Community Fund for Women & Girls Grants
The New Haven Diaper Bank ($10,000) To support a project manager for the Basic Human Needs Policy collaboration between the Liman Project, Wiggin and Dana attorneys and other interested parties. The goal is to secure a sustaining source of state and federal funding for diapers, serving over 1040 children regionally, and potentially all children living in poverty in the U.S.
Hill Health Corporation ($10,000) To support the Prison to Community Peer Support Program, a 44 week peer support group serving 40 newly released formerly incarcerated women, led by women who have experienced and overcome substance abuse and or mental illness and who have made the transition from prison to the community.
Planned Parenthood of Connecticut ($5,000) To support the Real Life Real Talk program, a social change initiative that utilizes social marketing and community partnerships to foster open, honest and balanced talk about healthy teen sexuality for 285 New Haven mothers and their children.
New Haven Healthy Start ($5,000) To support Baby Buddies, a consumer education and referral program designed to address possible risk factors that contribute to the deaths of African American infants. Baby Buddies will deliver health information to the African American community in New Haven through community events, churches, civic organizations, door to door, informational “house parties” and community conversations.
All Our Kin, Inc. ($3,600) To support the Family Child Care Toolkit licensing project. The project will provide six more licensing tool kits to the existing program, allowing six women to become licensed home care providers for 36 children.
Eli Whitney Museum ($2,800) To support the Catherine Green Project to expand learning opportunities for 20 girls aged 9-13 through summer camp scholarships. The Project focuses on creating workshops for girls that allow them to master skills that have traditionally been perceived to be the province of boys. The project also trains teachers to identify and encourage girls with non-traditional aptitudes.
Hamden Public Schools ($3,500) To implement the Girls Circle program for at-risk girls in 7th and 8th grades at Hamden Middle School. The 18-20 week curriculum includes units that teach and provide support skills in areas such as friendship, individuality and preparation for the future.
Higher Heights Youth Empowerment Programs Inc. ($3,326) To support a partnership with James Hillhouse High School in New Haven to increase the college readiness and academic achievement of 50 female students and young parents who are at -risk of not enrolling in or completing a post-secondary education.
Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS) ($4,921 2009 Women and Girls Alumnae Grant Recipient) To support the Family Safety for New Americans project which will provide education, training and outreach to approximately 60 refugee and immigrant families, including 30 women and twelve girls, to break the cycle of domestic violence.
SARAH, Inc. ($1,500) To support classes and a resource library on women’s health issues for women with intellectual disabilities.
Southern Connecticut State University Foundation Inc ($1,350) To support the Sixth Annual Women and Girls in Sports Day for approximately 200 girls from minority, inner city and low-income families from New Haven County. Girls will interact with coaches and women athletes who are successful, positive role models.
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Research Foundation ($3,500 ) To support the Middle School Girls’ Science Mentoring Program designed to reach over 500 disadvantaged middle school girls in New Haven’s public schools through the engagement and leadership of six middle school girls with women scientist mentors.
The Hospital of Saint Raphael H.O.P.E. Program ($4,000) To support the continuation of three key components of the HOPE program: transportation, journaling and semiannual parenting workshops for approximately 40 mothers and single women who are working to overcome the barriers of poverty through job training.
Young Parent Program of Milford ($1,820) Working in collaboration with the West Haven Community House’s ParenTeen program, the Connections program is designed to fill the void in delivery of prenatal services in West Haven while broadening and enriching the Milford-based teen education program. Approximately 60 young women under age 21 will be served.
Your Place Youth Center ($4,258) To support three sessions (Summer, Fall and Spring) of the “Go On Girl” group for a total of 45 at-risk teen girls from New Haven, Hamden and North Haven who have been affected by or involved in violence.
Grants Under $5,000
Christ Episcopal Church ($5,000) To support the Kathleen Samela Memorial Food Bank, whose services complment those of the only other food bank in Ansonia. The Gates Fund
Connecticut Alliance to Benefit Law Enforcement, Inc. (CABLE) ($2,100) To support a 6 hour training for Hamden Fire and EMS personnel in order to improve their understanding of mental illness and remove stigma. Karen and Harold Donegan Fund, Sherry Fund
Connecticut Pre-Engineering Program ($4,000) To provide operating support for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) enrichment programming to students in High School in the Community, East Rock, Clinton Avenue, Micro-Society and Troupe schools. Peter and Judith Schurman Fund
Foundation of the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce ($5,000) To support a youth employment program for at-risk youth. The program is a partnership between the City of New Haven, New Haven Family Alliance, the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce and Workforce Alliance. Peter and Judith Schurman Fund
Hygeia Foundation, Inc. ($3,000) To support the development of outreach and print materials including a Family Brochure and a Donor Brochure to reach bereaved parents. New print materials will increase this organization’s capacity to advertise their services to bereaved parents and potential donors. Unrestricted
Interfaith Cooperative Ministries, Inc ($5,000) To hire a consultant to develop a business plan for Aging At Home, Inc. which will increase their capacity to strengthen their board, restructure their organization and set goals for the next three to five years. Aging at Home, Inc., a program of Interfaith Cooperative Ministries, connects its members, who are middle class elderly residents of Hamden (60 yrs and over), with community services to make it possible for them to stay in their own homes and neighborhoods with independence and dignity. John P. and Cora E. Phelps Fund, Ophelia Fund
Lawyers for Children America (LFCA) ($5,000) To provide funding to ensure representation for children who have been abused and/or neglected and are caught up in child protection services. Ruth Whittemore Fund
New Haven Festivals, Inc. ($1,600) To support the first stage in development of a public mural program. The program is expected to serve as a deterrent against prevalent graffiti in some New Haven neighborhoods. Arts Fund
New Haven Paint & Clay Club ($300) To provide money for an award for a painting at the 108th Annual Juried Art Exhibition of the New Haven Paint and Clay Club which attracts over 300 artists from New England and New York. David T. Langrock Old Masters Art Fund
Obie Harrington-Howes Foundation ($2,000) To provide financial assistance for individuals living with spinal cord injuries and disease in The Foundation’s 20 town region. This organization helps bridge the gap between the point when insurance is exhausted and state or federal funds are no longer available to the next level of independence for individuals living with spinal cord injuries. Elsie M. Alling Fund
Patrons of the New Haven Free Public Library ($5,000) To support training for basic computer job skills and the creation of a computer help desk. Funding responds directly and quickly to the need for job related computer assistance in this tough economic environment. Bishop Family Fund, Education Fund, New Haven Foundation Fund, Mildred P. and Henry H. Pierce Jr. Fund, Unrestricted
St. Andrews Episcopal Church ($4,900) To support Your Place:Youth Center, an afterschool and summer program for 40 Newhallville teens ages 13-17. The program offers positive activities and experiences in a safe environment for low income, at-risk youth. Peter& Judith Schurman Fund, Mailhouse Family Fund
New Haven Community Gardens Grants
City Point - City Point Community Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
Westville/West Hills - Westville/West Hills Community Management Team (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
Dixwell - Dixwell Children's Arts Festival (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
Hill - Casa Familia (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
Beaver Hills - Carmel Street Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips, and a bench or picnic table.
Beaver Hills - Ellsworth Avenue Group Home (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips and to repair raised beds.
Dixwell - Mansfield Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips and to repair raised beds.
Dixwell - Winchester Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, flowers for the fence and woodchips and to repaire the back gate and raised beds.
Dwight/Beaver Hills/Westville Whalley Terrace Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips, a hose, picnic table and a rose bush.
Dwight/West River - Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet School (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips and to purchase a garden sign.
Dwight/West River - Chapelseed (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, woodchips, seeds, seedlings, plants, wheelbarrow, shovel and technical training.
East Rock - Bioregional Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips, a shovel.
East Rock - Cedar Hill Apartments (Community Garden) To remove lead with top soil as needed and for seeds, seedlings, and plants.
East Rock - Goatville Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden through pruning of trees, repair to raised beds and with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
East Shore - Fairmont Heights (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips, a shovel.
East Shore - Garden in the Park (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips, a shovel, and picnic tables.
Fair Haven - ABC Children's Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, mulch, and woodchips, stakes and a fruit tree; and for purchase of a story bench.
Fair Haven - Grand Acres (Community Garden) To test soil for lead and revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, flowers for the fence and woodchips and to repair the back gate and raised beds.
Fair Haven - Stallworth Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, flowers for the fence and woodchips and to repair the fence, widen access for vehicle traffic, affix trellis and technical assistance.
Fair Haven Heights - Bella Vista (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips and technical assistance.
Hill - Catholic Workers Garden (Community Garden) To test soil for lead and revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips and to add some flower bushes.
Hill - Ann Street Garden (Community Garden) To test soil for lead and revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips and for garden tools.
Hill - Casa Linda (Community Garden) To test soil for lead and revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips and for garden tools.
Hill - Casa Otonal/Greenwood Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
Hill - Redfield Street-BW# 463 (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips and technical assistance.
Hill - Legion Woods (Columbus House) (Community Garden) To test soil for lead and revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips and to add a picnic bench.
Newhallville - Bassett Street (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips, a picnic table and shed.
Newhallville - Constance Baker Motley (Community Garden) To test soil for lead and revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips, garden tools and chairs.
Newhallville - The Green Garden of Hazel Street (Community Garden) To test soil for lead and revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips, a picnic bench and many repairs.
Newhallville - Healthy Community Food Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips and to purchase a garden sign.
Newhallville - Ivy Street-Blockwatch #627 (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips, picnic table, and path restructuring.
Newhallville - Starr Street Garden Group (Community Garden) To test soil for lead and revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips; to host a cooking workshop.
West Rock - Westville Manor Tenants Association (CommunityGarden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
Westville - Edgewood Magnet School (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips, fencing, and a garden path and a trellis/arbor.
Westville - Mountain Valley (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips, raised beds, picnic table, barbecue, shed, bench and fencing with a locked gate.
Wooster Square - William Street Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
Wooster Square - Wooster Square Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips, garden tools and a garden sign.
Hill - Martin Luther King Peace Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
West Rock - Abraham Ribicoff (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
West Rock - McConaughy Terrace (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
Westville - Friends of Edgewood Park & Gardeners from Alden Avenue (Community Garden) To create a community garden in Edgewood Park.
West Rock - Liberty Safe House (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
Fair Haven - English Street Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
Beaver Hill - Friends of Beaver Hills (6 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To remove invasive plants and planting native plants at the largest park site.
Dixwell - Francis Hunter Drive (3 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To continue to improve the traffic circle and conduct stewardship on street trees.
Dixwell - Dixwell Enterprise Community/Management Team (3 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To plant with local youth once a week.
Dixwell - Henry Street (3 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To make more yards lead safe and plant more street trees.
Dwight - Dwight Park (5 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To work on developing good policies and enhance border.
Dwight - Waverly (6 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To continue to improve the grounds and improve the common areas with focus on working with youth.
Dwight - Montessori school (1 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To plant a memorial garden, constructing berms, installing play structures. The lot is being designed to increase safety and passive play experiences.
East Rock - East Rock Park (1 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To make an environmental education walk, spruce up park entrances and help with Cedar hill playground.
East Rock - Bradley street (3 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To acquire a permit to work on DOT property and work with businesses at the commercial end of the street.
East Rock - Ridge Street Residents/ Cedar Hill Blockwatch (6 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To rebuild the neighborhood playground, benches by the river, plant a cedar tree.
East Rock Park - SOHO (1 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To continue to expand plantings.
East Shore - Fairmont Ave Neighbors (4 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To take on a vacant lot and continue streetscape work.
East Shore - Seawall Neighbors (1 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To remove invasive plants to help eliminate unwanted behavior and plant along curbs.
Fair Haven - Atwater & Pine (7 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To continue working on lot, streetscape, and getting people involve and to install water.
Fair Haven - Pine And Front,Chatham Square, and Perkins Street (14 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To focus on sculpture park sites along front street and redesign and maintenance of Lewis street park.
Fair Haven - River View Blockwatch/ Friends of Dover Beach (3 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To control invasive plants in the park space and plant new trees.
Fair Haven - Lloyd and Wolcott (13 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To build one more bench and reduce lawn and plant more color and plant street trees along Saltonstall.
Fair Haven - Farnum Neighborhood House (4 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To continue adopt a curbside program, utilize master gardening volunteers to assist in various streetscape and playground projects and engage neighbors through discrete front yard and curb strip work.
Hill-City Point - Greenwich Green Team/ Hallock Street (8 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To work mostly on the local parks and squares. Painting, planting, and maintaining.
Hill-City Point - Friends of Oyster Point (8 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To get more folks involved to help with all the various spaces they maintain.
Newhallville - Watson and Bassett (13 year old project) (Community Greenspace) Maintain and improve the site after the completion of the canal trail related work this summer.
Newhallville - Newhall Street (7 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To address some of the blight issues and add some art.
West River - West River Association (6 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To plant along Chapel street with a new neighbor.
West River - Batter Terrace (1 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To continue to build community through working together on improving the appearance of the street and front yards.
West Rock - Crossroads (5 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To continue to plant tree and maintain overgrown areas along the West River.
Westville - Barnett (1 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To plant 23 new trees.
Westville - Blockwatch #303 (10 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To focus on the butterfly gardens, and restore the tile sculpture wall.
Wooster Square - Historic Wooster Square Association, Inc. (5 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To identify three cherry trees for removal and plant three new trees and advocate for stewardship.
Beaver Hills - Blake street To maintain tree planting and lead related front yard work.
Dixwell - Bristol St Blockwatch #612 To add pea stone, a picnic table and replace plants.
Dwight - Beers Street (Troup group) To maintain existing work and build on reconstruction of Troup school.
East Rock - Park on Nash/little Nash greenspace To develop more stewards for the parklike spaces.
East Rock - Mechanic Street Mavens To grow membership and focus on finishing infrastructure projects such as the arbor, benches and edging.
East Rock - Bishop Street Planters To work on neighborhood stewardship.
Edgewood - East Edge To maintain care for all thirteen beds and other forgotten spaces along the Edgewood mall.
Fair Haven - Saltonstall and Lloyd To add color to the site, transplant some shrubs, add a gate and make signs.
Hill - Arch Street To reduce maintenance requirements.
Newhallville - Shepard Street Park/Read Street To restore/maintain the park like spaces.
Newhallville - Ivy Narrow Bird Sanctuary To maintain the site. They would like a new fence.
Newhallville - Huntington Group that has transformed a vacant lot into a pleasant corner park like space.
West River - Peace Garden To maintain the site.
Wooster Square - Bradley-Wooster To maintain the site.
Wooster Square - Friends of Lenzi Park To focus on maintenance especially mulching and pruning.
New Haven Neighborhood Small Grants
Cedar Hill
Abundant Harvest Outreach Ministries ($600) To support the costs associated with running 3 community events: a camping expedition, a trip to Freedom Schooner Amistad and Community Day event.
City-Wide
Aspirations for Higher Learning Pre-Collegiate Institute ($1,500) To help cover the cost to take 65 high school students that are participating in the Aspirations for Higher Learning summer program on a college tour of Howard University, University of Maryland College Park, Catholic University, George Washington University, Georgetown University and American University.
