Next cycle of applications are due:  May 1, 2012.

 

Congratulations November 2011 Grant Recipients:


Assisted Living Center
- Support for resident comfort programs.

Central Arizona Shelter Services
- Residential improvements for women and children's homeless shelters.

Creative Arts
- Funding for stained glass tools and supplies.

Decibels Foundation
- Funding for replacing sound proofing in auditory testing rooms.

EMARC, Inc.
- Continued support for young adult sibling programs.

Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center
- Continued support for novel Harry Potter based child therapy program.

Merrimack River Feline Rescue
- Funding for twenty re-usable surgical spay/neuter kits for Catmobile.

NotMyKid
- Support for teen-at-risk after school programs.

Reading Community Singers
- Funding for guest musicians at Holiday Concert.

Waltham Fields Community Garden
- Funds to continue Children's' Learning Garden.

2010 Grant Recipients:

The Actors Studio
- Production support for two plays by Edward Albee "The Sandbox"(1959) and "Zoo Story"(1958).

Creative Arts
- Funding for high school arts internship; pottery class with EMARC and support for free community concert program.

Gaining Ground
- Costs for handcrafted doors for the maple sugaring building.

Music At Eden's Edge
- Support for the "Really Open Rehearsals" program.

Pat Brody Cat Shelter
- Funding to defray spay/neuter costs for feral cats.

Reading Community Singers
- Funding for performance shirts.

Understanding Disabilities, Inc.
- Funding for new classroom curriculum to include Autism awareness.

Winslow Farm
- Defray the costs of staging for period artisans at Harvest Fair.


Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Grant Recipients:



Assisted Living Center
- Funding for a new keyboard and continued horticulture programming.

Boy & Girls Club of Greater Scottsdale, AZ
- Funding for art room supplies for the after school program at the Thunderbirds Branch.

Coolidge Middle School Science Olympiad
- Funding for National Middle School Science Olympiad teaching materials.

EMARC, Inc.
- New young adult siblings support program transportation and site rental fees.

Firehouse Center For The Arts
- Funding for new stage traveler and tack and specialized lighting for stage productions.

Friends of Reading Recreation (F.O.R.R.)
- Funding for bathroom and kitchenette renovations to Mattera Cabin in Bare Meadow Woods for public use.

Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center
- Continued support for novel Harry Potter based child therapy program.

Reading Memorial High School
- Funding for printing the school newspaper "The Orbit".

The Actors Studio
- Funding for a live theater production about the landmark Agawam Diner, to be performed at the Agawam Diner!

Creative Arts
- Funding for an arts intern position for a student from RMHS
- Funding for a pottery program in conjunction with The ARC of Eastern Middlesex .

Gaining Ground
- Funds to complete the on-site maple sugaring shack.

The Nature Connection
- Materials for educational and outreach natural therapy programs.

Merrimack River Feline Rescue
- Medical equipment for Catmobile.

Music At Eden's Edge
- Support for 2010 community concerts.

The New England String Ensemble
- Funds for transporting sheet music and improved storage at new site.


Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Grant Recipients:

The Actors Studio
- Funding for a community production of "Picnic".

Animals As Intermediaries/The Nature Connection
- Materials for educational and outreach natural therapy programs.

Coolidge Middle School Science Olympiad
- Funds for National Middle School Science Olympiad teaching materials.

Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center
- Support for novel Harry Potter based therapy program.

Merrimack River Feline Rescue
- Medical equipment for Catmobile.

Music At Eden's Edge
- Support for 2009 community concerts.

Pat Brody Cat Shelter
- Purchase of large cat cages.

Reading Community Singers
- Funding to support the 90th Anniversary Concert.

Waltham Fields Community Garden
- Materials for construction of expanded pavilion for outdoor classroom.

Winslow Farm
- Funding for playground equipment.


Fiscal Year 2007-2008 Grant Recipients:

Animals As Intermediaries
- Materials and transportation fees for educational and outreach natural therapy programs.

ARC of Eastern Middlesex
- Teen drop-in center for developmentally challenged inclusive of peer models and volunteers incorporating art & music.

Assisted Living Center
- Final HVAC upgrades for affordable public senior housing facility.

Creative Arts for Kids, Inc.
- New administration computers & summer theater camp funding

Dot Art
- Art supplies for acclaimed Dorchester youth program.

Firehouse Center For The Arts
- State-of-the-art LED lighting, scrim and cyclorama for stage productions.

Gaining Ground
- Drip irrigation systems for greenhouse.

NEW! HOBBES, Inc.
- Equipment upgrades for marine education program operating out of Salem Harbor.

McKenzie Monks Foundation
- Continued support for "Kenzie Kases"

Merrimack River Feline Rescue
- Support for veterinary services and equipment for cat care program.

Music At Eden's Edge
- Support for Senior/Family and Youth Chamber Concert Series.

Pat Brody Cat Shelter
- Feral cat spaying program and cat recovery cages.

Reading Community Singers
- Funds for music and accounting software.

Reading Memorial High School Band Parents Organization
- Winter percussion competition uniforms and props for RMHS band members.

SAFE Studio
- Continued program support for adolscents at risk art therapy program.

Theatre in the Open
- Support for summer Theater Programming in Maudsley State Park, Newburyport, MA.

Waltham Fields Community Garden
- Materials for construction of pavillion for Children's Garden program.

NEW!  Winslow Farm
- Construction of barn addition for animal housing.

FY 2006-2007 Grant Recipients:

Assisted Living Center, Inc.
- HVAC improvements to eliminate space heaters and fans for residents.

Coolidge Middle School Science Olympiad 
- Expenses for National Science team.

Creative Arts for Kids, Inc.
- Artroom renovations.

The Cultural Connection
- Web site and press materials support.

Gaining Ground
- Increase farmable land.

Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center
- Children's crisis therapy program.

Kelley School
- Theater field trip for students.

McKenzie Monks Foundation
- Care case for pediatric oncology patients.

Music at Eden's Edge
- Support for public ensemble performances.

New England String Ensemble
- Youth string programs pre and post concert.

New England Wildlife Center
- "Green" building renovations.

Pat Brody Shelter for Cats
- Cat spaying.

S.A.F.E. Studio, Inc.
- Art therapy for adolescents at risk.

Theatre in the Open
- Outdoor theater production at Maudsley State Park

Westford Council on Aging
- Emergency dental care for seniors.

Windrush Farm
- Horse therapy programming for disabled.