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Funds are requested to cover the expected shortfall for Authorfest 2017, which is a community wide enrichment event planned for all Winchester students. Seventeen authors and illustrators will visits schools and classrooms on April 4th.
In 2016, 38 Winchester learners (from 14 countries) were served by EAL and 15 Winchester residents were tutors. Nine Winchester residents are on waitlist. Funds will expand efforts to meet need for English language instruction for immigrants and refugees.
Rec. Department is asking En Ka to be a Summer Concert Sponsor for one concert on the Common. Over 300 residents typically attend.
Funds requested to help cover the cost of booking professional bands and printing promotional materials for Family Farm Nights. Seven Thursday night concerts, which draw more than 5,000 people from Winchester and neighboring communities.
Parent to Parent seeks funds for their upcoming program featuring author Lenore Skenazy on April 5th. She is the author of Free Range Kids: How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts with Worry).
Historical Society requests funds to make upgrades to the catering kitchen in the Sanborn House Historical and Cultural Center (new stainless steel storage cabinets and new vinyl safety flooring)
2nd Quarter Grants - 2016 / 2017
granted funds for an expressive arts-based workshop (digital imagery) and a continuing program for adolescents, ages 13 to 18, who have experienced the loss of a parent or sibling.
granted funds to be used to update the League banner that hangs from the railroad overpass in Winchester Center for two weeks before each of the three 2016/2017 elections.
granted funds to be used for Phase 2 (Site Selection and Design) to build an all-season community swimming pool in Winchester.
granted funds to be used towards the registration fees for the three-day National Youth Choir festival at Carnegie Hall in New York.
granted funds for community room furniture (tables and chairs); purchase of gardening supplies and plants; and tenant outings to museum/theatre performance/parks.
granted funds to support the Mission of Deeds Beds Campaign, which provides beds, cribs and bedding to vulnerable families and individuals in need.
granted funds for educational activities and supplies for Stoneham Theatre’s Summer Overture 2017 program for students entering grades 1-3.
1st Quarter Grants - 2016 / 2017