Christian Community Commission ($1,000) To support the cost of purchasing tents, tables and chairs for this year’s 13th anniversary of New Haven’s Gospel Fest.
Citywide Youth Coalition ($1,000) To support the costs associated with activities for youth.
Create A Comic Project ($750) To support the cost of purchasing prizes, marketing expenses, hotel arrangements and traveling expenses for a guest speaker.
Da Fam Club ($500) To support the costs of purchasing various sports equipment.
Da Fam Club ($500) To support the costs of running a 23 week basketball camp for 48 boys ages 10-13.
Elm City Cycling ($1,000) To support the costs associated with a bike jamboree: a bike repair station, fitting bike helmets, basic biking rules and activity stations for kids.
Elm Shakespeare Company ($1,000) To support the costs associated with purchasing costumes.
Friends of Beaver Pond Park ($2,820) To support the costs associated with the day long celebration of Earth Day which will include a bike ride event from East Rock to West Rock.
Higher Heights Youth Empowerment Programs, Inc. ($1,800) To support the costs associated with purchasing student shirts, portfolio binders, food, speakers, public service announcement training and printing and copying expenses.
Jazz Haven ($1,000) To support the costs associated with the 2009 New Haven Jazz Festival.
New Haven Inner City Outings ($1,500) To cover some of the cost associated with taking two groups of youth to Mystic Aquarium and to Project Oceanology, which focus in different ways on the marine life and the ecosystems in the Long Island Sound.
Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Southern Connecticut ($1,100) To help support the cost of purchasing food, refreshments, insurance, postage as well as paying for a guest speaker and offering the community screening & testing.
Site Projects, Inc. ($1,500) Site Projects is seeking funding for a public arts project to be installed in downtown New Haven in May 2009 by the internationally known Swiss artist Felice Varini. Ms. Virini will create a cityscape mural that when viewed from a specific vantage point creates a geometrical design and when viewed from any other angle the design breaks up and the overall image, while still artistically pleasing and interesting, is fragmented. The vantage point will be on Chapel Street, looking down the corridor between Ann Taylor clothing store and Zinc Restaurant.
The Color of Words ($2,000) To support an advocacy project aimed at raising awareness among high school students on the realities that surround the college admission process, the financial costs and benefits of a college education.
Westville Village Renaissance Alliance ($1,000) To support the costs of audio/video equipment, refreshments, event space, and speakers, insurance, printing and copying for a series of programs focused on fun and educational events that address the needs of business owners and residents to manage and thrive during the current economic crisis.
William Street Community Garden ($1,200) To support the costs of two bee hives, 2 beekeeping suits, equipment, two packages of bees, and a 2-hour workshop presented by a beekeeping expert.
Dixwell
Community Garden ($200.00) To support the cost of purchasing various supplies including a weed whacker, water hose, sprinkler, shed for storages, food and tree cutting expenses.
Ivy Narrow Bird Sanctuary ($1,500) To complete the fence installation of the Ivy Narrow Bird Sanctuary.
The Ninth Square Collective ($1,100) To support the cost of purchasing art supplies, refreshments, insurance and printing expenses.
Dwight
Whalley Avenue Special Services District ($989) To support the cost of printing designs, layout and printing posters created by students from the Troop Public School that depict the importance of appropriate trash handling.
East Rock
Bishop St.-Hine Pl Blockwatch ($600) To help cover the costs of a block party with the goal of raising safety awareness, recruiting new members for the annual greenspace plantings, and generally fostering community.
Friends of East Rock Park ($1,500) To support three projects: 4 seasonal festivals, a youth environmental work program, and an environmental interpretive trail design and installation.
SoHu Blockwatch ($1,000) To support the cost of purchasing food, beverages, paper goods and various materials for entertainment/activities.
Upper State Street Association Inc. ($600) To support the cost of purchasing printed flyers, table cloths, historic plaques, a band, and printing expenses. The historic plaques will be placed on buildings so that folks can go on a walking tour and learn about the community.
Upper State Street Association Inc. ($600) To support the cost of purchasing holiday trees, decorations, printed flyers, table cloths, a band and printing expenses.
Fair Haven
Chatham Square Neighborhood Association ($600) To support the cost of portapotty rentals, sound system, popcorn machine rental, fliers & advertising and children's arts & craft supplies/games.
Chatham Square Neighborhood Association ($450) To support the cost of purchasing a variety of different outreach materials to be used to promote economic development in the Chatham Square Neighborhood as well as the Neighborhood Association itself.
Chatham Square Neighborhood Youth Empowerment Group ($600) To support the cost of running several activities for youth including but not limited to a bicycle day with a picnic and Friday soccer events during the summer.
Fair Haven Summit ($500) Funding is requested to hold a one day Fair Haven Summit to be held at the Columbus Family Academy on June 20, 2009. The Summit will address issues affecting the Fair Haven Community.
Friends of Dover Beach ($400) To support the cost of purchasing food and paper goods for 80-100 people.
Noble Daughters/ Church on the Rock ($500) To support the cost of running several activities including an educational field trip to a state university and a mother-daughter luncheon for girls ages 12-16 living in the Farnam Courts Housing Projects.
Fair Haven Heights
Columbus Family Academy PTO ($1,000) To help students attend a theater Saturday workshop to improve oratory, reading, dancing, acting and singing abilities.
Farnam Courts Tenants Association/LEAP ($600) To support the implementation of a one day anti-violence community day for 250 children and their families.
Garden in the Park ($500) To support the cost of purchasing various gardening tools, fruit trees, berry bushes, flowers, compost, food paper goods, a poet and truck rental.
Hamden
Faith Healing and Deliverance Ministries ($600) To support a youth extravaganza event entitled "The Now Generation" which will take place the weekend of June 26-28 and will include worship, mentorship and fellowship for youth in New Haven and Hamden.
Hill
Hill Youth Action Team ($600) To support a block party organized by the Hill Youth Action Team to increase awareness about the services available for youth and families in the Hill neighborhood.
Multi-neighborhood
New Haven SoapBox Derby Racing ($1,500) To pay for expenses related to the hosting of the Soapbox Derby Race at Edgewood Park.
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program/South Central Agency on Ageing ($2,000) To support two knitting projects.
Rite-Way for Kids ($1,900) To support the community service and enrichment activities of the Rite-Way-for-Kids group, including a clean-up activity in the Dixwell neighborhood, preparation of a garden for a community resident or family, a trip to the West Rock Nature Center, and several workshops on pregnancy prevention, substance abuse, and violence prevention.
Newhallville
Blockwatch #692 ($600) To help cover the costs of a block party.
Newhall Gardens TRC ($600) To support the cost of bringing all of the residents of Newhall Gardens (elderly & disabled) together for dinner around the holidays (Thanksgiving & Christmas).
West River
Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet School PTO ($500) To support the building of raised beds in the school's garden.
Batter Terrace Block Watch #342 ($600) To help cover the costs of a block party.
Evergreen Family Oriented Tree, Inc. ($1,250) To support the cost of convening 5 support/discussion groups with females to discuss the obstacles faced by previously incarcerated women as they work towards successful re-entry back into society.
West River Neighborhood Association ($500) To support the cost of purchasing eggs, dye, prizes and entertainment.
Soul-o-ettes Drill Team ($1,000) To support the costs associated with purchasing t-shirts, various games, sports equipment, arts & craft supplies, and transportation to a competition.
Westville
West Rock Avenue Blockwatch #303 ($655) To support several environmentally friendly activities around the Mitchell Branch Library including tree planting, garden tours, children's flower planting, and ladybug and butterfly release celebrations.
Wooster Square
Downtown/Wooster Square Community Management Team ($800) To support the costs associated with conducting a survey on quality of life issues that affect residents, businesses, customers and partners.
New Responsive Competitive Grants
All Our Kin ($50,000) To
support and expand fundraising capacity and to strengthen services to
train, support and sustain community child care providers, ensuring
that children and families have the foundation they need to succeed in
school and life.
ALSO-Cornerstone Inc. ($50,000) To
provide financial resources to complete a merger with The Connection
Inc., a Connecticut-based nonprofit that works to strengthen the
collective ability to build and sustain safe, healthy and caring
communities.
Ansonia Public Schools ($25,000) To
support the Ansonia High School Human Relations Club, a group of
students who lead their peers, teachers, members of the community, and
students throughout Connecticut to participate in activities that
reduce prejudice and discrimination and increase cultural, religious,
racial, and ethnic awareness.
Area Congregations Together Inc. ($150,000) To establish a development program.
Arts Council of Greater New Haven ($50,000) To
provide general operating support for audience development and regional
arts and culture promotion, foster community access and engagement in
the arts, provide professional development training for artists and
organizations and spearhead advocacy initiatives at the regional, state
and national levels.
Audubon Connecticut ($75,000) To
support the Important Bird Area (IBA) program identifying and
protecting land tracts as critical bird habitats or migratory stopovers.
Beth El Center Inc. ($25,000) To
provide general operating support for transitional shelter programs for
homeless individuals and families and a soup kitchen/food pantry that
feeds individuals and families from Greater New Haven and Lower
Naugatuck Valley.
Birmingham Group Health Services ($130,000) To support the operations of the Domestic Violence Services of Greater New Haven program.
Boys & Girls Club of New Haven ($60,000) To
provide general operating support for educational and enrichment
programs for children and families, especially those from low-income
households.
Citywide Youth Coalition ($40,000) To
provide general operating support to sustain and expand programming and
services to youth-serving organizations so they can better meet the
needs and to enhance the lives of children, youth and families in
Greater New Haven.
Communicare Inc. ($40,000) To support Communicare members
(Birmingham Group Health Services, Bridges…A Community Support System
and Harbor Health Services) to develop a plan that will bring their
current partnership to a new level of integration.
Community Action Agency (Community Fuel Bank) ($30,000) To
support the Community Fuel Bank of Greater New Haven to assist at least
1500 working poor and/or elderly households with energy assistance
grants to prevent shut off through out the year.
Connecticut Association for Human Services ($25,000) To
support the Online Benefits Screening Initiative that improves access
to work-supports for low-wage New Haven residents through the
adaptation of EarnBenefits, an electronic benefits tool.
Connecticut Association for the Performing Arts ($15,000) To support community programming.
Connecticut Children's Museum - Parents and Community for Kids ($165,000) To
support the Parents and Communities for Kids (PACK) Initiative which
promotes family learning for underserved parents and children by
providing literacy-based learning opportunities at fifteen community
classrooms in New Haven, Hamden and Ansonia.
Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance - Regional Youth/Adult Substance Abuse Program Inc. ($15,000) To
provide general operating support for the Connecticut Juvenile Justice
Alliance to reduce the number of children and youth entering the
juvenile justice system through legislative education and advocacy,
strategic communications, community organizing and national, state and
local partnerships.
Consultation Center ($40,515) To support respite to Grandfamilies in the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Program.
Creative Arts Workshop ($25,000) To
provide general operating support for educational programming in fine
arts and crafts for children and adults and free art exhibitions of a
variety of visual arts media.
Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen ($20,000) To
provide 60,000 free hot evening meals, 6,000 free bag lunches, and
18,000 free food pantry bags to the homeless, working poor and
underprivileged citizens and families of the Greater New Haven area.
Empower New Haven Inc. ($50,000) To
support The New Haven Nonprofit Academy which provides training and
technical assistance based programming that builds the capacity of and
promotes growth and sustainability for Greater New Haven nonprofits.
Community Foundation funds help meet the match to be eligible for
federal funds.
FISH of Greater New Haven ($12,500) To
continue direct homebound distribution of food to 10,000 individuals
who are ill, aged, disabled (temporarily or long-term).
Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven ($30,000) To
support the Skills for Life program which provides construction skills
training and job readiness programming for young adults from New Haven
who are under the guardianship of Connecticut's Foster Care system.
Hamden Public Schools ($28,500) To
support a needs assessment for the in-school clinic at Church Street
Elementary for the purpose of providing integrated prevention services,
multidisciplinary assessments, and treatments for vulnerable and
at-risk preschool to sixth grade students who struggle with learning
disabilities in combination with social, emotional and behavioral
problems.
Harbor Health Services Inc. ($40,000) To
implement a nationally proven, evidence-based, process change and
improvement model that impacts administrative and clinical processes
and business care.
Housatonic Council, Boy Scouts of America ($32,500) To
support the construction of a handicapped-accessible shower and
lavatory facility capable of serving both male and female campers at
Strang Scout Reservation.
Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS) ($40,000) To
provide general operating support for outreach and educational
programming to help refugees and other displaced people achieve
self-sufficiency.
International Festival of Arts & Ideas ($75,000) To provide general operating support for community-building civic engagement programs for the 2010 Festival.
Jewish Family Service of New Haven ($60,000) To provide general operating support for integrated programming of mental health services for the Greater New Haven community.
Junta for Progressive Action ($15,000) To
provide general operating support for services, programs and advocacy
that improve the social, political, and economic conditions of the
Latino community in Greater New Haven.
LEAP ($60,000) To provide general operating support for youth development and community engagement activities.
Lower Naugatuck Valley Parent Child Resource Center Inc. ($135,000) To
provide general operating support to promote, enhance and maintain
positive behavioral health of children and families in Lower Naugatuck
Valley.
Master's Manna Inc. ($21,000) To
provide general operating support to continue to serve the basic needs
of the community through a food pantry, free medical clinic, soup
kitchen, clothes closet and a diaper bank and eventually relocate to a
larger site.
New Haven Home Ownership Center ($20,000) To
provide general operating support for comprehensive counseling and
financial services to low- and moderate-income residents of the Greater
New Haven area who seek help navigating the process of buying their
first home, securing additional loans for home improvement projects,
and avoiding foreclosure.
New Haven Symphony Orchestra ($70,000) To
provide general operating support to continue the current schedule of
concerts, broadcasts, education and community engagement activities in
the Greater New Haven region.
Patrons of the New Haven Free Public Library ($10,000) To provide general operating support for the Readmobile.
Planned Parenthood of CT Inc. ($20,000) To support Teen Talk, a teen pregnancy prevention program.
Prevent Blindness Tri-State ($40,000) To
support the Healthy Eyes for Connecticut Kids Project which provides
vision screening, referral and follow up services for preschool
children from New Haven, Ansonia, Seymour, Derby and Shelton.
Project Access New Haven ($50,000) To support a coordinated system of donated specialty healthcare for eligible uninsured adults.
Rape Crisis Center of Milford Inc. ($45,000) To
provide general operating support for educational programming to end
sexual assault and for comprehensive and culturally competent sexual
assault victim services.
Salvation Army Ansonia Corps ($15,000) To
provide general operating support for comprehensive emergency
assistance in the forms of food, clothing, utilities and furniture
vouchers.
Schooner Inc. ($25,000) To
provide operating support for hands-on marine science educational
experiences on Long Island Sound and sailing programs on the tall ship,
the Quinnipiack.
Solar Youth ($65,000) To provide general operating support for environmental exploration, leadership and community service programming for youth.
Street Outreach Worker Program - City of New Haven ($185,000) To
support the Street Outreach Worker Program, a youth advocacy program to
prevent and reduce youth violence. This initiative is a collaboration
of the City of New Haven Community Services Administration, the New
Haven Police Department and New Haven Family Alliance.
