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2004 Grants

2004 Competitive Grants Approved by the Board of Directors Recipient & Purpose Amount Focus Area(s) Advocate Performing Arts Association to publish educational brochures about psychiatric illness. $1,500 Human Service, Education Antiquarian & Landmarks Society to expand publicity and educational programming at the Amasa Day House in East Haddam. $3,750 Heritage Enhancement Camp Hazen YMCA to develop a "pilot" ecology discovery program for elementary school students. $2,000 Environment, Education Chester Historical Society to catalog the Society's collection of artifacts reflecting life and industry in Chester. $2,150 Heritage Enhancement Chester Land Trust, Inc. to produce a brochure identifying the flora in its Carini Preserve. $2,500 Environment, Education Children in Placement Connecticut to implement a new Independent Study training curriculum for guardians ad litem appointed by the Middlesex County Juvenile Court to represent abused and neglected children. $2,500 Education, Human Service Community Health Center for the purchase of new mattresses for the Battered Women's Shelter in Middletown. $2,625 Women & Girls Community Music School to fund a music education and appreciation series in schools and in the community. $2,000 Arts, Education Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution to design and print brochures about Nathan Hale Schoolhouse in East Haddam. $2,275 Heritage Enhancement, Education Deep River Ambulance Association to purchase a portable automatic external defibrillator (AED). $1,695 Safer Communities Deep River Historical Society, Inc. to develop multi-generational educational programming at the Stone House about Deep River history. $1,200 Heritage Enhancement, Education East Haddam Youth & Family Services to fund Girls on the Run, a skill building program for 3rd and 4th grade girls. $2,000 Women & Girls Essex Historical Society to upgrade its computer system to provide better access to information on the Society's extensive collection. $2,000 Heritage Enhancement Estuary Council of Senior Clubs for computer courses offered to older women considering employment or volunteer work opportunities. $600 Women & Girls, Education Estuary Council of Senior Clubs to provide transportation for seniors who are unable to get to medical and other appointments. $3,000 Human Service FISH for Chester, Deep River & Essex, Inc. - Friends in Service Here to provide free rides to medical facilities for Chester, Deep River and Essex residents who do not have any other means of transportation. $500 Human Service Geeks for Givers to expand its ability to provide other nonprofits with refurbished, affordable computer systems. $1,000 Human Service Greater Middletown Chorale to fund an interim executive director who will provide administrative support and strategic planning for the organization. $2,600 Arts Green Street Arts Center to support its Family series, a series of free Saturday arts and culture workshops in Middletown's North End. $2,000 Arts I Have A Friend Youth Center to support an after-school tutoring program for low income Middletown children. (Submitted for '03, approved '04) $2,000 Neighborhood Enhancement Ivoryton Playhouse Foundation to support its productions of plays which complement school curriculums for middle and high school students. $1,250 Arts, Education Kuhn Employment Opportunities for an Outreach Peer Mentor Program to provide support for persons with mental illness seeking and maintaining employment in Middlesex County. $2,000 Human Service Long Lane Farm and Garden Project at Wesleyan University to fund a joint project for high school and college students to farm and distribute organic produce in Middletown. $1,310 Environment, Human Service Middlesex County Substance Abuse Action Council to fund a Spring Youth Leadership Conference for high school students who work on substance abuse prevention projects. $1,000 Education, Human Service Middletown Fire Department for a safety education program for 3rd graders in Middletown Public Schools. $500 Safer Communities Middletown Foundation for the Arts to begin a collaborative cultural arts planning process in Middletown. $5,000 Arts Middletown Housing Authority to furnish Traverse Square's Community Room for an after school program for elementary school student. $2.000 Neighborhood Enhancement Human Service Middletown School Readiness Council to expand an early literacy initiative and to purchase books for low income preschoolers enrolled in Middletown preschool and child care programs. $3,500 Education Nehemiah Housing Corporation to purchase appliances for two new apartments for homeless families. $2,000 Neighborhood Enhancement Human Service North End Action Team for a raft building project involving children from the North End of Middletown. $1,500 Education, Neighborhood Enhancement North End Action Team to provide operational support for community outreach. $1,500 Neighborhood Enhancement Northern Middlesex Habitat for Humanity to defray the cost of renovations to its 34-36 Fairview Street property in Middletown. $3,000 Human Service Oddfellows Playhouse to produce the 30th anniversary presentation of "Middletown Fantasia", a satire of Middletown's historical highlights. $1,500 Arts, Heritage Enhancement Old Saybrook Fire Co. No.1 to purchase a portable automatic external defibrillator. $2,050 Safer Communities Rushford Center for "Mother and Daughter Evenings Out" for Middletown sixth, seventh or eighth grade girls and their mothers. $1,500 Women & Girls Russell Library to expand its services to the elderly population confined in their homes or nursing facilities. $4,800 Human Service Shoreline Soup Kitchens to purchase fundraising software to help build revenue. $4,250 Human Service St. Vincent DePaul Place for the Community Assistance Fund, providing emergency assistance for rent, medical expenses, utility bills and transportation. $2,400 Human Service Tri-Town Youth Services to fund the Parent Resource Program and upgrade office computers. $4,000 Education, Human Service UCONN Cooperative Extension System for a study of changes in agricultural land use in Middlesex County from 1978-2004 to better inform decision makers about the effect of growth on the changing landscape. $2,500 Environment, Education Vista Vocational & Life Skills Center, Inc. to provide staff support and training for a federal employment program for adults with learning disabilities and neurological impairments. $1,000 Education Wadsworth Mansion at Long Hill Estate to develop a cultural landscape plan which would record the estate's landscape history and provide a strategy for the long-term management. $3,000 Heritage Enhancement, Environment Westbrook Youth & Family Services to provide funding for a program which helps sixth through ninth graders with homework and study skills. $1,600 Education YMCA of Northern Middlesex County to construct two self-guided interactive nature stations along a half mile nature trail at Camp Ingersoll. $2,500 Environment, Education Total Competitive Grants Approved $95,555