Early in 1995, Dane County elders and the Commission on Aging were privileged to receive a bequest from the estate of Mr. Henry Norman Leck. Mr. Leck, killed in a car accident in 1992, left over $150,000.00 to service Dane County elders. Realizing how quickly these funds could be spent, the Commission on Aging chose to create the Henry Norman Leck Endowment Fund at the Madison Community Foundation. Each year, during the fall season, approximately  5% of the assets of the fund will be distributed, on a competitive basis, to Dane County non-profit organizations, community groups, and public agencies serving elders aged 75 and older. The grants are meant to provide seed money to develop peer-to-peer prevention programs in the areas of AODA, elder abuse, housing, and nutrition. Funds may not be used to supplant existing county funding.

The Commission on Aging has defined prevention as: a process which promotes physical and emotional health by empowering persons with the resources and services necessary to confront complex, stressful life conditions and by enabling individuals to lead personally satisfying and enriching lives.

For more information on the Henry Norman Leck Endowment Fund, please call the Dane County Area Agency on Aging at 608-261-9930 or send an e-mail message to aaa@co.dane.wi.us.

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Revised: April 2008