STRIVE - New Haven ($70,000) To provide general operating support to prepare, train, place and support Greater New Haven residents in securing employment.
Student Parenting and Family Services Inc. ($35,000) To
support the Education for Independence Project which provides child
care, academic counseling and life skills education for teenage parents
in New Haven public schools.
TEAM Inc. ($67,500) To
support the Valley Family Resource Center which promotes strong
networks of resource, referral, and advocacy among families, schools,
and agencies to focus on quality and healthy development for all
children.
Valley Council for Health & Human Services - Valley United Way ($20,000) To
support the CARES (Community Assessment Research & Education for
Solutions) Initiative, a long-term project designed to track critical
information about community well-being in the Lower Naugatuck Valley
and utilize this information to address residents' needs.
Visiting Nurse Association of South Central CT ($135,734) To
support the Home Health Aide Training Program which creates easily
accessible and affordable means for low-income workers to be trained as
Certified Nurse's Aides or home health aides.
VNA Services ($45,000) To
support the Phelps Community Project which provides financial
assistance and health services in the form of counseling, home-health
aid, therapy and medical supplies for emergency assistance to Hamden
residents 60 years of age and older.
Women and Family Life Center ($15,000) To
provide general operating support to help women, youth and families
meet the challenges of daily living and personal development through
education, enrichment, support and referral services.
Workplace Inc. ($45,000) To
support an Emergency Grant Fund which will provide jobseekers and
under-employed Lower Naugatuck Valley residents with food, shelter,
clothing and other critical needs that can jeopardize their ability to
seek or retain employment.
Yale New Haven Hospital ($60,000) To
support care coordination services to pregnant women, particularly
African American women to improve birth outcomes as part of the New
Haven Healthy Start program.
Out-of-cycle Grants
ACES ($15,000) To support a match for a $30,000
grant from the CT Commission on Culture and Tourism for its Early
Learning Arts Program. Arts Fund
Beulah Heights First Pentacostal Church ($7,500) To
support the Social Integration Project which provides supportive
services to New Haven's homeless population during non-traditional
hours. Specifically, funds would be used for expenses related to the
Summer Academy. Caroline Silverthau Fund
Connecticut Children & Family Center f/b/o CTRIBAT Institute for Social Development Inc. ( $10,000)
For operating support to help CTRIBAT address male youth violence,
which continues to be prevalent and on the rise in New Haven. Peter
& Judith Shurman Fund
Literacy Volunteers for Greater New Haven ($50,000) To
provide general operating support to recruit, train and support
volunteers who work as literacy tutors at the Literacy Center at
Science Park. Unrestricted Funds
New Haven Legal Assistance ($50,000) To provide operating support to help bridge a budget gap and avert elimination of services.
Quinnipiac River Fund Grants
Catalyst Studios ($17,600) To support the completion and launch of Consider the Quinnipiac exhibit. The photo-based campaign is designed to raise awareness about the River and advance environmental advocacy on behalf of its waters and surrounding habitats.
Connecticut Northeast Organic Farmers Association ($9,000) To support residential organic landscaping workshops and website enhancements to better serve homeowners of the Quinnipiac River watershed in protecting their health and the environment.
Elm City Park Conservancy ($7,800) To reduce erosion in the Rip-Rap at the edge of the River in Quinnipiac Park.
Land Use Leadership Alliance (LULA) ($15,000) To support a four day training program for local land use leaders. The program will educate them on the scope of their jurisdiction, the flexibility they have under the law and tools for natural resource. It will also cover watershed protection and collaborative techniques including consensus building, facilitated decision-making, community participation and effective meeting management.
The New Haven Land Trust Inc. ($5,000) To support the Quinnipiac River Education and Access Program (QREAP) that brings increased public access and ecological research activities to the Quinnipiac Meadows/Eugene B. Fargegorge and Quinnipiac Ridge Preserves.
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association ($15,000) To support The Friends of the Quinnipiac Project to remedy the effects of poor land use practiced by managers and owners of riparian properties through outreach, education, training, public recognition and technical assistance.
University of New Haven, Dept. of Biology ($13,500) To support the assessment of the condition of macrofaunal communities in New Haven Harbor relative to selected environmental factors and the structure of the Harbor's benthic habitats. A comparison of the results will be made to available previous information to assess any long-term changes.
Watershed Partnership Inc. ($18,000) To support the Safe Grounds Campaign which helps reduce non-point source pollution from lawn pesticides and synthetic fertilizers in the Quinnipiac River watershed.
Yale University - Grant & Contract Administration ($8,000) To support investigations into the causes and implications of marsh drowning in the Quinnipiac River.
Yale University - Grant & Contract Administration ($12,000) To support the measurement of copper concentration and bioavailability throughout the Quinnipiac River system and its tributaries.
Valley Neighborhood Small Grants
Ansonia
Prendergast School Community Explorers ($1,000) To support the costs associated with bringing families with special needs children to a variety of local businesses to develop strategies that will help them to be successful in the community.
Bridge Ministry ($1,000) To support a Back To School Rally and Community Cook-out in August at the Tinney Center in Ansonia.
Ansonia Garden Club ($1,000) To support the cost of purchasing a park bench, plants/flowers, potting soil, fertilizer and mulch to be used at the Main Street area of the Malus Park/Veterans Memorial.
Ansonia Historical Commission ($2,000) To support the costs associated with the repairing and restoring of the monument located outside of the Ansonia Public Library.
Ansonia High School Human Relations Club/Doyle Senior Center ($2,000) To support the cost of two intergenerational programs/dinners involving members of the Ansonia High School Human Relations Club and members of the Doyle Senior Center in Ansonia.
Assumption Church Parish Nurse Program ($1,500) To support the costs associated with running Bereavement Group, CPR class and Children's Health & Safety Programs.
Ansonia Summer Youth Theater Club/Ansonia Community Action ($2,250) To support the costs associated with taking Valley children on various trips to places including the Essex Steam Train & Riverboat, Chevrolet Theatre and the Pequot Museum.
Kathleen C.B. Samela Food Bank/Christ Church ($2,200) To support the cost of purchasing office equipment for the Ansonia Food Bank which has relocated to Christ Church.
Annual Thanksgiving Basket Committee/Star of Bethlehem Church ($2,500) Funds are requested to support the cost of purchasing perishable, non-perishable food items and supplies to create Thanksgiving baskets to be given out to 50 needy families.
Friends of Gattison Park ($2,000) To support the cost of purchasing yard equipment like shovels & rakes, refreshments, paint, paint supplies, plants and flowers.
Ansonia Cultural Commission ($2,000) To support the cost of purchasing various materials for the festival including hay, corn stalks, mums and trophies, ribbons.
Ansonia High School PTSO ($1,000) To support the cost of purchasing raffle prizes to be given out to participating High School students.
Valley NAACP/Valley Parish Nurse Program ($2,000) To support the cost of purchasing screening supplies, decorations, educational materials, refreshments, bike helmets and car seats.
Riverside Tenants' Association ($2,500) To support the cost of purchasing various supplies to be used by children at the Tinney Community Center as well as to help cover the costs associated with on 5 field trips.
YET (Youth Empowerment Team) Program ($1,500) To support the costs associated with the 3rd Annual Back to School Family Cook-out.
Big Brothers/Big Sisters ($1,500) To support the continuation of youth activities for students at Prendergast Elementary School paired with students from Ansonia High School.
Derby
Derby Historical Society ($3,000) To match a 2008 grant from the Connecticut Humanities Council Cultural Heritage Development Fund to organize the historical collection.
Derby Neck Needlers/Derby Neck Library ($1,500) To support the cost of securing a contract with two illustrators, purchasing various art supplies and printing expenses.
Friends of the Derby Public Library/Derby Public Library ($1,040) To support the cost of purchasing activity mats, hula-hoops, various resource books, four yoga classes and a nutrition program for children.
Oxford
Oxford Historical Society, Inc. ($3,000) To support the electrical upgrades to the Twitchell-Rowland Homestead, the future site of the Oxford Historical Society and a museum.
Oxford High School Booster Club, Inc. ($1,000) To support the costs associated with running the Post Prom event.
Oxford Cultural Arts Commission ($2,200) To support the advertising and printing needs associated with a winter concert, 4 summer concerts, 6 art education mini-events and the grand opening of a "Gallery of Art".
Youth Conservation Corps ($1,500) To support the costs associated with the student volunteers learning, working and contributing to The Weir Farm.
Oxford Land Trust, Inc. ($1,885) To support the costs associated with purchasing 7 stainless steel signs and 7 pressure treated boards.
Seymour
Police Department - Community Resource Division ($1,850) To support a collaboration between the Seymour Police Department's Community Resource Division and the Valley Substance Abuse Action Council in planning and implementing the Citizen's Police Academy.
Great Hill United Methodist Church Parish Nurse Program ($2,385) To support the costs for battery/pads for AED, refreshments, educational materials, knitting supplies, screening supplies and presenter fees.
Seymour Oxford Rotary Club ($350) To help support the cost of dinner for the honorees, their families and guests.
Shelton
Boys & Girls Club of Lower Naugatuck Valley ($1,000) To support the cost of producing a monthly newspaper that is written, edited and published by children.
Shelton School Readiness Council ($1,500) To support five speakers/lecturers and various materials to be distributed to attendees at the roundtable discussions.
Valley Parish Nurse Program ($1,500) To support the cost of running a program designed to teach mothers the importance of spending quality time with their children.
United Anime Clubs of the Shelton Library System ($940.92) To support the cost of purchasing video equipment, marketing, refreshments, and equipment rental for the "premiere" showing during Shelton's BIG Read event(s).
Sutter-Terlizzi Post 16 American Legion ($1,125) To support the cost of sending 10 High School juniors to the American Legion Boys State program.
Shelton Historical Society ($1,500) To support the cost of painting the exterior of Trap Fall School.
Valley-Wide
Antoinette's House Residents ($719.98) To support the cost of purchasing a freezer to be used by women & children living at a domestic shelter run by The Umbrella.
The Nurturing Families Network Parenting Group/The Visiting Nurse Assoc. ($2,000) To support the cost of purchasing hot meals to serve to families who participate in the Nurturing Families Parenting Network Group.
Friends of the Ansonia Nature and Recreation Center ($2,500) To support the costs associated with running a yearlong Nature & Arts program.
North Star/The Parent/Child Resource Center ($2,000) To support the cost of purchasing office equipment and supplies.
Valley Historical Research Committee ($2,565) To support the cost of publishing a biography of Henry Shelton Sanford.
Boys & Girls Club of Lower Naugatuck Valley ($1,000) To support the cost of producing a theatrical production with children.
Boys & Girls Club of Lower Naugatuck Valley - Keystone Club ($1,000) To support the cost of a finance program for teens to help them better manage their money.
The Salvation Army Ansonia Corps ($1,800) To support the cost of an educational trip for youth to Hillside Equestrian Meadows and a week long overnight camp for youth.
Diabetes Education & Support Group/Valley Parish Nurse Program ($1,000) To support the cost of running an educational support group.
Valley Parish Nurse Program ($1,500) To support the cost of printing 1,500 calendars to be distributed to households across the valley.
Omicron Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International ($2,000) To help support sending 17 girls from Valley Schools to the Annual Laurel Girls State Conference at Eastern Connecticut State University.
Ansonia High School National Honor Society ($1,853.98) To support the cost of purchasing various computer equipment including a Gateway Convertible PC, an overhead projector and a Doteasy web page.
Valley Arts Council, INC. ($2,000) To support the cost of purchasing paint brushes, tarps, lighting, hardware, cleaning supplies, two signs and substrate for the signs.
Valley Parish Nurse Program ($2,000) To support the cost of purchasing decorations, bike helmets, educational materials, refreshments, various supplies and table rentals.
Ansonia High School Life Skills Center ($1,000) To support the cost of purchasing stamps, train fare, food, and other various items, which would give students an independent living experience.
Ansonia Rescue Medical Services ($1,500) To support the costs associated with running CPR trainings.
St. Joseph Catholic Church - Ansonia Parish Nurse Program ($1,195) To support the cost of purchasing blood pressure equipment, stethoscopes, medical/health related literature and CPR/AED training for 20 people.
Valley Council for Health and Human Services ($1,500) To support the costs associated with two Community Conversations.
Howe Avenue Residential Supervised Housing ($1,500) To support the costs associated with building a deck in the back yard and purchasing a patio set to be used by residents.
American Red Cross, Valley Chapter ($1,000) To support the cost of purchasing 1,500 vials to be distributed to roughly 1,250 households. The "Vials of Life" will contain important medical information to be accessed by emergency personal in the event of a medical emergency.
Family and Children's Aid/The Shelton Safe Home for Children ($1,500) To support the cost of purchasing a Highlander Swing Set.
Valley United Way High School Volunteer Council ($2,000) To help support the cost of transporting students to local schools for 10 meetings.
PACK ($1,558) To support the costs associated with the convening of monthly Community Messenger Meetings.
Valley YMCA ($1,000) To support the costs of purchasing equipment for the Community Center Room.
Community Women & Heart Disease Committee/Valley Parish Nurse Program ($750) To support the costs associated with providing 50 women with complimentary tickets to the Annual Women & Heart Disease Program.
Alumni Association-LNV Boys & Girls Club ($750) To support the cost of a yearly carnival open to the community.
Paugassett Lodge 553 Order of the Arrow/Housatonic Counsil B.S.A. ($2,791.06) To support the costs associated with stripping the existing 40-year-old roof and re-roofing the Tierney building, which is used as a Camp Headquarters, Handicraft Lodge and Computer Learning Center.
The Youth CONNection/Center Stage Theater ($2,791.06) To support the costs of posters and print advertisement, coping, postage and design services.
Community Fund for Women and Girls
‘r kids, Inc. ($10,000) To support the development of a tracking and assessment tool that establishes 10-12 criteria for appropriate level of legal representation from the time a child is removed from parent’s custody through to decisions regarding reunification. Data gained will be used to inform the Commission on Child Protection, the Office of the Chief Child Protecting Attorney, legislators, and DCF to improve the quality of the legal representation of children and parents in child welfare cases. The report will provide the information that will allow decision makers to see the human face of each mother and her children to tell the story behind the statistics.
Boys & Girls Club of New Haven ($2,500) To support the 2008 season of the Lady Blazers AAU Basketball team. The team is made up of 48 girls between the ages of 12 and 15.
Christian Community Action, Inc. ($5,000) To support the PromotingActive Civic Engagement (PACE) and incentive based effort of the Advocacy and Education Program in CCA’s Stepping Stones Transitional Housing program. The work promotes social change and justice for women who are poor and of color through empowerment, educational opportunities, grass-roots organizing and leadership training.
The Color of Words ($4,850) To support a comprehensive, eight week digital media internship for eight girls ages 11- 14. The girls will participate in workshops on media literacy, creative writing, script development, research, the images of women and girls in the media, audio/video recording and editing as well as online distribution and marketing.
Common GroundHigh School ($2,000) To support a pilot program to launch an all girls physical education program to encourage healthy eating, promote physical fitness and improve self-esteem. The pilot is designed for girls with physical disabilities, obesity or reluctance to challenge themselves physically in the presence of boys.
Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund (CWEALF) ($2,500) To support a New Haven-based Girls and Tech exposition during the 2008-09 school year. One hundred seventh grade girls and their teachers will participate in workshops designed to enhance their interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education and careers.
