walk again thanks to a
degenerative hip condition. He wasn’t about to give up then, any more than he
was in the wake of that parachute training accident. Instead, he went on to serve
in combat as a member of SEAL Team Seven, seeing action in Iraq and
ultimately winning the Army Commendations Medal, among other awards.
Now Patrick wants to take the lessons he learned on and off the battlefield and
apply them to everyday life. He offers inspiration to all who’ve faced the kind of
adversity he has. In chapters drawn directly from his own experience, he
sketches a heart-wrenching tale of salvaging lifelong victories out of crushing
defeats, and hope out of heartache.
2019 Youth Advocate of the Year
Amil Eiland
Past Award Recipiants
2007 GRANT RECIPIENTS
Black Child & Family Institute – $3,500
MI Foundation for Education Leadership – $1,000
Inspirational Ministries – $1,500
Gateway Community Services $2,000.00
Westside YMCA $2,000.00
2008 GRANT RECIPIENTS
Beekman Therapeutic Riding Center – $1,500
Worship Without Words – $2,000
Antioch Cares Community Development Corp. – $1,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters Michigan Capital Region – $1,500
Ele’s Place – $1,500
Boys & Girls Club of Lansing – $2,500
2009 GRANT RECIPIENTS
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity ETS Chapter Educational Fund – $1,500
St. Stephen’s Community Church – Community Outreach Center – $1,500
Antioch Cares Community Development Corp. – $500
Big Brothers Big Sisters Michigan Capital Region – $1,000
The Turning Point Lansing – $1,500
Lansing Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation – $1,500
Northwest Initiative – $1,500
Black Child & Family Institute – $1,500
Beekman Therapeutic Riding Center – $500
Worship Without Words – $1,500
2010 GRANT RECIPIENTS
Beekman Therapeutic Riding Center – $1,500
D.A.N.C.E, Inc.
(Developing & Nurturing Community Empowerment) – $1,800
Big Brothers Big Sisters Michigan Capital Region – $1,000
Eastside Community Action Center – $1,200
Closing the Digital Gap – $500 Black Child & Family Institute – $2,000
Capital Area Golf for Youth, Inc. – $1,000
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity ETS Chapter Educational Fund – $1,000
2011 GRANT RECIPIENTS
St. Stephen’s Community Church – $1,200
Highfields, Inc. – $1,200 Dream and Vision Manifested – $1,000
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity – $1,500
Black Child & Family Institute – $2,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Lansing – $2,000
Eastside Community Action Center – $1,100
2012 GRANT RECIPIENTS
Lansing College Access Network – $1,000
Beekman Therapeutic Riding Center – $1,000
Southside Community Coalition – $1,000
The Turning Point of Lansing – $1,500
Kids Repair Program – $750
New Mount Calvary Baptist Church – $1,000
Reach Studio Art Center – $750
Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan – $1,000
Capital Area Literacy Coalition – $1,000
Northwest Lansing Health Communities Initiative – $1,000
2013 AWARDS
Kids Repair Program – $1,000
St. Stephen’s Community Church – $1,000
The Turning Point of Lansing – $2,500
Child and Family Services of Michigan, Inc. – $500
Highfields, Inc. – $2,500
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Epsilon Tau Sigma – $2,000
2014 AWARDS
Beekman Therapeutic Riding Center – $1,400
Child and Family Services of Michigan, Inc. – $1,000
Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan – $1,400
ITEC – $1,000
Kids Repair Program – $1,200
Lansing Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation, Inc. – $2,000
St Stephen’s Community Church – $2,000
2015 GRANT RECIPIENT
Boys & Girls Club of Lansing – $2,000
Child and Family Services of Michigan, Inc. – $2,500
Kids Repair Program – $1,200
Kendon Elementary School – $2,000
New Mount Calvary Baptist Church – $2,300
2016 GRANT RECIPIENT
Building Child & Family Initiatives – $2,000
Beekman Therapeutic Riding Center – $2,000
Eastside Community Action Center – $1,600
Kids Repair Program – $1,400
The Carol J. Greer Community Center – $3,000
2017 GRANT RECIPIENT
Kids Turning Corners, Inc – $2000
Building Child & Family Initiatives – $1500
Village Summit – $2500
Michigan Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence – $2000
Eastside Community Center – $2000
Lansing Art Gallery, Inc – $1000
Gridiron Summer Institute – $1000
2018 GRANT RECIPIENT
Kids Turning Corners, Inc – $2,500
Building Child & Family Initiatives – $2,250
Capital Area Literacy Coalition – $2,000
Churches of Greater Lansing – $2,500
Lansing Art Gallery, Inc – $1,000
Gridiron Summer Institute – $1,000
Beekman Therapeutic Riding Center – $1,500
The Turning Point of Lansing – $2,250
St. Stephens Church Carol Greer Community Learning Center – $1,000