Grantees Stories
We are proud to launch Grantee Stories – a new online series that highlights a broad range of promising tobacco control programs implemented by organizations with Legacy grant support. Through these stories, we seek to showcase how organizations are using innovative ideas and approaches to make a lasting impact on reducing tobacco use and dependence in underserved communities across the country. As part of this ongoing series, we intend to publish new stories each quarter. These stories are based on the information provided by the grantees.
For more information about the grantees highlighted in this series or about Legacy’s grant making efforts, we encourage you to contact our Grants Department by emailing grantsinfo@americanlegacy.org.
Brian Paulson has played the Fender electric piano alongside Dizzy Gillespie and other Grammy award winners, but the secondhand smoke still clinging to most Indianapolis music venues these days limits his performances. After many years of playing in smoke- filled rooms, Paulson made a tough decision. He would put his health first. Read more.
Melody Corporan was living with her three daughters in the HELP USA family shelter in the Bronx when the cravings started to kick in. She had quit smoking cigarettes cold turkey two years prior when she found out she was pregnant with her youngest. But the day-to-day stress was getting to her and she found herself fighting old demons. Read more.