Dwight Hall at Yale ($3,307) To support the participation of 25 girls from New Haven’s Sheriden Middle School in the Women and Youth Supporting Each Other (WYSE) program. The program is a curriculum based, group and one-on-one mentoring program designed to strengthen the lives and communities of women and girls.
Literacy Volunteers of Greater New Haven ($3,590) To support the creation of a Mother/Daughter Book Club in partnership with theWilson Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library. 10 girls from local schools and their mothers or grandmothers will participate in the book club to enhance the development of literacy in their lives and homes, promote communication between mothers and daughters on relevant issues and provide participants and their families with a selection of books for their homes.
The Mary Wade Home ($1,580) To support a sewing program for 16 Adult Day Center clients between the ages of 62 and 81. Most of the women are impacted by Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia. Half of the participants worked in New Haven’s now defunct shirt and undergarment industries. The program will help to keep the women with dementia “in the moment”, promote circulation for those with diabetes and help all to maintain manual dexterity, promote socialization and cooperation and provide a sense of purpose. The quilts and lap blankets the group makes will be donated to Mary Wade residents, clients and other area non-profits.
The Milford Public Library ($2,700) To support theWomen Redefining Retirement program which is aimed at the economic, educational, physical, social, artistic and emotional growth of 240 women in retirement years. The grant will support speakers and expand the materials available to the participants to include books; DVD’s and books on CD that address retirement issues on practical and spiritual levels.
New Haven Home Recovery, Inc. ($3,500) To support theTransportation Program which provides transportation to 150women who are poor, homeless and in some cases, disabled. The transportation allows women to get to work, job training, behavioral health services and training programs designed to help resident achieve stability and self-sufficiency.
‘r kids, Inc. ($3,500) To support the development and implementation of a 12 week support group curriculum focused on the needs of mothers and their early adolescent daughters. The curriculum will be used in the ‘r kids post-reunification support group for 20 – 24 mothers and their daughters, ages 11-14.
Rape Crisis Center of Milford, Inc. ($2,000*) To support the purchase of new video and media materials for the Center’s continuing education programs. Focusing on risk prevention and primary prevention, the curriculum includes lessons that cover communication skills, conflict resolution, stereotyping, media influence and internet safety. The programs will be offered for over 7,000 pre-K, kindergarten, second and fourth grade students.
*This grant is provided by the Alumnae Committee of the Fund for Women & Girls.
Saint Raphael Foundation, Hospital of Saint Raphael H.O.P.E. Program ($4,000**)
To support the H.O.P.E. program’s employment training program for up to 40 participants, primarily mothers of young children.
**The H.O.P.E. program grant is also being supported by a grant of $10,000 from The
United Illuminating Company, Inc. in collaboration with the Fund for Women & Girls.
Solar Youth, Inc. ($5,000) To provide funds for Solar Youth to facilitate a week-long wilderness adventure experience for up to eight young women from the Westville Manor public housing development. The goal of the trip is to provide an extreme adventure experience during which staff will lead the teen girls in discussions and challenges that will help them to reflect on their lives and envision goals for their future.
Student Parenting and Family Services ($3,000***) To support an Intensive Case Management program at the Elizabeth Celotto Center at Wilbur Cross High School. The case manager will be able to work with 16-20 teen mothers several times throughout the school day and develop strong supportive relationships with them.
***This grant has been funded through the generosity of the Junior League of Greater
New Haven, in collaboration with the Fund for Women & Girls.
Vista Vocational & Life Skills Center, Inc. ($2,000) To support a series of classes on sexual decision making for 25 female students provided at Vista by instructors from Planned Parenthood of CT. The classes will focus on topics such as healthy and unhealthy relationships, relationship building, dating, values, assertiveness, self-concept and safer sex.
Community Greenspace and Garden Grants
Beaver Hill - Friends of Beaver Hills (Community Greenspace) To continue removal of invasive plants, replacing them with native plants. The group will also build an interpretive trail.
Beaver Hill - Blake Street Group (Community Greenspace) To keep building community by making the street look better.
Beaver Hills - Friends of New Haven Animal Shelter (Community Greenspace) To plant three trees and maintain existing beds.
Beaver Hills - Carmel Street Garden (Community Garden) To continue to grow a garden this year.
Beaver Hills - Ellsworth Avenue Group Home (Community Garden) To expand the amount of land they have in production.
Dixwell - Bristol Street Blockwatch #612 (Community Greenspace) To finish the planting and make infrastructure improvements.
Dixwell - Dixwell Enterprise Community/Management Team (Community Greenspace) To plant with local youth once a week.
Dixwell - Francis Miller Drive (Community Greenspace) To focus on building community through their tree and perennial flower plantings in the common areas. Provide new home owners with needed landscape guidance.
Dixwell - Henry Street (Community Greenspace) To make more yards lead-safe and plant more street trees.
Dixwell - Mansfield Garden (Community Garden) To work on creating a community and provide help for new gardeners.
Dixwell - Winchester Garden (Community Garden) To find new members, increase participation on communal gardening days, and get
information kiosk for garden.
Dwight - Beers Street/Troup Group (Community Greenspace) To maintain existing work and build on reconstruction of Troup School.
Dwight - West River Association (Community Greenspace) To do more extensive outreach and continue to plant trees.
Dwight - Waverly (Community Greenspace) To continue to improve the grounds and improve the common areas.
Dwight - Rainbow Park (Community Greenspace) To install a shed and do additional plantings.
Dwight - Aids Interfaith (Community Garden) To maintain the site.
Dwight - Crawford Manor (Community Garden) To find a new coordinator.
Dwight - New Teen Warriors (Community Garden) To maintain site at elderly housing complex.
Dwight/Beaver Hills/Westville - Columbus House (Community Garden) To grow a garden.
Dwight/West River - Chapelseed (Community Garden) To begin work on a glass house (cold frame) to start plants early, expand number of gardeners, and keep neighborhood involved.
Dwight/West River - Youth Center for Change (Community Garden) To have a successful garden.
East Rock - Mechanic Street Mavens (Community Greenspace) To focus on finishing infrastructure projects such as the arbor, benches and edging.
East Rock - Bishop Street Planters (Community Greenspace) To finish planting and maintain existing work.
East Rock - Ridge Street Residents/Cedar HIll Blockwatch (Community Greenspace) To maintain existing work and focus on work in East Rock Park such as the wildflower field, the canoe launch and trail
maintenance.
East Rock - Eld Street and Bradley Street (Community Greenspace) To plant 3 more trees on Eld Street and about six on Bradley Street.
East Rock - Park on Nash (Community Greenspace) To work with Wilbur Cross Annex school about engaging youth to reduce vandalism.
East Rock - Wilbur Cross High School Community Service (Community Greenspace) To mulch and get assistance with design.
East Rock - New Haven Dog Park Association (Community Greenspace) To mulch, and receive guidance and tools.
Responsive New Grants
1000 Friends of Connecticut ($50,000) To support the Campaign to Grow Connecticut Smart in Hamden, Milford, New Haven, and the Shoreline Funds used to award this grant: Frank and Ross Gates, Unrestricted
Almada Lodge - Times Farm Camp Corporation ($16,000) To provide scholarships to 20 Greater New Haven children, 8 to 14 years of age, to attend week long summer sessions of the Channel 3 Kids Camp in Andover, Connecticut. Funds used to award this grant: Frank and Ross Gates
Amistad Academy ($50,000) To support the Amistad to College and College Counseling Programs which provides critical support to current and former students to ensure they are on the road to successful
college experiences. Funds used to award this grant: Unrestricted
Ansonia Public Schools ($135,000) To support a partnership with The Boys & Girls Club, Tinney Community Center, and Ansonia Community Action to operate afterschool programs at the Tinney Center and the
Ansonia Community Action Center. Funds used to award this grant: Frank and Ross Gates
Breakthrough/New Haven @ Hopkins School ($70,000) To support the Breakthrough/New Haven program, a tuition-free educational enrichment
and advocacy program for high potential middle school students. Funds used to award this grant: Hoblitzell Family III, Unrestricted
Central CT Coast YMCA - Soundview Family YMCA ($150,000) To support the construction of a new YMCA building in Branford.
Funds used to award this grant:Madison Surf Club Inc., Unrestricted
Centro San Jose c/o Catholic Charities, Inc. ($150,000) To support the Family Center, a successful approach pioneered in Hartford as part of the Brighter Futures Initiative. Funds used to award this grant: Dominic Cinicola, Unrestricted
Christian Community Action ($120,000) To support the Advocacy and Education project which focuses on empowerment,
organizing and leadership development of individuals affected by public policy. Funds used to award this grant: Caroline Silverthau, Unrestricted
Columbus House, Inc. ($65,000) To support Recovery House, which provides up to 60 days of temporary housing for men
during the early stages of their substance abuse recovery. Funds used to award this grant: Clarence Doolittle, Caroline Silverthau, Dorothy M.
Mills, George Mixter
Community Mediation ($50,000) To implement the Immigration Dialogue-to-Action project, part of the Communities for Racial Equity Initiative. Funds used to award this grant: Unrestricted
Connecticut Association for the Performing Arts ($30,000) To expand its Pilobolus dance workshops in schools and to target 100 at-risk middle school boys with aMOVIN’2 after-school program. Funds used to award this grant: Arts
Connecticut Center for Child Development ($25,000) To support the construction of the Day Break Day Care Center facility inMilford, that
provides daycare services. Funds used to award this grant: Frank and Ross Gates, Lulu and William Jones, Unrestricted
Connecticut Foundation for Dental Outreach ($50,000) To support theMission ofMercy Project, a two-day dental outreach clinic at James
Hillhouse High School in April 2009. Funds used to award this grant: Critical Public Health, Health Services, Morris Wessel, Caroline Silverthau
Covenant to Care for Children ($37,500) To increase their three core programs which includes Adopt a Social Worker, Critical Goods and Mom Mentor and Me in Greater New Haven. Funds used to award this grant: Frank and Ross Gates, Estelle A. Johnson
Creative Arts Workshop ($25,000) To partially increase theWorkshop’s capacity to address its facilities management. Funds used to award this grant: Arts
Derby Historical Society ($30,000) To help purchase the former Axon House and property, protecting access to DHS headquarters- the David Humphreys House. Funds used to award this grant: Frank and Ross Gates
Gaylord Hospital Health ($100,000) To support a new building that will house an additional 36 inpatient beds and provide for structural improvements to the gymnasium and radiology suite. Funds used to award this grant: Anne Hope Bennett,Allen and Liza Carroll, Ruth A.
Meier
Good Shepherd Day Care Center ($60,000) To support infant and toddler staff to provide increased services at the newly built center
in Milford. Funds used to award this grant: Unrestricted
Greater New Haven Community Loan Fund Regional ($45,000) To provide technical assistance to community-based, non-profit organizations. Funds used to award this grant: Frank and Ross Gates
Greater New Haven NAACP ($104,000) To conduct an organizational assessment, and design and implement a business plan that will move the organization from all volunteers to a professional staff. Funds used to award this grant: Frank and Ross Gates
Guilford Center for Children ($40,000) To support the construction and renovation of new space to house the Guilford Center for Children at Woodruff Farm which will maintain the existing population as well as offer
spaces for more children. Funds used to award this grant: Unrestricted
International Festival of Arts & Ideas ($75,000) To support the Festival’s free community programs. Funds used to award this grant: Frank and Ross Gates, Arts
Junta for Progressive Action ($75,000) To build the organization’s capacity and improve its financial sustainability. Funds used to award this grant: Unrestricted
Long Wharf Theatre ($10,000) To support a youth theater program for O'Brien Vocational-Technical School in Ansonia. Funds used to award this grant: Frank and Ross Gates, Grace Ellen Treat
Music Haven, Inc ($20,000) To fund instrument lessons for youth, ages 6 to 17 years old, in the Hill, Dwight, Dixwell and Newhallville neighborhoods. Funds used to award this grant: Arts
Naugatuck Valley Project, Inc ($25,000) To support the Lower Naugatuck Valley Medical Interpretation Project, which helps
Limited English Proficient patients gain access to health care services. Funds used to award this grant: Frank and Ross Gates
New Haven Family Alliance ($80,000) To develop a business plan to enable The Male Involvement Network to increase and enhance services. Funds used to award this grant: Ellen D. Galpin, Grave Family, Sherry, Wilder Family, Unrestricted
New Haven Home Recovery ($60,000) To support the Rapid Exit Program that provides housing funds to the homeless to secure
rentals housing. Funds used to award this grant: Ophelia, Caroline Silverthau
New Haven Legal Assistance Assoc. Inc. ($150,000) To provide legal aid to immigrant families with special education needs children in the
Naugatuck Valley. Funds used to award this grant: Frank and Ross Gates
New Haven Reads ($65,000) To support a a Tutoring Program and purchase of equipment including a laptop computer for data collection purposes. Funds used to award this grant: Frank and Ross Gates, Unrestricted
New Haven Symphony Orchestra ($20,000) To support the Amistad Project, a one-time event that collaborates with Amistad Academy, the Amistad Committee and ship-keepers, the New Haven Historical Society,
CT Freedom Trail and the University of New Haven to provide a mentorship program where orchestra members work with Amistad Academy students. Funds used to award this grant: James W. Cooper, David T. Langrock Old Masters Art, Richard A. Rathbone Memorial, Arts
New Life Corporation ($75,000) To support its economic success programs. Funds used to award this grant: Unrestricted
Online Journalism Project Inc. ($75,000) To support the expansion of the New Haven Independent web newspaper from five to seven days a week, increase citizen interaction, and develop and implement a
sustainability plan. Funds used to award this grant: Unrestricted
‘r Kids, Inc. ($105,000) To expand its capacity through capital campaign development, facilities expansion and addition of a full continuum of permanency related services. Funds used to award this grant: Frank and Ross Gates, Unrestricted
Read to Grow ($40,000) To support the Books for Babies program, which partners with Yale-New Haven Hospital and Hospital of St. Raphael to promote family literacy. Funds used to award this grant: Frank and Ross Gates, Louis L. Hemingway
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic ($25,000) To support expanded educational outreach activities in Greater New Haven public schools to raise awareness of services available to persons with visual impairments or
other disabilities. Funds used to award this grant: Albert H. Barclay Sr., Jennie C. Bronson
SARAH, Inc. ($90,000) To support The KIDSTEPS Family and Children's Center, which provides therapeutic and learning experiences for infants/children with special needs. Funds used to award this grant: Jennie C. Bronson, Caroline C. Hall, Aspel and Seymour and Clara Gans Memorial, Albert Zunder
Schooner, Inc. ($25,000) To support a planning project to define the needs, available resources and options for expanding the educational uses of the Quinnipiack Schooner and LongWharf site. Funds used to award this grant: Frank and Ross Gates
SONCCA (Seymour/Oxford Nursery & Child Care Assoc. Inc.) ($21,544) To support start-up costs for a new before- and after-school program for 40 kindergartners. Funds used to award this grant: Frank and Ross Gates,McNerney Witek Family
Student Parenting and Family Services, Inc. ($20,000) To support the FatherCare Project which provides services for adolescent fathers attending public school in New Haven who are involved or plan to be involved in their children's lives. Funds used to award this grant: Health Services, Unrestricted
The Children's Community Programs of CT, Inc. ($55,000) To serve adolescents involved with the U.S. Attorney’s Office youthful offenders'
project. Funds used to award this grant: Unrestricted
True Colors, Inc. SexualMinority Youth and Family Services of CT ($10,000) To support a mentoring program that fosters an environment of acceptance of all sexual orientations and gender identities. Funds used to award this grant: Unrestricted
Valley United Way o/b/o Valley Parish Nurse Program ($30,000)
To support the Family and Friends CPR Anytime program, which provides effective CPR training to laypersons. Funds would be used to purchase 1,500 CPR Anytime kits. Funds used to award this grant: Frank and Ross Gates
Visiting Nurse Association of South Central CT ($165,000) To address the issues of health literacy and fall prevention and improve ongoingwellness and chronic care maintenance for the elderly population. Funds used to award this grant: Jennie C. Bronson, Hoblitzelle Family III
Yale-New Haven Hospital ($150,000) To support Smilow Cancer Hospital to expand services as a state of the art cancer care facility for Greater New Haven residents. Funds used to award this grant: Margaret M. Amrich, Josephine Burgess, John A. and Edna M. DeLeon, Frank and Ross Gates, Nathan and Ellen Holbrook, Helen Leyerzapf, Nellie Ward, Alexander Whitton
New Haven Neighborhood Small Grants
Cedar Hill Neighborhood Association ($800.00) To support the implementation of a neighborhood Clean-up and other community events.
