Fall 2007 Ann and Abe Effron Grant Awards
The Ann and Abe Effron Donor Advised Fund committee reviewed 45 grant requests totaling $165,260. Funding priority is given to organizations involved in arts, culture and education with special consideration being given to grants that would make facilities and events more available to young people and senior citizens. Thirty grants totaling $68,600 were awarded.
Fall 2007
Bardavon 1869 Opera House
$2,000 Support for transportation costs for senior citizens from the Hudson Valley to see a concert of Bobby Darin music and other performers from that era. Beacon Arts Community Association
$2,500 For an educational outreach program that follows BACA's primary activities that will offer free workshops, gallery talks, curated "art walks" and panel discussions to all Beacon residents and art enthusiasts with special emphasis on Beacon public school students and seniors in Beacon and Dutchess County. Brandeis University National Women's Committee
$4,000 Support for the digitization of the Dreyfus Collection including manuscripts and correspondence to and from Alfred Dreyfus, and books related to the Dreyfus affair. The Children's Annex
$3,000
Funding for a professional development program that will train staff on the Relationship Development Intervention approach to treating individuals with autism. Community Hebrew School of Dutchess County
$7,000 Funds to offer scholarship and financial assistance to families. In addition, funds will provide teacher aides in the classrooms. Congregation Schomre Israel of Poughkeepsie
$3,000 Funds to offer an adult lecture series that will deal with different aspects of Judaism including history, music, philosophy of Israel and increasing public awareness of problems facing the Jewish community.
Dutchess County Art Association, Inc.
$1,500 The Gallery To GO! Program will purchase a data projector, DVD player and cart to mobilize exhibitions to bring art lectures to local senior citizen community centers. Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson
$1,000 Funds to continue the Al'Kebulan Dance and Drumming Circle at the Poughkeepsie Regional Office where 40 girls residing in the City of Poughkeepsie participate and receive instruction in traditional African dance and drumming. House of Faith Ministry, Inc.
$1,200 Support for a two-day training for Board Members and employees of Domestic Violence shelters in the Dutchess County area. Howland Public Library
$1,000 Funds to offer a drumming circle workshop to teens who will then share their learning experience with seniors in an interactive performance in the library auditorium. Hudson River Housing, Inc.
$3,000 Funds to offset costs associated with integrating enrichment programming into services offered at River Haven; to include transportation costs and entrance fees to museums, galleries, zoos, concerts, theatre, sporting events and parks. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Inc.
$1,000 Support for an artist-in-residence program that will provide students from three area schools with history and instruction on Shakespeare's plays, culminating in a student Shakespeare Festival. Jewish Community Center of Dutchess County
$5,000 Funds to support the annual book festival and craft fair that will bring renowned authors to the Hudson Valley and enhance the cultural horizons of the entire community. Jewish Federation of Dutchess County, Inc.
$7,500 Funds are requested for general support of ongoing activities. Jewish Federation of Dutchess County, Inc.
$2,500 Funds to support the second phase of the L'Chaim Project which is to create a pilot-draft documentary from the footage recorded, interweaving segments from the interviews and programs recorded with students’ revelations on the impact of their first person encounters. A curriculum will also be developed to accompany the documentary so that it can be used in school programs. LaGrange Association Library
$600 Teens and developmentally disabled adults will work together to complete various American arts and crafts, including an intergenerational quilt that will be hung in the library's community room. Funds will also support a trip to Barrett Clay Works. Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
$1,500 Funds to support the Children's Education Law program that works to ensure needy children receive access to educational services regardless of their family’s financial circumstances. Liberty Partnerships Program at Marist College
$1,500 Poughkeepsie High School students, identified as being at-risk of dropping out of high school, will participate in the Career Academy program to include workshops on college and career search, resume writing and interviewing skills; a Career Fair; and a Job Shadow Day. The program will culminate with an incentive trip to NYC for students with good attendance in the program, to include a college tour and cultural enrichment. Mill Street Loft, Inc.
$2,500 To support Mill Street Loft in providing Poughkeepsie area senior citizens with transportation and access to art exhibit opening receptions and gallery talks at the Loft. National Park Service
$2,000 Funds to provide bus transportation for Dutchess County middle and high school students to view an exhibit entitled GULAG: Soviet Forced Labor Camps and the Struggle for Freedom which will be held at Marist College from March 15-April 20, 2008. Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra
$1,000 Funds to purchase Opera books to prepare for the performance of a concert version of Elixir of Love. In addition to the live performance with Cappella Festiva, the soloists, artistic director and accompanist will perform at school assemblies in the Hyde Park and Poughkeepsie School Districts, affording students an opportunity to ask questions and hear a live performance. Oakwood Friends School
$1,000 Funds to support the Summer Youth Advocacy Program which uses arts as a tool to teach low-income, minority youth about political advocacy and civic engagement. Poughkeepsie Chapter of Hadassah
$1,500 Support for funding the YJ Camps quota and the quota for the Hadassah Medical Organization. Poughkeepsie Day Nursery, Inc.
$1,500 Music classes to allow children the opportunity to learn simple songs and open up in a fun way while increasing their vocabulary in an expressive way. Children will visit the Bardavon Theatre for a live cultural performance and create a bound literary publication of their experience. Saint Francis Healthcare Foundation
$1,400 A music program to provide meaningful learning experiences for 35 children - aged 2 months to 2.5 years - who are enrolled in the Saint Francis Day Care and Special Needs Preschool Programs. Temple Beth-El
$1,000 Funds to purchase a digital projector for use in the Youth Education and General programs that will allow larger audiences to view presentations on a larger screen. Temple Beth-El
$500 Funds to support an annual concert series that will engage families and offer a Jewish professional musician or group at an affordable price. Treasure Chest Magazine
$2,000 Funds to cover printing costs of the Fall 2007 issue so that space can be devoted entirely to student’s work without a commercial presence, thus allowing every school to participate in the magazine without any financial obligation. United Way of Dutchess County, Inc.
$5,000 Support for the Born Learning program. Vassar Temple
$400 Professional docent, Terri Trieger, from the Jewish Museum in NYC, will come to Vassar Temple in November 2008 to give a narrated, one-hour slide presentation titled, "Jewish Life in Tsarist Russia: A World Rediscovered, from the Collections of the State Ethnographic Museum, St. Petersburg."
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