2003 Competitive Grants Approved by the Board
of Directors
|
| Recipient & Purpose |
Amount |
Focus Area(s) |
Brainerd Memorial Library, Haddam -
to catalog the Library's historical and genealogical collections.
|
$2,770
|
Heritage Enhancement
|
Center for the Arts, Wesleyan - to support the Green
Street Arts Center Family Series, a series of Saturday arts and culture workshops.
|
$1,500
|
Arts
|
Chester Land Trust, Inc. - to create
a nature trail adjacent to the Chester elementary school grounds for the study of environmental sciences and
natural habitats
|
$1,500
|
Environment
|
Children in Placement Connecticut - to provide
trained volunteers to serve as guardians ad litem for abused and neglected children in Juvenile Court
in Middletown
|
$2,000
|
Human Needs
|
Children's Home of Cromwell - to fund
group therapy for disadvantaged children
|
$1,000
|
Human Needs
|
Clinton Historical Society - to produce a DVD presentation
on the history of Clinton
|
$1,600
|
Heritage Enhancement
|
Community Health Center - to support
the HomeRoom Program, an after-school homework assistance and enrichment program for children from low-income
Middletown families
|
$2,000
|
Neighborhood Enhancement
|
The Connecticut River Museum - to fund an exhibition
which pairs photographs of Essex from 1880-1910 with current photographs of the same scenes to stimulate public discourse
on the changing landscape and contemporary land use and development issues facing the town
|
$5,100
|
Heritage Enhancement & Environment
|
East Hampton Ambulance Association - to
help purchase a generator for its new ambulance headquarters.
|
$1,800
|
Safer Communities |
Estuary Council of Senior Clubs - to provide transportation
for seniors who are unable to get to medical and other appointments
|
$2,000
|
Human Needs
|
FISH-Friends In Service Here - to
support free rides to medical appointments
|
$500
|
Human Needs
|
| Haddam Historical Society - to update the Society's website
to include a virtual tour of the Thankful Arnold House and other historical information about Haddam |
$2,000 |
Heritage Enhancement |
Ivoryton Library Association - to create
a photographic documentation of the three Essex villages as they exist today which will also be displayed in juxtaposition with photographs of the past and will provide a historical record of the present
|
$4,710
|
Heritage Enhancement
|
| Ivoryton Playhouse Foundation - to support its productions
of plays which complement school curriculums for area middle and high school students |
$5,000 |
Arts |
Literacy Volunteers Valley Shore - to
update its brochures and public relations materials
|
$2,500
|
Human Needs
|
| Maritime Education Network - to prepare middle and high
school students for the workforce through a collaborative wooden boat building project |
$2,000 |
Work Force Development |
Middlesex Land Trust - to update maps
and develop promotional materials for dissemination at three flagship preserves
|
$2,000
|
Environment
|
| Middletown Public Schools - to fund performances of
a mini-opera which teaches elementary school children proper health, nutrition and fitness |
$1,400 |
Arts |
Northern Middlesex Habitat for Humanity -
to defray the cost of new construction of a home in East Hampton
|
$1,000
|
Human Needs
|
| North End Action Team (NEAT) - to cover operational expenses
of grassroots community outreach in Middletown's North End |
$1,000 |
Neighborhood Enhancement |
Russell Library - to fund presentations
on researching the genealogy of European populations that settled in the Middletown area
|
$500
|
Heritage Enhancement
|
| Russell Library - to fund the Spanish language
facilitator position for the library's Bi-lingual Story Time |
$750 |
Arts |
Tri-Town Youth Services - to subsidize
the cost of mental health counseling and materials for Chester, Deep River and Essex youth and
their families
|
$3,400
|
Human Needs
|
| Vista Vocational & Life Skills Center - to update
its health, nutrition and wellness programming for adults with disabilities |
$500 |
Human Needs |
Wind Over Wings - to support
education programs on good stewardship of the environment featuring birds of prey
|
$1,000
|
Environment
|
 |
$49,530 |
|