Hill City Point Neighborhood Action Group-Third Street ($2,095.00) To support the Annual City Point Lighting Celebration.
Bristol Street Blockwatch #612 ($800.00) To support the implementation of an Annual Summer Community Outing to take place in
August 2008.
Chapelseed Community Garden ($1,250.00) To support a Neighborhood Picnic and Arts Festival.
SoHu Blockwatch ($800.00) To support an annual community Blockwatch Party.
Friends of Edgewood Park ($1,000.00) To support the implementation of a Farmer'sMarket and community event in conjunction with New Haven Department of Parks, Recreation & Trees.
Atwater Street Blockwatch ($1,500.00) To support the organizing and convening of a July Block Party.
Chatham Square Neighborhood Association ($800.00) To support the promotion of youth soccer games in partnership with the Jeremiah
Project. Activities include weekly soccer games and a small cook-out after each game to foster socialization.
Chatham Square Neighborhood Association ($1,500.00) To support Community Summer Movie Nights.
Chatham Square Neighborhood Association ($800.00) To support the convening of a Latino Community Event to include music, dance
lessons, and other family activities.
Friends of Chatham Square Community Greenspace Group ($1,000.00) To support the establishment of Art Walkway Monument Sculpture on Front Street.
Grand Acres Community Garden ($300.00) To support the convening of a Neighborhood Party in early July.
St. Rose of Lima Church - Project 10:10 ($775.00) To support a field trip to Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Ct.
Friends of Fairmont Park ($2,000.00) To support three community events. These events include a fence raising, water installation, and a butterfly tea party.
Adeline Art Forre ($600.00) To support an art display created by young neighborhood artists.
Goodwin-Levine Adult Day Care Center ($1,760.00) To support a revitalization and beautification project at the on-site courtyard of the Adult Day Health Center.
Hill Neighborhood Forum ($2,241.00) To support two community involvement events: a Tree Scanning & Planting Kick-off and an Information Hub Kick-off. Both events will take place at the Hill Library.
Hill Youth Action Team/The Consultation Center ($2,000.00) To support youth enrichment and leadership development activities for youth in the Hill community. Activities will include a field day, field trips, and a college tour.
Tower One/Tower East Resident Association ($2,930.00) To support the Intergenerational Community Activities put on in partnership by Tower One/Tower East and the John C. Daniels School.
Newhallville Blockwatch #692 ($800.00) To support the convening of a Community Gathering.
Friends of the New Haven Animal Shelter ($1,500.00) To support the Pit-bull Awareness Day.
Ivy Narrow Bird Sanctuary ($3,000.00) To support the completion of a back fence.
River Batter Terrace Block Watch #342 ($800.00) To support the planning and implementation of a block party.
West River Neighborhood Service Corporation ($2,000.00) To support two activities on the International Day of Prayer: an essay contest for Middle School students an a day of prayer and celebration at the New Haven International Peace Garden.
Katherine Brennan PTO ($1,000.00) To support the implementation of a Summer Youth Program.
Soul-o-ettes Drill Team ($1,400.00) To support the purchase of 20 uniforms for girls of low-income households.
New Haven SoapBox Derby Racing ($2,250.00) To support the New Haven SoapBox Derby Race activities.
Orchard Street Blockwatch #638 ($1,200.00) To support the convening of "Make A Difference Day on October 25, 2008." Activities include feeding hot meals to the public and the homeless.
PACK Community Messengers ($1,000.00) To support covering costs associated with the convening of monthly Community Messenger Meetings.
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program ($3,000.00) To support making hatsmittens, afghans for children foster care.
Rite-Way for Kids ($800.00) To support community and youth activities to include field trips, a Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner.
Westville Village Renaissance Alliance ($1,500.00) To support the expansion of the annual communitymusic and movie series.
Aspirations for Higher Learning Pre-Collegiate Institute ($3,000.00) To support a college tour to Washinton D.C. for New Haven high school students.
CBA (Christian Basketball Association) ($800.00) To support teen activities including a teen conference, Back to School Festival, and field trips to a UCONN (in-state) game and to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Create A Comic ($1,400.00) Project To support the Create a Comic Project.
Dixwell Management Team, Blockwatches 612 & 638 and Dickerman Street BW ($1,200.00) To support the convening of a Community
Fishing Derby Day in honor of Edward Benjamin Grant.
Elm Shakespeare Company ($1,500.00) To support the Free Shakespeare in the Park and The Elm Scholar Program.
Farnam Courts Tenants Association ($690.00) To support the implementation of two summer Community Day events in Partnership with LEAP.
Focus on Children ($500.00) To support weeklymentoring & tutoring services for youth at risk.
Higher Heights Youth Empowerment Programs, Inc. ($2,000.00) To support Youth Ambassadors for Higher
Heights YEP, Inc.
Jeremiah Project ($1,550.00) To support the implementation of a Citywide Youth Sports Program.
New Haven Folk, Inc. ($2,250.00) To support free Family Concerts and workshops on Sunday, September, 14, 2008.
New Haven Youth Soccer ($1,500.00) To support an inner city Saturday morning soccer program.
Voice of Change ($800.00) To support a community cook-out and Fair.
Waverly Community Services ($1,200.00) To support a community cookout, field trips, and youth activities in the Dwight neighborhood.
Young Designers Youth Service Inc. ($3,000.00) To support Crafts on the Block program. Crafts on the Block is a mobile arts unit that travels to 10 Empowerment Zone substations for six weeks during the summer to offer arts and craft activities for children.
Quinnipiac River Fund Grants
Catalyst Studios ($3,500) To cover the costs of aerial shots for the Consider the Quinnipiac Campaign. Aerial photographs will provide visual documentation and access to areas not readily seen from land level. Fundingwill also be used for a photo exhibit grand opening, expansion of
photo documentation time, and photo stories.
Fair Haven Housing Initiative/Grand News ($3,000) To support the publishing of six in-depth stories including 240 photographs about the
Quinnipiac River and its surrounding environment.
New Haven Land Trust ($5,000) To support the convening of a Bio Blitz on August 22nd to provide a list of species found in the preserve during one 24-hour period.
North Haven Trail Association ($5,000) To design and order letterhead, envelopes, postcards, postage and produce mapping for the trail.
Elm City Park Conservancy ($6,200) To support the evaluation for feasibility of re-use of the New Haven landfill, pollution, access, energy, and sustainable planting.
Connecticut Northeast Organic Farmers Association ($6,530) To support the implementation of intensive workshops to teach 100 Connecticut school groundskeepers how to manage fields without the use of harmful pesticides.
Schooner, Inc. ($7,160) To collect water quality data to study the ecology of the Quinnipiac River and the New Haven Harbor and provide public education about the river.
Yale University - Grant & Contract Administration ($8,260) To support the continuation of short courses concerning river processes to local members of the conservation/inland wetland commissions and environmental activists.
Land Use Leadership Alliance (LULA) ($15,000) To support the implementation of a four-day training program to educate land use
leaders.
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association ($20,000) To support the implementation of landowner and youth education about reducing nonpoint pollution.
Watershed Partnership, Inc. ($20,000) To continue support for the Safe Grounds Campaign to reduce non-point source pollution from lawn pesticides and synthetic fertilizers.
Scholarship Grants
Kristen Norris Ansonia ($1,300) Minnie Tolles Scholarship
Caitlin Malloy Ansonia ($384) The Maureen, Megan and Katey Ryan Fund
Brian Talbot Ansonia ($500) The Michael Adanti Community Fund
Ariane DaSilva Branford ($4,833.33) John J. Opalinski, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund
Ms. Kirsten J. Fuchs Branford ($1,500) The H. Pearce Family Scholarship Fund
Vanessa Baez Clinton ($650) NewAlliance Bank Richard S. Dart
Constance O'Brien Clinton ($500) Paul Millette Memorial Scholarship
Vanessa Baez Clinton ($500) Paul Millette Memorial Scholarship
Kimberly Rogers Derby ($1,766.66) Norma Botti Scholarship Fund
Nicholas Jones Derby ($1,766.66) Norma Botti Scholarship Fund
Rebecca Troop Derby ($1,766.66) Norma Botti Scholarship Fund
Tierra N. Williams-Ranciato East Haven ($500) NewAlliance Bank Education Fund
Ryan Brockett Guilford ($2,000) David M. Ciardiello
Marcus Parsay Guilford ($1,700) Edward L. Peters Memorial Scholarship Fund
Charles Irwin Guilford ($3,300) The Julia B. DeCapua
David Johnson Hamden ($2,450) John A. & Edna M. DeLeon
Henry McKinney Hamden ($2,450) John A. & Edna M. DeLeon
Kathryn Grava Hamden ($2,450) John A. & Edna M. DeLeon
Nao Ohdera Hamden ($2,450) John A. & Edna M. DeLeon
Matthew Cavanaugh Hamden ($315) NewAlliance Bank William G. McDonald Jr. Fund
Jonathan Irizarry Hamden ($650) NewAlliance Bank Willie Spence
William B. Piekos Hamden ($1,500) The H. Pearce Family Scholarship Fund
Cara DiNicola Hamden ($1,100) The Julia B. DeCapua
Elizabeth Carroll Hamden ($1,100) The Julia B. DeCapua
Nicole Mester Hamden ($1,100) The Julia B. DeCapua
Christopher Scandone Hamden ($500) The Michael Adanti Community Fund
Andrea Goulet Hamden ($2,200) Zarou Manoukian Elliot Scholarship
Henry McKinney Hamden ($2,200) Zarou Manoukian Elliot Scholarship
Kate Kantrow Hamden ($2,200) Zarou Manoukian Elliot Scholarship
Katherine Berlepsch Hamden ($2,200) Zarou Manoukian Elliot Scholarship
Robert Pascoella Hamden ($2,200) Zarou Manoukian Elliot Scholarship
Amara A. Mastronardi Madison ($859) The H. Pearce Family Scholarship Fund
Jeffrey Nelson, Jr. New Haven ($2,500) Charles L. Terrell/New Haven Savings Bank Scholarship
Curlishia Gibbs New Haven ($475) Deborah Highsmith Memorial
Penelope Saldivar New Haven ($475) Deborah Highsmith Memorial
Nkemdilim Chineye Anako New Haven ($2,350) Dr. Tammis Sholin Miller Scholarship Fund
Caroline N. Salgado New Haven ($500) George Bysiewicz Scholarship Fund
Cory Bidon New Haven ($500) George Bysiewicz Scholarship Fund
Dangerlee Arnett New Haven ($577) Hillhouse Alumni Scholarship Fund
Jewel Walters New Haven ($577) Hillhouse Alumni Scholarship Fund
Leshawna Murrell New Haven ($550) Hillhouse Alumni Scholarship Fund
Indira Galan New Haven ($4,833.33) John J. Opalinski, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund
Aurora Wright New Haven ($1,000) John S. Martinez Family Scholarship Fund
Jermaine Williams New Haven ($1,000) John S. Martinez Family Scholarship Fund
Paul Corona New Haven ($885) Marvin Lender Scholarship Fund
Danzerlee Arnett New Haven ($550) Mary Pryde Scholarship Fund
Jacqueline Blake New Haven ($550) Mary Pryde Scholarship Fund
Shaniquia Burgess New Haven ($550) Mary Pryde Scholarship Fund
Ann Marie Clarke New Haven ($550) Mary Pryde Scholarship Fund
Irma Delacruz New Haven ($550) Mary Pryde Scholarship Fund
Lilliam Delacruz New Haven ($550) Mary Pryde Scholarship Fund
Pershion Edmundson New Haven ($550) Mary Pryde Scholarship Fund
Theresa Galberth New Haven ($550) Mary Pryde Scholarship Fund
Nadege Joseph New Haven ($550) Mary Pryde Scholarship Fund
Kimberly Javers New Haven ($550) Mary Pryde Scholarship Fund
Ashley Long New Haven ($550) Mary Pryde Scholarship Fund
Tawana McClure New Haven ($550) Mary Pryde Scholarship Fund
Rayneshia Myers New Haven ($550) Mary Pryde Scholarship Fund
Ta'Lana Sabbakhan New Haven ($550) Mary Pryde Scholarship Fund
Chynna Sells New Haven ($550) Mary Pryde Scholarship Fund
Yolanda Sinclair New Haven ($550) Mary Pryde Scholarship Fund
Ashei Streater New Haven ($550) Mary Pryde Scholarship Fund
Jewel Walters New Haven ($550) Mary Pryde Scholarship Fund
Bonnie Watters New Haven ($550) Mary Pryde Scholarship Fund
Ashley Johnson New Haven ($550) Mary Pryde Scholarship Fund
Toddchelle Young New Haven ($1,782) Murtha Cullina LLP Scholarship Fund
Aaliyah L. Scott New Haven ($500) NewAlliance Bank Education Fund
Angeliz Gonzalez New Haven ($400) NewAlliance Bank Education Fund
Anisa J. Williams-Ranciato New Haven ($500) NewAlliance Bank Education Fund
Anthony Graham Campbell New Haven ($500) NewAlliance Bank Education Fund
Daniel M. MccCarthy New Haven ($500) NewAlliance Bank Education Fund
Daviann Cisneros-Rosario New Haven ($442) NewAlliance Bank Education Fund
Destiny L. Vargas New Haven ($500) NewAlliance Bank Education Fund
Kassandra M. Menelas New Haven ($500) NewAlliance Bank Education Fund
Kelly M. Gonzalez New Haven ($500) NewAlliance Bank Education Fund
Kyle A. McCarthy New Haven ($500) NewAlliance Bank Education Fund
Layesvka S. Mejia New Haven ($400) NewAlliance Bank Education Fund
Matthew L. Menelas New Haven ($500) NewAlliance Bank Education Fund
Melanie D. Vazquez New Haven ($500) NewAlliance Bank Education Fund
Miss. Jasmine D. Santiago New Haven ($500) NewAlliance Bank Education Fund
Mr. Ernie G. Santiago New Haven ($500) NewAlliance Bank Education Fund
Ms. Jocelyn M. Thigpen New Haven ($500) NewAlliance Bank Education Fund
Nia D. Jones New Haven ($1,000) NewAlliance Bank Education Fund
Peter Gorczynska New Haven ($500) NewAlliance Bank Education Fund
Roberto Vargas Jr. New Haven ($500) NewAlliance Bank Education Fund
Sanderson Campbell New Haven ($500) NewAlliance Bank Education Fund
Sharmaine R. Donaldson New Haven ($1,000) NewAlliance Bank Education Fund
Syntish Kabongo New Haven ($1,000) NewAlliance Bank Education Fund
Theresa Erickson New Haven ($400) NewAlliance Bank Education Fund
Maricela Echevarria New Haven ($1,850) The Julia B. DeCapua
Courtney Staggers New Haven ($3,666) Zarou Manoukian Elliot Scholarship
Shane Magazine New Haven ($3,666) Zarou Manoukian Elliot Scholarship
Talana Sabbakhan New Haven ($3,666) Zarou Manoukian Elliot Scholarship
Jillian Sara Zabrocky North Haven ($1,450) Elizabeth Doyle Memorial Scholarship
Lawrence M. Fabianski Jr. North Haven ($2,000) Elizabeth Doyle Memorial Scholarship
Samantha Lynn Iadoroia North Haven ($1,450) Elizabeth Doyle Memorial Scholarship
Jackie Ladutko North Haven ($1,500) Raymond Brown Citizenship Award
Kayla Bonczek North Haven ($1,500) Raymond Brown Citizenship Award
Clara Ren North Haven ($750) Rebecca Satterlee Robbins Scholarship
Mairead W. Smith North Haven ($2,000) The H. Pearce Family Scholarship Fund
Ms. Bridget B. Smith North Haven ($2,000) The H. Pearce Family Scholarship Fund
Kara Baldwin Seymour ($2,100) Babette Rogol Scholarship
Samantha Wilson Seymour ($3,000) Mildred E. Neumann
Gregory Prior Shelton ($1,350) Gerald B. Bogen Scholarship
Jennifer DeLeon Shelton ($1,350) Gerald B. Bogen Scholarship
Lindsay Hubbell Shelton ($1,650) Herman Glazer
Michael C. Yi Shelton ($1,650) Herman Glazer
Christina Fontana Shelton ($1,650) The Julia B. DeCapua
Lindsay Papsin Shelton ($1,650) The Julia B. DeCapua
Ashley Bresnahan Trumbull ($1,000) Patricia M. Kondrath Scholarship
Bryan Sidwell Wallingford ($2,800) Lisl Karen Streett
John Boyd Wallingford ($2,800) Lisl Karen Streett
Mary Hinman Wallingford ($2,800) Lisl Karen Streett
Rukshana Chowdhury Wallingford ($2,800) Lisl Karen Streett
Rukshana Chowdhury Wallingford ($1,000) Ruth and Sherman Zudekoff Scholarship Fund
Djeniffer Melo West Haven ($300) David Doolittle
Raymond M. Ford West Haven ($4,833.33) John J. Opalinski, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund
Djeniffer Melo West Haven ($650) NewAlliance Bank Lillian Celone
Areeba Zahid West Haven ($500) The Michael Adanti Community Fund
Valley Neighborhood Small Grants
Annual Thanksgiving Basket Committee ($3,000) To support the organization and distribution of 50 Thanksgiving Food Baskets to needy families in Ansonia and through-out the Lower Naugatuck Valley.
