Health

Blaze’s Tribute Equine Rescue Inc.
The purpose of Blaze’s Tribute Equine Rescue, Inc.  is to improve the lives of neglected, starved and abused horses by rehabilitation, education and adoption services.  In 2006, The Kerr Foundation, Inc. provided a grant for the purchase of equipment to use in the care of these neglected horses, along with necessary medicines.

Area Community Health Emissaries, Inc.
Organized as a charity in 2003, Area Community Health Emissaries, Inc. initiates programs in the community to promote will being and general health of low-income families, primarily children. The Kerr Foundation, Inc. provided a grant to complete the exterior remodeling of the newly purchased dental clinic building.

The Jimmie Huega Center
Developed by Olympic medal winner, Jimmie Heuga, The Heuga Center develops programs and services for multiple sclerosis victims and families. Being a victim of MS himself, he seeks to help others battle the disabling effects of the disease. Through a grant provided by The Kerr Foundation, Inc. in 2005, The Center was able to conduct a 5-day CAN DO Program for people and their families living with the challenges of multiple sclerosis in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Missouri Lions Eye Research Foundation
The Missouri Eye Research Foundation is dedicated to the preservation and restoration of sight and to find the cause and cure of blinding eye diseases through scientific research, to preserve sight through eye care programs and to make sight restoration possible through eye banking. In 2005, The Kerr Foundation, Inc. provided a grant to help purchase a vehicle for the Eye Bank to transport technicians and equipment to numerous hospitals and locations for eye tissue retrievals to be used in transplants to restore sight.

Oklahoma Blood Institute
The Oklahoma Blood Institute is the major blood supply source and the center of knowledge of utilization of blood and blood components in a region that includes 17 counties and 43 member hospitals through the state of Oklahoma. The Kerr Foundation, Inc. gave a grant to this organization in the year 2005 to help purchase a new bloodmobile that would service the entire Oklahoma City metro area.