Thanks to a recent $30,000 grant from the Potter Charity Trust Fund at the CenDel Foundation children and youth who are Delaware Guidance Services clients in Kent County will be able to receive additional psychiatric care.
“We are grateful for the incredibly generous support of the Potter Charity Trust which will go a long way in helping to improve the lives of families in Kent County,” said DGS Executive Director Bruce Kelsey. “Our missions are well aligned. DGS is one of the only organizations in the state safeguarding the mental health of children in the lower income demographic and the Potter Charity Trust was created to provide assistance to the poor in Kent County.”
The funding will provide at least 150 hours of psychiatric care and serve as many as 120 at-risk children and adolescents utilizing services in Kent County.
The CenDel Foundation, which is a fund of the Delaware Community Foundation, provides a lasting source of charitable funding to benefit Central Delaware.
The foundation was established to provide a vehicle for charitable giving to the community and to work for the betterment of Central Delaware and its residents. The Potter Trust at CenDel was created in 1843 to carry out the wishes of Benjamin Potter to support the poor in Kent County as directed in his will.
Founded in 1953 by the Junior League of Wilmington, DGS is the largest single not-for-profit provider of comprehensive non-residential psychiatric services for children and their families in Delaware. DGS serves more than 15,000 children annually and maintains clinics in Wilmington, Newark, Dover, Lewes, and Seaford.