Ansonia Garden Club ($1,000) To continue a Downtown Ansonia Beautification Project. Grant funds will used to purchase 2 wooden benches, 2 trash recept acles, plants, flowers, and other seasonal plants.
Harvest Festival Committee/City of Ansonia ($2,000) To convene the 2008 Annual Ansonia Harvest Festival.
Mead School History Club ($2,000) To support the reproduction and distribution of two historical, teacher created resource books about Ansonia's history for student use.
Riverside Tenants' Association ($3,000) To continue to support the implementation of summer recreational activities for children who live in the Riverside Apartment complex. Activities will take place at the Tinney Center and will include computer and cooking classes, Arts & Crafts, and
two field trips.
Ansonia Summer Youth Theater Club ($2,513) To continue to support summer theatre activities for Ansonia youth. Grant funds will be used to cover admission fees and transport ation costs.
Sew Unique ($1,500) To support the planning and implementation of sewing lessons for children age 8 and under. Grant funds will be used to pay for sewing machines, ironing boards, adjustable tables, fabric, sewing
supplies, and the cost of postage, and machine maintenance and repair.
Bridge Ministry ($1,400) To support a Back To School Rally and Community Cook-out in August at the Tinney Center in Ansonia.
Grant funds will be used to purchase school supplies, refreshments, and awards.
Summer Reading Book Club ($1,400) To support the continuation of a Youth Summer Reading Program at Ansonia Public Library.
Big Brothers/Big Sisters ($1,210) To continue activities for 25 Prendergast Elementary School students and 25 Ansonia High School students. Activities include participation in art projects, games, exercise, and on-site workshops.
Ansonia High School Human Relations Club ($2,250) To support a Diversity Awareness Program for the Teachers' Professional Development Day on August 27, 2008.
Ansonia High School PTSO ($1,000) To support the convening of a May Post Prom event for Ansonia High School students.
Feed My Neighbor Committee ($1,200) To support monthly dinners for the community and convene workshops for the residents of Caroline
Street in Derby.
Derby Cultural Commission ($2,000) To support the annual "Derby Day" community events.
Friends of the Derby Public Library ($1,500) To purchase two automated external defibrillators for the Derby Public Library. Grants funds will also be used to train staff and purchase CPR anytime kits.
Back To The Bible Community Youth Center ($2,000) To support the implementation of educational, cultural, and recreational youth activities for youth of low-income households in Ansonia and Derby.
Boy Scout Troop 3 Derby ($1,500) To support a sailing excursion on Long Island Sound on board the Schooner Quinnipiac. This activity will
serve to prepare the scouts for the week-long August Schooner, Inc. sailing trip to the Florida Keys.
Oxford High School Booster Club, Inc. ($2,000) To support the convening ofOxford Day community events.
Oxford Historical Society, Inc. ($1,495) To support the celebration of the opening of the Twitchell Rowland Homestead Museum in Oxford. Activities will include a series of six programs emphasizing local history.
Youth Conservation Corps ($2,000) To support an intergenerational horticulture program.
Junior Friends of the Library (Oxford) ($1,155) To support the implementation of an eight-week summer program for teens.
Junior Friends of the Library (Oxford) ($240.95) To support the implementation of creating short video based on the Reading Rainbow format.
SONCCA (Seymour/Oxford Nursery & Child Care Assoc. Inc.) ($1,000) To support the 2008 Seymour Annual Pumpkin Festival.
Seymour Community Policing Division (Seymour Police Dept.) ($318.60) To purchase 100 Anti-Smoking Back-Sacks to distribute to youth at Seymour's 1st Annual Safety Day.
Seymour Community Policing Division (Seymour Police Dept.) ($320) To purchase 1000 Glow Sticks for residents of the elderly housing complexes in Seymour.The glow sticks will be used instead of candles in the event of power outages.
Seymour High School - Student Class of 2009 ($900) To support the convening of the "Hard Truth" and "Take a Stand" Teen Drunk Driving Awareness programs for Seymour High School students. These
activities will be sponsored in collaboration with Gri ffin Hospital and Valley Substance Abuse Action Council.
Howe Avenue Residential Supervised Housing ($900) To support the implementation of a beautification project for residents of an assisted living housing complex. Grant funds will be used to purchase
equipment to repave driveway, paint porches, and planting garden beds.
Shelton Historical Society ($1,500) To purchase heavy duty industrial shelving to replace the existing damaged and rusting shelving. This shelving will be used for proper storage of Shelton's historical artifacts and treasures.
Diocese of Bridgeport Deaf Ministry ($1,600) To support the development of an online deaf ministry that will do referrals to support groups for the hearing impaired. Grant funds will be used to pay for closed-caption software and cover the cost of internet access.
Peace Pals ($2,500) To support the Peace Pal program in Shelton for children ages 5-15. Youth will meet monthly to discuss a different kind of peace (world peace, peace in the community, peace at home and peace in one's self).
St. Joseph Junior Youth Group ($1,500) To support the organization and implementation of a youth theatrical production entitled "The Spider and the Fly."
Youth Anime Club ($1,042) To support the planning and implementation of Youth Japanese/Asian Culture activities at the Huntington Public Library.
Booth Hill School PTA ($1,000) To support theChampionship for the Literary Jeopardy Games for 5th and 6th graders at Booth Hill School in Shelton.
The Science Club ($300) To support the organizing and convening of a youth Science Fair.
Sutter-Terlizzi Post 16 American Legion ($1,500) To support sending Valley boys to the annual Boys State Conference June 22-27th at Eastern CT State University inWillimantic, CT. Grant funds will used to cover costs ($230 each) for sending 10 boys to the conference.
Steve & Hunter Yocum (Father & Son) ($300) To support a father & son team to expand and add an addition to a garden area in Shelton.
Valley NAACP Health Committee ($3,000) To support the organizing and convening of the Valley's 4th Annual Health, Wellness, and Safety Day. Activities will include health screenings, the Child Identification Program (CHIP), a car seat clinic, a dental display and many other important safety activities.
Community Women & Heart Disease Committee ($1,500) To support the 4th AnnualWomen and Heart Disease Program. Activities include ameal, educational resource health information, and a guest speaker.
St. Joseph Parish Nurse Program ($1,500) To support the convening of five health awareness "Lunch and Learn" sessions.
Valley Parish Nurse Program ($1,500) To support the convening of the 7th Annual Valley community-wide Children's Health & Safety Fair.
Valley Parish Nurse Program ($1,500) To support the implementation of the 2009 Drug, Alcohol, & Smoking Prevention Calendar Project.
Humphreys House Junior Docents ($1,500) To support theColonial & Victorian Era Docent Program.
Valley Historical Research Committee ($1,000) To support the development, printing, and distribution of the Ambassador Ebenezer Bassett Black History Booklet. This booklet will be used as an educational resource for Valley children and teachers.
Valley Philanthropy Council ($1,500) To support fund-raising for several community events.
Ansonia Rescue Medical Services ($1,800) To continue to support the offering of six community CPR trainings for residents of Ansonia and surrounding towns. These six trainings will be offered free of charge or at a reduced price for Valley residents.
Howe Avenue Residential Supervised Housing ($1,350) To assist with the refurbishing of the community room.
Seymour Land Conservation Trust, Inc. ($2,421) To support the installation of a ninety foot wheelchair accessible sidewalk in Veterans Park.
Volunteer Action Center at Valley United Way ($1,500) To market the Career Connections website which gives high school students information about careers, colleges and vocational training.
Alumni Association-LNV Boys & Girls Club ($2,000) To support the Annual Girls Night Out event for girls and their mothers or any other female family member or role model. Festivities, which are free to the public, include guest speakers, dinner, games, workshops, discussion groups focusing on women issues.
Oxford Cultural Arts Commission ($1,500) To support the convening of three youth oriented programs. These activities will include a play, an international music program, and a hands-on instrument learning session.
Cub Scout Pack 3 ($1,250) To purchase recreational game equipment and supplies for weekly activity meetings.
Youth Crochet Program ($1,000) To support teaching children how to crochet, knit, and do needlepoint.
Venture Crew #1762 ($890) To support a history field trip to Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Table Tennis Program ($750) To support the implementation of a youth table tennis program for children.
Derby Neck Needlers ($596.28) To support the implementation of intergenerational activities with senior citizens and teens.
Chess Club ($300) To support teaching youth how to play chess.
Valley YMCA Sprinters Parents Association ($3,000) To complete the purchasing and installation of an Electronic Timing System for the swim team.
Youth 2 Youth Peer Advocates ($3,000) To support sending Valley students to the Youth 2 Youth National Conference.
Omicron Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International ($1,500) To pay the tuition of five girls from Valley schools to the Annual Laurel Girls State Conference at Eastern Connecticut State University.
Youth 2 Youth Peer Advocates ($1,000) To conduct a conference for youth in the Lower Naugatuck Valley. Conference activities will include
workshops and motivational guest speakers focusing on comprehensive topics of drug-education, personal
growth, decision making skills, and environmental change.
Torch Club ($800) To support the continuation of a youth gardening project in Shelton.
Community Fund for Women & Girls Grants
Valley Parish Nurse Program ($10,000) To provide a program that teaches three generations of women healthy eating habits to prevent life-threatening health issues like hypertension, diabetes, obesity and heart
disease. The program will impact 60 participants over a 15 month period and consist of discussions, demonstrations and hands-on activities.
Coordinating Council for Children in Crisis ($5,000) To support the Child Empowerment Group that helps youngsters who have witnessed
domestic violence cope with current or past trauma. The program will serve 39 youngsters (at least 90% female) ages 6-11 years of age over twelve weeks and foster personal growth and well-being.
Connecticut Pre-Engineering Program ($5,000) To support the A Face Like Mine program, a gender diversity project designed to increase
female participation, interest and achievement in male-dominated academic subjects such as science, technology, engineering and math. The project will focus on 50 girls in grades 5-7 at three New Haven Public Schools and their teachers.
Easter Seals Goodwill Industries Rehabilitation Center, Inc. ($5,000) To support the implementation of the Women Reaching for Success project, which will provide gender-responsive services to 15 – 20 women who have previously been incarcerated and are now re-entering the community. The program will teach these women to advocate for themselves and their families, provide opportunities to increase their participation in positive family- and community-related activities and create mechanisms that will strengthen their capacity to earn a higher wage.
Academy of Our Lady of Mercy - Lauralton Hall ($3,000) To provide a Summer Academy which will include supplemental educational, social and
life-enriching experiences during the summer months for 40 inner-city girls entering the 7th and 8th grades.
All Our Kin ($3,600) To support the creation of six Toolkit Boxes which will help 20 women to become licensed family child-care providers. Each box contains the necessary paperwork for each step towards licensure, health, safety and educational supplies and vouchers for necessary CPR and first aid training.
Literacy Volunteers of Greater New Haven ($3,500) To support a literacy project aimed at helping 10 Latino women participants move to a
higher level of literacy programming so that they can give be better parents, employees and members of their community.
Mutual Housing Assoc. of South Central CT ($3,500) To support the creation of Girl-z Talk, a self help group for approximately 66 young
women and neighborhood women at the Learning Center in Fair Haven. The purpose is to provide a forum for Mutual Housing Association and Fair Haven community residents to discuss issues and concerns that affect their quality of life or positive personal development.
New Haven Home Recovery ($3,500) To support 10 girls ages 6-14 from the homeless shelter to attend a 5 day summer camp through the Schooner Summer Education Program or the Peabody Museum Camp.
