Saint Louis Crisis Nursery Receives $50,000 Grant from Bayer Fund

The Saint Louis Crisis Nursery announced today it received a grant for $50,000 from Bayer Fund, which will be used for the Crisis Nursery’s Food and Nutrition Program. In past years Bayer Fund has granted the Crisis Nursery with $40,000, but in light of the current coronavirus pandemic, Bayer Fund has generously increased the grant by $10,000.

“In addition to providing food for the children who stay at our nurseries, this grant will allow our Family Empowerment Program staff to continue making porch drop-offs of food bags to families in our program,” explained DiAnne Mueller, CEO of the Crisis Nursery “With the help of this generous Bayer Fund grant, we will be able to assist many families and children who are experiencing food insecurity now, more than ever.”

“Throughout the years, the grants given through Bayer Fund have helped strengthen our communities across the United States,” said Al Mitchell, President of Bayer Fund. “We’re proud to be able to provide support to develop programs that help combat challenges such as food insecurity, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education and support services to patients and families managing an illness or disease.”

In 2019, Bayer Fund awarded more than $14 million to over 3,200 charitable and nonprofit organizations to help address essential needs in food and nutrition, STEM education, and community development. Over the last five years, nonprofit organizations across the U.S. have received more than $79 million.

To learn more about the Saint Louis Crisis Nursery visit CrisisNurseryKIds.org

To learn more about Bayer Fund, visit https://www.fund.bayer.us.

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About the Crisis Nursery: The Saint Louis Crisis Nursery provides a 24-hour, 365 days/year safe haven for children, birth through age 12, whose families are facing a crisis. Parents bring children to the Nursery free of charge, on a voluntary basis where they receive a medical exam, therapeutic activities, nutritious meals and take-home necessities. Parents receive crisis counseling, in-home visits, parent educational groups, and community outreach. In 34 years, we have served over 120,000 children. For more details on the Saint Louis Crisis Nursery, please call 314-292-5770 or visit www.crisisnurserykids.org

About Bayer Fund: Bayer Fund, a philanthropic arm of Bayer, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening the communities where Bayer customers and employees live and work by providing funding for food and nutrition, education and community development projects.

Bayer Fund Media Contact:

Name: Carolyn Nagle

Email: carolyn.nagle@bayer.com

Phone: (201) 419-0337