Nelson Center benefits from McKesson Foundation Grant
April 25, 2006

Denton - A $12,000 grant from the McKesson Foundation will be used to create an on-site health clinic for the residents of the Nelson Children’s Center in Denton, Texas.

The center, an affiliated ministry of Lutheran Social Services, specializes in treating abused, neglected and troubled boys and girls ages 5 to 16. The children often have limited medical care prior to arrival at the center. This grant will allow for the creation of a clinic and the hiring of a center nurse that will provide on-site medical care. The Nelson Center expects to have the clinic up and running this fall before the next school year starts.

“The McKesson Foundation has been wonderful in providing help, healing and hope to these children,” said Cheryl Rayl, chief executive officer of the center. “Their local office has been very supportive. This grant will allow us to provide immunizations and other basic health care for these very deserving children.”

For 25 years the McKesson Foundation has been committed to helping children in the communities where the corporation operates. For the past 10 years McKesson employees have volunteered at the Nelson Center.
The Nelson Center, which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, provides its residents with individual and group therapy, structured activities, and on-site education through Trinity Charter School. The center also provides substance abuse education, music therapy, self esteem building and anger management.

Lutheran Social Services is the social service arm of The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. LSS annually serves more than 30,000 children, elderly and poor in Texas and Louisiana regardless of religious beliefs, ethnicity, gender or age.

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