Spring 2007 CommuniFund™ Grants
Total Dollars Awarded: $75,000
Binghamton Imaginink
$7,500 toward The Magic Paintbrush project, providing facilitated
art-based workshops for individuals with physical, mental or cognitive
disabilities and their families (Broome)
Broome County Arts Council
$2,000 toward a new telephone system for the agency (Broome)
Chenango River Theatre
$10,000 challenge grant toward sound and lighting equipment for the
Theatre’s new facility in Greene (Chenango)
Danielle House
$10,000 toward purchase and installation of replacement windows for the
agency’s hospital hospitality house in Binghamton (Broome)
Franklin Central Schools
$10,000 to establish a “100 Book Challenge” reading program for grades
K-2 (Delaware)
Planned Parenthood of South Central New York
$7,256 toward the purchase of furniture for the agency’s new
administrative offices in Binghamton (Broome)
Town of Berkshire
$10,000 toward the Community Hall Restoration project (Tioga)
Tri-Cities Opera
$4,345 toward the costs of a fire detection and alarm system for the
agency’s Clinton St. facility, including the costume warehouse and
scenery shop/warehouse (Broome)
Volunteers of America
$4,418 for an industrial dishwasher for the Emergency Men’s Shelter in
Binghamton (Broome)
William B. Ogden Free Library, Walton
$9,481 toward shelving and bookcases to replace those lost in the June
flood of 2006 (Delaware)
Special Grant Awards, Nov. 2006 through Feb. 2007: Toward Unmet Needs
of Victims of the Floods of 2006 Total Dollars Awarded: $325,500
United Way of Broome County: $270,000 from the Harriet Ford
Dickenson Fund
Catholic Charities of Chenango County: $16,500 from the
Richard and Marion Meltzer Fund
Delaware Support and Services: $20,000 from the Lillian Briggs Fund
Habitat for Humanity of Delaware County: $10,000 from the
Lillian Briggs Fund
Tioga Opportunities: $9,000 from the Richard and Marion
Meltzer Fund
Fall 2006 (Second Cycle)
Total Dollars Awarded: $58,157
Chenango Health Network
$10,000 toward the Surviving Cancer program, supporting the needs of
cancer survivors and/or their family members in Chenango County (Chenango)
Children’s Home R.T.F.
$5,000 for the Multi-Sensory Environment Room Project, to assist
with the treatment of traumatized children and children with pervasive
developmental disorders (Chenango)
Crime Victims Assistance Center
$5,057 toward the Preschool Child/Parent Prevention Education Project, a
partnership project with local Head Start programs to teach parents and
children how to stay safe from violence, victimization and harassment (Broome)
Deposit Free Library
$5,000 for the purchase of children’s library books to replace those
lost in the flood of June 2006 (Broome/Delaware)
Family Health Network of CNY
$5,100 toward promotion of women’s health through the purchase of a
colposcope for the agency’s Cortland Health Center (Cortland)
Rural Health Network of SCNY
$8,000 toward the Broome County Transportation Information Project,
providing comprehensive, web-based information about the availability of
public and private transportation options for county residents (Broome)
Village of Deposit
$10,000 toward the Feasibility and Site Analysis Project for the
proposed multi-purpose community center for residents of eastern Broome
and western Delaware counties (Broome)
Village of Walton
$10,000 toward the Walton Theatre ceiling and wall stenciling project (Delaware)
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