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2019-2020 RPM Grant Recipients Thanks to the generosity of Tri Sigmas and friends, the Foundation awarded 34 local Robbie Page Memorial grants for 2019-2020, totaling $129,992 in community support for children and families. This year’s RPM grants provide essential financial support across 20 different states.
Additionally, local grants were awarded to three organizations in partnership with individual alumnae – Lauren
Pontiff, Gamma Pi; Jenny Watson, Beta Gamma; and Janell Weaver, Epsilon Eta. The 2020-2021 RPM Grant application deadline is April 30, 2020. For more information, visit trisigma.org/apply-for-grant. Akron Children’s Hospital Funding for tactile, hearing, and visual sensory items for the inpatient unit. Nominated by Alpha Beta – Kent State University
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Funds for play items for Activity Centers which provide normalization and diversion. Nominated by Alpha Pi - Clarion University
Arkansas Children’s Hospital Funding for Nurture Smart Mobiles to provide music and sensory stimulation for infants. Nominated by Alpha Omicron – University of Central Arkansas
Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital Funding for sensory items to support children through their procedures and tests and provide an alternate focal point to ease anxiety and increase coping. Nominated by Theta Zeta – Case Western Reserve University Community PedsCare Funding for technology resources to run the Unyte biofeedback software which helps patients learn to control their heart rate and reduce stress. Nominated by Jenny Watson, Beta Gamma – Ball State University Cooper University Hospital Funding for music therapy program to allow patients to make original recordings and items that allow children to more easily engage in the therapeutic activities. Nominated by Epsilon Epsilon – Stockton University
Baystate Health Foundation/Baystate Medical Center Funding for Baby Einstein Sea Dreams Soothers to ease the anxiety and Go Kart Kiosks for the Pediatric floor. Nominated by Gamma Iota – University of Massachusetts - Amherst Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation Funding for portable gaming systems to help develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, mental processing, and critical thinking. Nominated by Colorado Springs Alumnae Chapter Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters Funding for games to increase skill development, coordination and normalize the hospital experience. Nominated by Theta Eta- Old Dominion University Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters Funding for vinyl bouncer covers and infant bouncers to provide soothing during hospital stays. Nominated by Zeta Pi – Virginia Wesleyan University
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Franciscan Children’s Hospital and Rehabilitation Center Funding for items to remodel the sensory rooms for patients to have a sensory-friendly space in which to play. Nominated by Epsilon Chi – Northeastern University Geisinger Medical Center Funding for tools and toys to help patients of all abilities cope with the preoperative, operative, and postoperative environments. Nominated by Janell Weaver, Epsilon Eta George Marks Children’s House Funding for materials to document memories for the patients and their loved ones. Nominated by Epsilon Alpha – California State University East Bay Hennepin Health Care Funding for visual distraction items that can be used in the hydrotherapy rooms. Nominated by Zeta Eta – Winona State University James and Connie Maynard Children’s Hospital Funding for Xbox systems for the Pediatric Day Medical Unit and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit to provide children who are having extended chemotherapy infusions with diversion through play. Nominated by Gamma Xi – Barton College