| Listing of Grants for October 2006 |
ORGANIZATION |
USE |
AWARDED |
| ACORN | Provide funding to replace and improve the telephone system at the office. | $3,000 |
American Red Cross |
Provide funding to purchase CPR/AED training manikins and AED training devices. | $3,500 |
| Central Vermont Youth Orchestra | Provide funding for sectional coaches, scholarships, sheet music, venue rental and adminstrative oversight. | $ 800 |
| City Center Ballet | Provide funding to underwrite the costs of completing the building of costumes for the upcoming season. | $3,500 |
| Council on Aging for Southeastern Vermont | Provide funding to undertake a comprehensive elder needs assessment for Windsor County including the Upper Valley. | $1,000 |
| Crossroads Academy | Provide funding for the installation of theater lighting. | $1,500 |
| Elm Research Institute | Provide funding to purchase disease-resistant American Liberty Elms for Lebanon, NH and White River, VT. | $1,500 |
| Fort at No. 4 History Museum | Provide funding for an interactive 18th century wall map. | $3,000 |
| Girl Scouts of Swift Water Council- Camp Farnsworth | Provide funding to expand the riding facility at Camp Farnsworth with an additional riding arena. | $4,000 |
| Have Justic - Will Travel | Provide funding to help children in Orange and Windsor Counties of Vermont . | $3,500 |
| Headrest | Provide funding for the community outreach program which places a counselor in the community. | $3,500 |
| High Horses Therapeutic Riding Program | Provide funding to purchase a therapy horse to initiate a younger and healthier horse herd. | $2,000 |
| Kearsage Area Council on Aging, The | Provide funding for an upgrade to a very outdated and inadequate computer system | $4,600 |
| Main Street Museum | Provide funding for an intern at the museum. | $ 900 |
| Morrill Memorial and Harris Library | Provide funding for necessarey repairs to the library building. | $ 3,500 |
| National Audubon Society, Inc. -Audubon Vermont | Provide funding to help support a pilot community/landowner conservation program in the Upper Valley. | $1,500 |
| New Hampshire Historical Society | Provide funding to bring the museum to the elementary and middle school children in the greater Hanover-Lebanon area. | $2,600 |
| New Hampshire Public Television -Ready to Learn | Provide funding to help support the Ready to Learn literacy program in the Upper Valley . | $1,300 |
| New Hampshire Safety Council - NH Bike Smart | Provide funding to help support the NH BikeSmart program which will help educate people about bike helmets and bike safety. | $3,000 |
| Newport School District | Provide funding to purchase equipment for the Newport Tiger's Wrestling Team, Newport, NH | $2,000 |
| Plainfield Elementary School | Provide funding needed to purchase the building supplies for four dugouts to be built at the Plainfield Elementary School field. | $3,000 |
| Rockingham Area Community Land Trust | Provide funding to expand counseling staff. | $2,000 |
| Royalton Memorial Library | Provide funding for the installation fees for cement steps leading from roadway to the main sidewalk. | $1,000 |
| Sharon Academy | Provide funding for Robert Bryant's Second Chance program at school. | $2,500 |
| Strafford, Town of - Newton School | Provide funding to purchase new physical education/fitness equipment. | $2,000 |
| Two Rivers Printmaking Studio | Provide funding to build and launch a new website. | $1,700 |
| University of New Hampshire - Institute on Disability/UCED | Provide funding for the New Hampshire Leadership Series. | $2,000 |
| Vermont Humanities Council | Provide funding for early literacy training programs for child care providers and parents. | $1,500 |
| Wilder Club and Library | Provide funding to repair and restore the front porch and entry and to repair and restore the windows of the Wilder Club and Library. | $5,000 |
| Windsor Country Partners | Provide funding for a radio advertising blitz and the creation and distribution of new Windsor County informational brochures. | $2,000 |
| Woodstock Area Council on Aging for Thompson Senior Center | Provide funding to help with installing an $18,000 emergency generator. | $4,567 |
| Contact Anne D'Aveni at 603-443-8639 for questions. | ||
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