PROGRAMS: Gleason Grants
The Gleason Grant Program provides $250 grants to qualified agencies receiving 40 hours of employee volunteer service. Grants are made in the name of the Bright Horizons Family Solutions employee.
Application Process
- Read our Funding Guidelines.
- If criteria of Funding Guidelines are met, please print and fill out the Gleason Grant Application (PDF).
- Submit application and a copy of the agency's 501(c)3 tax-exempt letter by mail to:
Becky Bowman, Vice President
Bright Horizons Foundation for Children
209 10th Avenue South, Suite 300
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: 615-256-9915 ext. 1828 - Or submit by fax to Becky Bowman at: 615-254-3766
Gleason Grant Winners
HALL OF FAME:
2006
Julie Fausz, AIDS Fund
Sherry Lollar Moseley, Happy Tales Humane Society
Patricia Donahue, Fishtown Art Space
Denise Alexander, Greenwood Steppers Drill Team
Devin Fletcher, Imperial Dynasty Drill Team
Janice Adamski, Juvenile Diabetes Research
Karen Karren, Oregon Humane Society
Rebecca Smith, Volunteers in Medicine
Maria Bonilla, Friends of Amigos School
Dawn Ellis, Child Care Coalition of Lake County
Amy Abbas, Habitat for Humanity
Sue Willoughby, Cross Roads House
Julie Strecker, Child Cancer Fund
Jannette Leary, Coley's Cause Charitable Trust Foundation
Randy Netko, Alliance of Lupus Research
Sarah Holmes, Safepath
Ashley Young, Camp Sunshine
Janice O'Brien, Faith Community Homes
Brian Newman, American Cancer Society
Melissa Murphy, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Jana Rizzo, Hickman Hills PTA
Connie Crawford, Kenosha County Girl Scouts
Regina Panico, Girl Scouts of Broward County
Christine Orfan, D. Simpson
2005
Pam Pappalardo, Girl Scouts of Spar and Spindle Council
Becky Hatch, Ronald McDonald House
Gloria Ragland, Young Lives
Regina Panico, Girl Scouts of Broward County
LaVetta Graham, Los Prados Partnership
Lois Peterson, Salama Fellowship
Erin Pastushok, Partner in Learning
Jana Rizzo, Hickman High PTSA
Janice Adamski, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Walk
Sherry Lollar, Happy Tales Humane Society
Aimee Cruver, Gilda's Club Seattle
Karen Karren, Oregon Humane Society
Jenny Liggeth, The Super Jake Foundation
Michelle Daniele, The Super Jake Foundation
Gina Sicuro, The Super Jake Foundation
Debbie Bermudez, Girl Scouts Troup 4510
Kaulana Finn, Academy of Hawaiian Arts
LaTonya Jones, Lincoln Elementary School
Kendra Kett, Child Care Coalition of Lake County
Kristin Allan, Community of Hope
Dawn Ellis, Super Jake Foundation
Elizabeth Eqinitou, Super Jake Foundation
Peggy Johnson, Hodan Center
Paula Cassaday, American Cancer Society
Tracy Gaugh, Friends of Kids with Cancer
2004
Karen Karren, Oregon Humane Society
Terri Perkins, Trinity Lutheran School
Matha Harrison, Southwestern Wisconsin Child Care R&R
Margaret Rowan, Pajama Program
Shelly Lollar, Happy Tales Humane Society
Linda Bartleston, One Heart Equestrian Therapy
Maggie Stanley, Big Sister of Greater Boston
Carole Basile, Boy Scouts of America
Lisa Ellis, Wicker Park Advisory Council
Laura Crawford, Boy Scouts of America
Cristy Spurr, Make a Wish Foundation of Greater Boston
2003
Linda Bartleston, One Heart Equestrian Therapy
Sherry Lollar, Happy Tales Humane Society
Judy Niemann, Sioux Falls Literacy Council
Heather Harper, Connecticut Humane Society
Kerry Stewart, The Rabbit Habit
2002
Karen Vettel, American Diabetes Asociation
Lisa Voce, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Chuck Anderson and David White, Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk
Glenda Jones, Girl Scouts of Minn-la-kota
Susannah Stone, Roxbury Weston Programs
Sherri Verrier, Sound Waters
Connie Lucas, Stand For Children
Nicole Styles, Stand For Children
Janice Adamski, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Walk
Winona Juhnke, HELP! Line Center
Susan Kilbourne, Githens Middle School, PTA
2001
Piper Hutin, Student Sponsor Partners
Bobbie Adkins, The Compassionate Friends
Karen Vettel, American Diabetes Association
Esti Kassovicz, Impersonal Enlightenment Fellowship
Margaret Rowan, Puppies Behind Bars
Sherri Verier, Sound Waters
Janice Adamski, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
Kerry Stewart, The Rabbit Habit
Jan Warrick, Ronald McDonald House
2000
Peter Flynn, Project Bread - The Walk for Hunger
Sherri Verrier, Volunteer Center of SW Fairfield County
Debra Brinkworth, The Compassionate Friends - IL
Bobbie Adkins, The Compassionate Friends - UT
Linda Hesslein, The Extended Family
