The Community Foundation of Dutchess County will host its annual Partnership in Education Awards dinner on May 28, 2008, at Christos in Poughkeepsie. Teachers, students, businesses, education supporters and Foundation Board members will gather to present more than $82,000 in grants to teachers and scholarships to students.

The Poughkeepsie Public Library has received two grants through the Community Foundation of Dutchess County to support The Big Read program which provides citizens with the opportunity to read and discuss a single book throughout their community. 

This Field Trip Grant Program is designed to distribute funds in amounts up to $500 to public schools in Dutchess County to enhance classroom learning opportunities.  Through a grant from the Dyson Foundation, the Community Foundation of Dutchess County is able to offer this program for the 2007-2008 school year.  The maximum grant award is $500 per school and funds are limited.

Thanks to a new chairman and a $500,000 seed grant from the Dyson Foundation, the recently-formed Ulster County Community Foundation is well on its way to becoming a focused philanthropic force that will soon be able to raise funds and direct donations to the county’s nonprofit community.