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Nineteen grants totaling $26,990 have been awarded from the Ann and Abe Effron Donor Advised Fund Grant program. Funding priority is given to organizations involved in arts, culture and education with special consideration given to programs that make facilities and events more available to young people and senior citizens.
Fall 2011 Grant Awards
$1,500 To provide safe and positive recreation activities, such as movie and bowling outings and historic park trips to 24 at-risk families in the Dutchess County that strengthens and preserve the family unit. Families are invited to reconnect with each other and spend quality time in an affirmative and constructive atmosphere that works to reinforce their relationships and avoid foster care involvement. Abilities First, Inc.
$1,500 To cover admission, registration and membership fees, as well as transportation costs so children and adults with disabilities can attend a variety of cultural, artistic, educational and sports activities and events. $1,500 Support to cover transportation costs for seniors to attend the Bardavon's Matinees & Music program. $1,000 Support for a Spanish Language Teacher for the After School Program who will play an integral role in improving language skills and increasing cultural awareness and sensitivity. $1,000 In 2012, the Summer Camp at Christ Church and the Barrett Art Center will collaborate on a visual arts project that elaborates upon the theme Earth, Sky and Water: Our Heritage, Our Future. To gain inspiration for artwork, the older children at camp will experience all three elements -- earth, sky and water -- as they sail the Hudson in the Sloop Clearwater. Younger children will visit Norrie Point and learn about the creatures that live in and near the Hudson River. $1,500 Support to expand the Adaptive Use Musical Instruments Project in Dutchess County, which enables students who have little voluntary mobility or other disabilities to make music. $1,100 To purchase two web-cam equipped computers for the new Internet Café at Ferncliff Nursing Home and expand access to technology for 328 senior residents and their family members. $950 Support for artists and marketing fees to perform a staged reading of "The Magic Fish.” Howland Public Library
$1,070 For a support group serving teens with Asperger's Syndrome so they may share their concerns and aspirations, socialize, receive support services and prepare for adulthood via counselors and various guest speakers trained in Autism Spectrum.
$2,000 Support to integrate educational and cultural enrichment programming into River Haven’s services with a goal to provide runaway, homeless and at-risk youth the chance to build self-esteem and identity, find better outlets for self-expression, and improve opportunities to constructively use their leisure time. $1,500 The funds will pay transportation costs and subsidize admissions fees to allow members and the volunteers who help them attend social and cultural events and visit historical sites. $1,500 To offset the cost of admission for underserved children to visit the museum. $1,170 To expand the evening Pops Concert programming to an afternoon concert for children aged 4-10 and their parents. $1,000 Support for the “Creative Curriculum” through Teaching Strategies Inc, which focuses on the nine main objectives of Early Childhood education. Children will explore visual arts, music, dance, and movement concepts by attending performances at the Bardavon and music and dance classes $2,000 To provide scholarship funding for educational programs to ensure that at least 150 youth with limited resources have opportunities to gain positive fresh food experiences and eat healthy. $1,200 Grant will provide funds to allow high school students from lower income families the opportunity to participate in the annual Nicaragua humanitarian service project trip. These students will not only play a vital role in improving the lives of the villagers in the impoverished rural community in Nicaragua, where they will be constructing classrooms or other similar projects, but will also find their own lives changed forever. Rhinebeck Connections, Inc. (dba Young Rhinebeck) $2,200 Support for the Life, Learning, & Language Program which provides educational and social support services to elementary school children whose first language is not English. $1,800 To offer discounted admissions prices for seniors to attend events at area attractions for recreational, educational and spiritual purposes. $1,500 Funding will support a free month-long workshop in November, where citizens of all ages and abilities from the Hudson Valley can work with Master Puppeteers Alex Kahn and Sophia Micahelles. In this workshop, volunteers make 20' tall, articulated puppets and other visual art objects that will be used in the Dutch-inspired celebration of Sinterklaas Day in Rhinebeck on the first Saturday of December.
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