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Funding Support for TradeWinds Enrichment Center
Thank you, First Financial Foundation, for the $10,000.00 grant awarded for the new TradeWinds Enrichment Center. Your support reflects a meaningful investment in the individuals and families we serve and helps advance our mission of providing enriching programs and opportunities within our community.
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Legacy Foundation TradeWinds Grant
Grant Support for TradeWinds Services Inc.
We are incredibly grateful to the Legacy Foundation for their generous $10,000 grant from the Transform Lake County fund! This vital funding will directly support the TradeWinds Community Pantry, helping us provide nutritious food and essential resources to local individuals and families facing food insecurity. Because of dedicated partners like the Legacy Foundation, we can continue to meet the growing needs of our neighbors with dignity, compassion, and hope. Thank you, Legacy Foundation, for your incredible investment in our mission and our community!
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Jewel-Osco Funding Support for TradeWinds Community Pantry
Thank you, Jewel-Osco for the $3,000.00 awarded in January 2026 to support TradeWinds Community Pantry. Funding will help ensure that individuals and families in our community have access to nutritious food when they need it most. We are truly grateful for your support in addressing food insecurity, your support will make a meaningful difference. We are committed to using these funds responsibly and effectively, ensuring that your investment in our mission produces positive outcomes for the community.
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2026 Service Awards
Giving a big round of applause to our amazing team members for their outstanding service award accomplishments!
5 Years: Sallie Burnett Veronica Collins Jagjot Kaur Ghag Jessica Parks Theodore Randolph Christina Skrivan Kevon Green 10 Years: Marguerita Charneco-Gonzalez Brian Holmes Debra Kiefer James Lee Joanne Riley Jennifer Zuidema 20 Years: Emma Arroyo 30 Years: Carmen Barajas Diana Basemore
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Legacy Foundation Grant Support for TradeWinds Services, Inc.
Thank you, Legacy Foundation for the $40,000.00 Resilience Grant awarded in July 2025 to support TradeWinds Services Inc. Funding will help those affected in our sewing department to continue with employment and training opportunities. This support will also help program participants to increase their experience with and proficiency in technical skills that support career placement and advancement. We are committed to using these funds responsibly and effectively, ensuring that your investment in our mission produces positive outcomes for the community.
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Legacy Foundation Grant Support for TradeWinds Sensory Room
Thank you, Legacy Foundation, for the $2,500.00 grant awarded in November to support TradeWinds Sensory Room. This funding will provide new equipment which will enhance the therapeutic and calming space for children and adults with varied abilities or with behavior challenges. Sensory play enhances learning through exploration, curiosity, problem solving, and creativity experiences to help build physical, language, and cognitive skills. We are committed to using these funds responsibly and effectively, ensuring that your investment in our mission produces positive outcomes for the community.
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TradeWinds Services Inc. Three-Year CARF Accreditation Issued
This accreditation will extend through June 30, 2027. This achievement is an indication of our organizations dedication and commitment of improving the quality of the lives of the person served. Services, personnel, and documentation clearly indicate an established pattern of conformance to standards.
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Crown Point Community Foundation
Grant Support for TradeWinds Community Pantry
Thank You, Crown Point Community Foundation, for the $10,000 grant awarded in September to support TradeWinds Community Pantry in helping to make a significant impact on our ability to provide nutritious food and essential resources to the residents of Lake County who are food insecure. The pantry is an opportunity for situational job training for our clients and volunteers from local community organizations and individuals to help provide community service. We are committed to using these funds responsibly and effectively, ensuring that your investment in our mission produces positive outcomes for the community.
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TradeWinds Receives Art Project Support Grant
To Encourage Individual Creativity Regardless of Abilities
TradeWinds is honored to receive Arts Project Support funding from the Indiana Arts Commission for the fiscal year 2025. Arts & Crafts enrichment activities will help TradeWinds children, youth, & adults of varied abilities to improve functional skills and develop and express creativity. These enrichment activities are made possible, in part, by the South Shore Arts and the Indiana Arts Commission, which receives support from the State of Indiana and the National Endowment for the Arts. Thank you to the Indiana Arts Commission, Governor Holcomb, Lieutenant Governor Crouch, our elected officials, and South Shore Arts for supporting the arts and our mission.