The Turtle Grant was created in 2005 by the University of Georgia's Delta Zeta Chapter to support the Deaf community of Athens, Georgia. Our mission is to form a bond with the local deaf community through donated time and monetary gifts.

Application Process

Please click here to fill out an application.

Note: Turtle Grant Applications are only reviewed during the University of Georgia Academic School year, excluding the Summer Session. Applications will be reviewed from mid August through the end of April

Grant recipients will be informed of the status of their application by letter or email. For professional and legal purposes, all monetary gifts from the Turtle Grant will go directly to the person or organization providing the services or goods.

Eligibility

Any individuals with hearing impairments living in the Northeast Georgia district of RESA are eligible. (Please refer to the RESA website www.negaresa.org for more information.) Individuals that are related to or live with individuals with hearing impairments are also eligible.

Gifts Include (but are not limited to):

man hours (tutoring, birthday parties), hearing aid batteries, interpreter fees, minor medical aid, school related needs, extracurricular equipment.

Gifts Exclude:
hearing aids, donations to existing organizations

Interested in Helping Out?

The first year of the Turtle Grant was extremely promising. The first grant was received in November 2005 and between November and the following June nearly $5000 was given to worthy applicants. Since July of 2006, over $3000 has been given to local residents with hearing impairments. Recipients are spreading the word about the grant and its popularity is increasing as people hear about it.

The grant thrives off of money raised by Delta Zeta sisters through philanthropic events and also from donations made by alumnae and other generous individuals. If you are interested in making a donation to the Turtle Grant, please mail a check made payable to Delta Zeta (memo line: “Turtle Grant”) to the following address:

Delta Zeta’s Turtle Grant
Attn: Kaley Meier
317 South Milledge Avenue
Athens, Georgia 30605

To Learn More...

Click here to see a list of Turtle Grants previously given out!

If you are interested in learning more about the turtle grant, please e-mail turtlegrant@deltazetauga.org!