Parent Child Resource Ctr Inc. ($795) To support training of a clinician in the Bright Beginnings Program at the Ackerman Institute. The Bright Beginnings program is designed to teach at-risk moms the skills they
need to effectively care for and nurture their babies and young children. In turn, the trained clinician will take the knowledge gained in the workshop and deliver services in accord with the design of the Bright Beginnings to young mothers and their babies involved with the Young Adult Services. Initially 5-12 young women will benefit and it will expand to the Moms Group at Youth Adult Services.
Schooner, Inc ($3,000) To support implementation of the G.I.R.L.S. project for 25 middle schools girls in grades 6-8 for a three day adventure in August 2007. This three day adventure will provide leadership opportunity for young girls, non traditional, hands-on marine science activities and learn in a safe but exciting environment.
Soul-o-ettes Drill Team ($2,000) To support the Soul-o-ettes, a drill team and mentoring project for African American and Latino girls ages 4-19. The Team promotes skill acquisition as well as self-esteem and
academic achievement. It will learn drill routines, compete, and perform at a competition in Louisville, Kentucky.
Young Parent Program of Milford, Inc. ($2,100) To support an Outreach Facilitator to expand a pregnancy prevention program in the
community. The facilitator’s role will be to collaborate with health educators and nurses in the Milford school system and teach pregnancy prevention through health classes.
Special Grant
Women and Family Life Center ($10,000) To support strategic planning activities of the Center in memory of Valerie Minter.
Community Gardens and Greenspace Grants
Beaver Hills:
Carmel Street Garden
Ellsworth Avenue Group Home
Dixwell:
Mansfield Garden
Winchester Garden
Dwight:
Aids Interfaith
Crawford Manor
New Teen Warriors
Dwight/West River:
Chapelseed
Youth Center for Change
East Rock:
Cedar Hill Apartments
Goatville Garden
The First Unitarian Universalist Society of New Haven & Bioregional
Group
East Shore:
Fairmont Heights
Fair Haven:
ABC Children’s Garden
English Street Garden
Farnum Nursery School
Grand Acres
Junta
Ruoppolo Manor
St. Rose Parish
Stallworth Garden
Fair Haven Heights:
Bella Vista
Friends of Fairmont Park
Hill:
Amistad Catholic Worker
Ann Street Garden
Casa Linda
Casa Otonal
Davenport Garden
Greenwood Garden
Martin Luther King Peace Garden
Redfield Street
Stevens Street I
Stevens Street II
Valentina Macri
Newhallville
226 Starr Street Garden Group
242 Starr Street Group
Bassett Street-Blockwatch # 672
281 Newhall Street/49 Bassett Street
Community Health Food Garden (Pal's Daycare)
Constance Baker Motley
Ivy Street-Blockwatch # 627
The Green Garden of Hazel Street
West Rock:
Abraham Ribicoff
McConaughy Terrace
Westville Manor Tenants Association
Westville:
Friends of Edgewood Park & Gardeners from Alden Avenue
Wooster Square:
William Street Garden
Beaver Hills:
Friends of Beaver Hills
Friends of New Haven Animal Shelter
Dixwell:
Blockwatch #612
Dixwell Enterprise Community/Management Team
Dwight:
Dwight Park
Beers Street
West River Association
Waverly
East Rock:
New Haven Dog Park Association
Wilbur Cross High School Community Service
Bradley Street Tree Planters
Bishop Street Planters
Mechanic Street Mavens
Goat Ville Garden
Ridge Street Residents/Cedar Hill Blockwatch
East Rock Park on Nash
East Shore:
Fairmont Ave Neighbors
Edgewood:
East Edge
Fair Haven:
River View Blockwatch
Farnum Neighborhood House
Neighbors Unite
Pine and Front and Chatham Square
Saltonstall and Lloyd
Lloyd & Wolcott Neighborhood Group
Atwater & Pine
Hill:
Arch Street Group
Button Street Group
Daggett St. Group
Hill – City Point:
Friends of Oyster Point
Greenwich Green Team / Hallock Street
Mill River:
Jocelyn Square
Newhallville:
West Hazel Blockwatch
Ivy Narrow Bird Sanctuary
Newhall Street Group
Shepard Street Park
Watson and Bassett Gardening Group
West Rock:
Springside Ave Community
Crossroads
Rock Creek Gardeners
Westville:
Blockwatch #303
Wooster Square:
Historic Wooster Square Association, Inc.
Friends of Lenzi Park/Hughes Place
Responsive New Grants
Arts & Community Development
Area Cooperative Education Services (ACES) ($75,000 for two years) To support the renovation and expansion of the Little Theatre on Lincoln Street for the benefit of students and staff at ACES ECA and the broader arts and cultural community.
Arts Council of Greater New Haven ($50,000 for three years) To strengthen and expand its arts marketingcapacity to implement an audience development strategy.
CitySeed, Inc. ($50,000.00 over three years) To support theMobile Farmers Market, an innovative program that brings fresh produce to neighborhoods without current FarmersMarket sites.
Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce ($5,000 for one year) To support the Valley National Heritage Area Steering Committee’s effort to secure Congressional designation of the Lower Naugatuck Valley as a NationalHeritage Area through the National Park Service (NPS).
International Festival of Arts & Ideas ($60,000 for one year) To support cross-cultural dialogue and increase civic engagement in the 2008 Festival.
Third Sector New England for benefit of Teach Our Children ($70,000 over two years) To support operatingcosts to strengthen local education organizing.
New Haven Chorale ($30,000 for three years) To implement the Fund Development Program.
New Haven Preservation Trust ($30,000 over two years) To cover operating costs, increase membership and outreach, and overhaul website.
Shoreline Arts Alliance ($45,000 over three years) To support the hiringof a part-timeDevelopment Director to assist the Executive Director with fundraising and design, and implement and integrate an asset development program.
Yale-New Haven Hospital ($10,000 for two years) To continue the digital storytelling program and expand the use of video as a vehicle to
strengthen the sense of community, amongchronically ill teens and then among these teens and healthy peers.
Environment
Neighborhood Housing Services ofNew Haven ($48,000 for three years) To develop aHome Improvement and Energy Conservation Laboratory.
New Haven Ecology Project ($70,000 for two years) To hire an Assistant Director for Development and Constituency Building to sustain
current program growth and quality.
Watershed Partnership, Inc. ($45,000 for three years) To continue the SafeGrounds Campaign, aimed at eliminating toxic lawn pesticides from
school grounds, parks, athletic fields, and playgrounds in Greater New Haven.
Food & Shelter
Area Congregations Together, Inc. ($100,000 over two years) To complete the construction of the new Spooner House facility.
Columbus House ($13,291 for one year) To support the cost of replacing a hot water tank.
Community Action Agency (Community Fuel Bank) ($30,000 for one year) To support the Community Fuel Bank of Greater New Haven to assist at least 800 working poor and/or elderly households with energy assistance grants to prevent shut off throughout the year.
Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen ($20,000 for one year) To provide 50,000 free hot eveningmeals, 6,500 free baglunches, and 15,000 free food pantry bags to the homeless,working poor and underprivileged citizens and families of the Greater New Haven area.
FISH of Greater New Haven ($12,500 for one year) To continue direct homebound distribution of food to 20,000 individuals who are ill, aged, disabled (temporarily or long-term).
VNA Services ($45,000 for one year) To support the Phelps Community Project which provides financial assistance and health services to approximately 90 needy Hamden residents 60 years of age and older so that they may remain independent at home for as long as possible.
Health
ALSO-Cornerstone, Inc. ($30,000 over two years) To complete Stage 1 and begin Stage 2 of a technology upgrade process to provide
HIPAA-compliant, firewall-protected, centralized communications between six remote sites and a centralized server to meet client, staff, clinician and funder needs.
American Heart Association ($40,000 over two years) To support Search Your Heart year-round educational activities in 23 participating
African American churches in New Haven and the Valley.
American Lung Association of Connecticut ($30,000 for three years) To support The Breath Express program, a 34-foot education center on wheels that brings lung health education to schools and communities throughout the state.
Fair Haven Community Health Center ($40,000 for one year) To support a $1.8 million capital campaign to expand theCenter through construction of a new Health Education and Wellness Center.
Griffin Hospital ($80,000 for two years) To conduct a community-based intervention and research project aimed at Type 2 diabetes prevention in African Americans.
Helen Keller International ($150,000 for three years) To fund components of theChildSight program in New Haven.
New Haven Diaper Bank ($60,000 for three years) To expand diaper distribution services.
Prevent Blindness Tri-State ($26,000 for two years) To support the Healthy Eyes New Haven program,which will provide vision screenings
and parent education to approximately 1,500 children ages 3-5 in New Haven’s Head Start and School Readiness programs.
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic ($8,200 for one year) To support the recording of audio versions of books individuals who cannot effectively read standard print due to blindness, visual impairment, learning disabilities or other physical disabilities.
Saint Raphael Foundation ($150,000 for three years) To fund a portion of the $15million, 2nd Century of Caring Cancer capital campaign.
Student Parenting and Family Services, Inc. ($15,000 for one year) To support the hiringof a “FatherCare” case manager to provide services for adolescent fathers who are involved or plan to be involved in their children’s lives.
TEAM, Inc. ($100,000 for one year) To renovate the 2nd floor of their buildingfor an expanded Hill Health Center (HHC) dental clinic and private psychotherapy rooms forthe Parent Child Resource Center (PCRC).
Yale Child Study Center ($20,000 for one year) To fund the acute response and follow-up services of the Child Development – Community Policing (CD-CP) program.
Yale-New Haven Hospital ($50,000 over two years) To provide funding for a Care Coordinator to assist in improvingbirth outcomes among
African American women at the Women’s Center.
Regional & Community Economic Development
Easter Seals Goodwill Industries Rehabilitation Center, Inc. ($75,000 over three years) To expand and develop the Transitional Employment Program (TEP) under the Community Re-entry Services program (CRS).
Connecticut Association forHuman Services ($30,000 for two years) To support family economic security (FES) activities in Greater New Haven.
Grand Avenue Village Association ($40,000 for two years) To create a special services district for Grand Avenue.
Greater New Haven Business & Professional Association Regional ($10,000 for one year) To support a strategic planning process to increase capacity to offer technical assistance and funding referrals to minority-owned businesses and start-ups.
Shelton Economic Development Corporation ($30,000 over three years) To implement the last 3 years of a 5-year Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) process in the 18-town Naugatuck Valley Corridor; and prepare the application for the subsequent 5-year CEDS.
STRIVE - New Haven ($100,000 over two years) To support employability skills training and job placement components of workforce
development activities.
Youth Development & Education
Amistad America ($120,000 over two years) To develop in school programmingfor New Haven public school students in grades 8 and
10 to follow Freedom Schooner Amistad on its historic Atlantic Freedom Tour.
Amity Teen Center, Inc. ($24,000 over three years) To support operating costs to increase programming for teens in Bethany, Orange and
Woodbridge.
All Our Kin ($150,000 over three years) To support the Family Child Care Network which works with family child care providers to raise the quality of care in licensed, home-based child care programs. The Network reaches 200 child care providers who care for over 1,000 children in the Greater New Haven community.
Cinetribe, Inc. ($30,000 over three years) To support CinetribeAfter-School,which will provide art therapy and visual storytelling education programs to children.
City of New Haven ($100,000 for one year) To support the implemention of the Street Outreach Worker Program, a communitybuilding
initiative to prevent and reduce youth violence. This initiative is a collaboration of the City of New Haven (Community Services Administration), the New Haven Police Department and one or more community-based nonprofit organizations.
Connecticut Children's Museum ($60,000 over three years) To support the Mornings at theMuseum program.
Higher Heights Youth Empowerment Programs, Inc. ($30,000 over two years) To increase academic tutoring and counseling services programming for 25 Greater New Haven 9th- through 12th-grade students and their parents as part of college preparation services.
Junior Achievement of Southwest New England, Inc. ($30,000 over three years) To purchase curriculum kits and materials to implement a three-year campaign to increase financial literacy for 3,000 students in the New Haven city school district.
Life Haven ($160,000 over three years) To support the continuation of the Early Childcare Education Program for up to 100 homeless children from infant to 5 year olds on an annual basis.
West Haven Community House ($90,000 over three years) To support the ParentTEEN and Teen CHAT Programs.
Youth Continuum, Inc. ($60,000 over two years) To support the Career Exploration and Coaching program.
New Haven Neighborhood Small Grants
Cedar Hill:
Cedar Hill Blockwatch Association ($800) To support clean-up and beautification activities and a community cook-out.
City-wide:
Aspirations for Higher Learning Pre-Collegiate Institute ($1,000) To support the organization and implementation of an out-of-state college tour for New Haven High School students.
Christian Community Commission ($1,000) To support the implementation of an Annual Gospel Festival in Goffe Street Park.
Create a Comic Project ($1,300) To support the organization and implementation youth art comic-making project.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority-New Haven Alumnae Chapter ($1,000) To support the youth activities of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Academy.
Elm City Park Conservancy ($2,000) To support the continuance of the Experience The Park Mini-Grant Program.
Elm Shakespeare Company ($1,000) To support the implementation of four week Shakespeare in the Park program combined with the Elm Scholar program.
Genesis Outreach: Family in Crisis Program ($1,000) To support the implementation of crisis support group meetings for families that have lost a loved one due to drugs and violence.
Hill City Point Neighborhood Action Group ($800) To support the Annual City Tree Lighting Event at The Sage American Restaurant.
Jeremiah Project ($500) To support the operation of a soccer league for New Haven youth.
New Haven Folk, Inc. ($1,000) To support the convening of free musical concerts and workshops on August 8, 2007 as a part of the CT Folk Festival and Expo.
New Haven Inner City Outings ($2,900) To help cover field trip expenses for New Haven youth ages 6-15.
New Haven Youth Soccer ($1,500) To purchase equipment and uniforms for the New Haven Youth Soccer Association.
People Against Injustice ($2,000) To support a Youth Poetry and Art Show.
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program ($2,000) To support the implementation of Project SACK, Hats & Mittens Project, and the Yale-New Hospital Afghan Project.
S.O.S. (Save Our Sons) ($500) To support the organization and implementation of weekly community conversation sessions for youth to help deter the incidence of increasing crime over the summer.
Skills Camp, Inc. ($1,000) To purchase uniforms, sneakers, and bags for a AAU 6-7th grade Basketball Camp for 25 New Haven youth.
The Children’s Exposition ($500) To support the implementation of the 2007 LEAP Children's Exposition Project.
The Greater New Haven Cat Project ($135) To support a spay/neuter program for 35 cats and offer educational workshops for children.
Dixwell:
Orchard Street Blockwatch #638 ($1,665) To support summer activities for the Orchard Street community.
The Connecticut Children and FamilyCenter, Inc. ($500) To support the organization and implementation of a 7-week Summer
Enrichment Leadership Progrm for youth in the Beaver Hill, Dixwell, and Newhallville neighborhoods.
Dwight:
Blockwatch #320-Friends of Rainbow Park ($800) To support the construction of a storage unit store equipment, tools, tables, chairs, and grill.
East Shore:
Blockwatch #893 ($1,000) To support the 4th Annual Night out for community residents in the East Shore area.
Sunset Ridge Apartments Kidsfirst Afterschool/Summer Program ($2,000) To support the implementation of weekly youth activities for youth residing in the Sunset Ridge Apartment Complex and beyond.
Fair Haven:
Atwater Street Blockwatch ($800) To support an Annual Block Party and neighborhood clean-up for the Atwater-Pine-Grafton neighborhood.
Chatham Square Neighborhood Association ($500) To sponsor a summer community concert in Chatham Square Park.
Riverview Blockwatch ($800) To support two communitywork parties to neighbors replant shrubs and shrubs in the community.
St. Rose of Lima Church ($500) To cover costs for convening a forum about immigration in support of undocumented youths attending college.
St. Rose of Lima Church ($750) To support two folk dancing troupes at St Rose of Lima Church.
St. Rose of Lima Church Project 10:10 ($500) To support a youth summer field trip to Dinosaur Place Nature's Art in Oakdale, CT.
Hill:
Davenport Ward Hill Community Garden ($800) To support the implementation of four summer community events in the Davenport Ward Community Garden.
Goodwin-Levine Adult DayCare Center ($2,000) To purchase five adaptive tables to accommodate the needs of clients who use
wheelchairs at the center.
Hill Neighborhood North ($500) To support the implementation of a Summer Sports Enrichment Camp and a Back to School event for youth ages 8-14 years.
Hill Neighborhood Forum ($1,000) To support the organization and implementation of a "History of the Hill" Essay writing Contest for youths age 12-18.
Jewish Home for the Aged ($1,250) To support intergenerational field trips for seniors and students from New Haven Public Schools Ricks Wallace Mentoring Program.
The "Mob Squad" Drill Squad & Drum Corp. ($1,000) To purchase group uniform jackets for 20 youth squad members.
Newhallville:
Bristol Street Blockwatch #612 ($800) To support the organization and convening of an Annual CommunityDay in Scantlebury Park in August.
Ivy Narrow Bird Sanctuary ($2,000) To purchase and install a large fence around the entire bird sanctuary.
West River:
Chapelseed Community Garden ($800) To support the convening of a CommunityCook-out and Garden Tour.
Friends of Edgewood Park ($600) To support the newly implemented Farmer's Market in conjunction with City Seed and the New Haven Department of Parks, Recreation, & Trees.
West Rock:
BW’s Fatheread/Motheread ($1,000) To support the implementation of literacy activities for children and their parents in the West Rock neighborhood.
Westville:
Marrakech, Inc. ($1,000) To purchase uniforms for Special Olympics Cheerleading competitions.
Westville Village Renaissance Alliance ($1,000) To support a community monthly film series in Westville Village.
Multi-Neighborhood:
All American Soapbox Derby Racing ($2,000) To support the convening of the 2nd Annual SoapboxRace in Edgewood Park.
May Day Celebration Committee ($800) To support the convening of activities for an International Workers Day festival to be held on the New Haven Green.
Morning Glory Early Learning Center Parent Advisory Group ($900) To support the implementation of summer family fun field trips for children of low income families at Morning Glory Early Learning Center.
SWANA (Sisters with a New Attitude) ($800) To support bi-weekly women support group meetings.
Progreso Latino Fund Grants
ARTE Inc ($1,000) To support the 2007 Scholarship Fund that awards scholarships to Latinos pursuing the arts.
Centro San Jose ($1,000) To support an after school and evening arts programfor at-risk youth in collaboration withMikata, a musical group that performs traditional music from West and Central Africa, the Caribbean and Brazil.
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven on behalf of PACK (Parents and Communities for Kids) ($1,000) To support three joint PACK out of school family events/activities hosted by a
partnership between Casa Otonal and Junta for Progressive Action. Casa Otonal provides a range of social and support services to New Haven’s low-income minority elderly, children and families with a focus on the Hispanic community and Junta for Progressive Action is the oldest Latino, community based non-profit organization in New Haven.
Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now ($1,000) To support a workshop conducted entirely in Spanish for Spanish-speakingparents
during the fall 2007 Parent Empowerment Workshop Tour.
The Consultation Center ($1,000) To support the Hill Youth Action Team in the development of a summer newsletter.
Empower New Haven, Inc. ($1,000) To provide 8 former students of The Color ofWords with advanced digital media training in production and editing so they can become more proficient workshop facilitators.
Junta for Progressive Action ($1,000) To support the "Our Children"project, a one day event consisting of an art component to
improve the overall mental health of children directly affected by the recent federal immigration raids.
St. Rose of Lima School ($1,000) To support the purchase of fourth-grade English grammar textbooks to assist students whose primary language is Spanish.
Quinnipiac River Fund Grants
Catalyst Studios, Inc. ($8,500) To support the organization and implementation of a "Consider the Quinnipiac" photobased
awareness campaign" motivating people to consider the consequences of poor stewardship and participate in public action to aid in restoring the viability of Quinnipiac River.
Plainville Conservation Commission ($2,000) To support implementation of informational and educational efforts and activities
advocating for pesticide use reduction. These efforts will focus on the 80 property owners whose properties abut the Quinnipiac River in Plainville, CT. The activities will include 2 river clean-ups, coordination of a fishing derby, Earth Day Extravaganza, promotion and advocacy of Freedom Lawn Initiative, and a Tomasso Nature Park clean-up.
Quinnipiac River Group ($8,500) To support a collaborative effort (in partnership with Elm City Parks Conservancy) of developing a resource and policy guide for the Quinnipiac River edge for public access permits, best management practices, stabilization practices, liability, and ecology.
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association ($16,500) To support the organization and implementation of outreach and advocacy for the
Quinnipiac Watershed Stream Buffer Initiative (Phase II) and regular grassroots events.
Regional Growth Partnership ($500) To support continued efforts to develop and adopt an inter-municipal tax revenue sharing agreement and shared land use plan among the region's five municipalities bordering the
Quinnipiac River.
University of New Haven ($23,135) To support an environmental study assessing relationships among habitat structure, marsh topography, ecological dynamics and potential conservation initiatives in the Lower
Quinnipiac River marshes.
Watershed Partnership, Inc. ($19,000) To support the continuation and extension of the successful Safe Grounds Campaign in efforts to reduce non-point source pollution from lawn pesticides and synthetic fertilizers.
Yale University - Grant & Contract Admin. ($8,064) To support the offering of a short course in river processes to local members of
conservation/inland wetland commissions and environmental activists. The course will cover the basic hydrologic, geomorphic, chemical, and biological processes that govern stream ecosystems, and how they are perturbed by human activities. Participants will receive the scientific tools that they need in order to understand and critically evaluate environmental data on the Quinnipiac River.
Yale University - Grant & Contract Admin. ($14,294) To support the continuation of measuring elevation change and water levels in the
Quinnipiac River marshes in efforts to understand the rate and causes of marsh drowning (conversion to mudflat) that has been observed there.
Yale University - Grant & Contract Admin. ($18,446) To conduct mercury contamination research at Wharton Brook in Quinnipiac River
system. Research activities include measuring mercury in water, benthic macro invertebrates, and fish along the length of the Wharton Brook and its tributaries.
Valley Neighborhood Small Grants
Ansonia
2020 Green Youth Finance Curriculum ($2,400) To support the implementation of an interactive online curriculum that will allow middle and high school students to explore how finance affects their lives.
Annual Thanksgiving Basket Committee ($2,946) To support the purchase of food, supplies, and to cover transportation costs for
Annual Thanksgiving Basket distribution in Ansonia and Derby.
Ansonia Garden Club ($2,565) To support the implementation of a beautification project.
Ansonia High School Parent, Teacher Student Organization ($1,000) To support the implementation of the 1st Annual Post-Prom Event.
Ansonia Housing Authority Tenant's Association ($1,500) To support the beautification efforts of three senior resident housing developments in Ansonia.
Ansonia Middle School ($1,000) To support student activities including workshops focusing on positive personality development andmusic appreciation education.
Ansonia RotaryClub ($1,400) To organize and support the implementation of a Beautification Urban Art Project in Ansonia.
Ansonia Summer Youth Theater Club ($2,280) To cover transportation cost to theater performances and educational field trips for children of the Ansonia Summer Youth Theater Club.
Big Brothers/Big Sisters ($2,310) To support yearly ongoing Big Brothers/Big Sisters Program activities for Ansonia youths grades K-2 at Prendegast School twice a week. Activities will include Arts & Crafts, games and puzzles, homework assistance, baking, and socialization.
Harvest Festival Committee/ City of Ansonia ($2,000) To support the convening of the Annual Ansonia Harvest Festival.
Hearts and Tails of Ansonia ($1,350) To purchase and install signs for the Ansonia Animal Shelter building.
Macedonia Baptist Church Youth Group ($1,500) To support the implementation of two (2) planned youth activities focusing on
African American History.
Riverside Tenant’s Association ($2,750) To support the organization and implementation of summer theatre workshops and Drama Camp for Ansonia children in collaboration with the Tinney Community Center.
Summer Reading Book Club ($2,000) To support the implementation of a 6-week series of summer reading activities at Ansonia Public Library.
Sunshine Club ($1,000) To support activities focusing on exploration of various occupations professional careers in partnership and collaboration with Ansonia Community Action, Inc. Activities will include local field trips to area businesses, workshops, and handson career exploration training.
The Umbrella - The Birmingham Group ($1,105) To support the implementation of a beautification project at the Domestic Violence Shelter site in Ansonia.
Derby
Back To The Bible Youth Ministry ($2,000) To support the implementation of summer educational and recreational activities
for under-privileged youth in the Ansonia & Derby communities.
Boy Scout Troop 3 Derby ($1,000) To offset the cost of entrance fees to the 21st World Boy Scout Jamboree in Ireland for 21 scouts and 13 scout leaders.
Bradley School Parent Teacher Association ($2,500) To support purchase of rubberized mulch to repair playground area and replace
the wood chips.
Derby Neck Library Association ($760) To support the development of a program that will provide local teens with a place tomeet and interact while providing a physical outlet for socialization.
Oxford
Oxford Historical Society, Inc. ($1,000) To support the organizing of student presentation drama performances highlighting Oxford's history.
Town of Oxford ($1,500) To support the implementation of community summer concerts.
Seymour
Seymour High School ($1,500) To support the organization and implementation of three (3) Underage Drinking, Drug Use, & Driving Educational Events in partnership with Valley Substance Abuse Action Council (VSAAC).
Seymour Land Conservation Trust, Inc. ($250) To support the purchase of a PASystem and Megaphone for community events.
Seymour Police Community Policing Division ($500) To help support the distribution of an emergency First Responders "Book of Life" for Seniors in Seymour area in collaboration with Griffin Hospital Parish Nurse Program. The booklet is a vinyl pouch that will include all vital emergency information.
Seymour Recreation Commission ($1,500) To support the implementation of teen activities at the Seymour Community Center.
Shelton
Alumni Association-LNVBoys & Girls Club ($1,500) To support the 2nd Annual Girls Night Out in collaboration with the LNVAlumni
Association.
Raider Club ($2,000) To support the implementation of weekly activities, practices, plays and productions for a Performing Arts, Drama and Dance Club for Derby youth in partnership with LNV Boys & Girls Club.
Shelton Center Merchants Group ($1,300) To support the organization and implementation of a Downtown Shelton Beautification/ Clean-up project and a Neighborhood SecurityWatch educational program.
Shelton High School Student Council ($3,000) To support the development and implementation of a Civil War Reading Room
and ValleyGenealogyResource Area in collaboration with Art students,
Woodshop students and the DerbyHistorical Society.
Sutter-Terlizzi Post 16 American Legion ($2,500) To support sending twenty (20) Valley high school boys to the 3-day Boys State American Legion Program at Eastern CT State University.
Tech Team ($1,000) To support youth centered activities in all areas of technology including taking pictures and creating videos, newsletters, and learning to develop content for the LNV Boys & Girls Club website.
Valley-wide
Ansonia NAACP Health Committee ($2,300) To support the Valley Parish Nurses Wellness and Safety Fair.
Ansonia Rescue Medical Services ($900) To cover the cost of books, CPR cards andmasks for updated community oriented training and certification courses.
Ansonia Youth Council of NAACP ($1,000) To support the implementation of femalemonthly group discussion activities.
Ansonia Youth Council of NAACP ($1,000) To support the implementation and convening of male youth discussion groups.
Assumption Home-School Association ($3,000) To support the implementation of community outreach programs to teach diversity and native history.
Birmingham Group Health Services ($1,500) To support the hosting of the 2nd Annual live Valley Town Hall Meeting focusing on underage alcohol use.
Community Women & Heart Disease Committee ($2,500) To support the convening of the 3rd Annual Women & Heart Disease Luncheon.
Derby Historical Society ($2,264) To purchase amulti-media LCD projector and video screen to present and show presentations in the community.
Friends of Ansonia Nature and Recreation Center ($1,000) To support the implementation of natural history programming and presentations at Ansonia Nature Center.
Friends of the Derby Public Library ($300) To support the implementation of a series of hands-on music programs for parents and children.
Golf Program ($1,000) To cover costs for the youth Golf Club members to learn, train, and play 9-18 holes of golf. Grant fund will be used to cover cost that the USGA does not cover including greens and carts fees, and transportation.
Healthy Valley ($2,500) To support the convening of community meetings, a Photography Event, and a Garden Tour.
Immersion Club ($800) To purchase a new computer for ongoing on-site internet group/youth exploration of Dr. Ballard's National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico.
Oil Drum Art, Inc. ($2,000) To support the implementation of a new Summer Oil Drum Art project in Shelton with Valley children in collaboration with the Lower Naugatuck Valley Boys & Girls Club.
Parent Policy Council of TEAM, Inc. ($2,870) To support the convening of an Education Fair for the families of children enrolled in ValleyHead Start programs.
Teen Amie Club ($800) To support the implementation of Japanese/Asian ethnic culturally based activities for pre-teens and teens. Activities will include workshop meetings focusing on education about the Japanese and Asian culture.
The "YET" (Youth Empowerment Team) Program ($3,000) To support the 2nd Annual Back-to-School FamilyCook-out in collaboration with
Star Bethlehem Church in Ansonia.
Torch Club ($1,000) To support the organization and implementation of a youth "Adopt-a-Garden" landscaping education and exploration program for youths in Shelton.
United Valley Libraries ($3,000) To support the purchase of multi-language materials that will be shared among the United Valley Libraries. Grant funds will be used to cover cost for books and audio books.
Valley Interfaith Caregivers, Inc. ($2,650) To support the implementation of workshop/seminar series designed to support people in their role as caregivers. This project will be convened in collaboration with the Valley Senior Services Council.
Valley National Heritage Area Steering Committee ($2,500) To cover transportation cost for community bus trips to Blackstone River Valley
National Heritage Corridor in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Valley Parish Nurse Program ($2,200) To support the organizing and convening of the 2007 Children's Health & Safety Fair in collaboration with the Lower Naugatuck Valley Boy's and Girls Club.
Valley Parish Nurse Program ($3,000) To support the implementation of an artistic picture educational calendar project in collaboration with Ansonia Community Action, Inc., Lower Naugatuck Valley Boys & Girls Club, Valley Substance Abuse Action Council, and the CT Girl Scouts Council.
Valley YMCA ($1,000) To support the organization and implementation of fun safe recreational activities once amonth for Valley youth ages 12-16.
Valley YMCA Sprinters Parents Association ($3,000) To support the purchase of an electronic timing system for the Valley YMCA Swim Team.