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Willary
Foundation Grant History
A good way to review the types of grants awarded
from the Willary Foundation
is to review those we issued to other organizations.
Please review them below:
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| Recipient |
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Purpose |
Amount
Approved |
Description
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Joint
Urban Studies Center (Wilkes University)
7 South
Main Street, Suite 201 Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701 |
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Community
Development |
$10,000.00 |
Joint
Urban Studies Center will complete thorough research,
analyze data, compile findings, publish a Regional
Economic Indicators Report for Lackawanna & Luzerne
Counties and release the report at a comm- unity
forum. After report release, the JUSC would act
as convener and primary researcher for the task
forces formed at the event that will work on implementing
short- and long- term regional goals aimed at community
revitalization and sustainability. |
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Marywood
University
2300 Adams Avenue Scranton, PA 18509 |
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Cultural |
$14,355.00 |
Year
three of a three-year program for visiting artists. |
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Nay
Aug Conservancy
RR 1 Box 55C Uniondale, PA 18470 |
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Community
Development |
$28,000.00 |
Public
art installation consisting of large standing clay
tablets (stela or stelae plural) in Nay Aug Park. |
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Northeastern
Pennsylvania
Philharmonic
957 Broadcast Center
Avoca, PA 18641 |
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Cultural |
$15,000.00 |
Funding
for Educational Outreach Initiatives (EOI) which
creates opportunities for access to high-quality
music programming for under- served youth and their
families. A major part |
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Northeast
Regional Cancer
Institute
334 Jefferson Avenue
Scranton, PA 18510 |
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Health
Services |
$25,000.00 |
Advanced
regional epidemiology research of a range of women's
cancers. The knowledge gained will develop targeted
education and outreach initiatives to address areas
in which disparities may be found. |
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The
Northeast Theatre Performance Space at the Hotel
Jermyn
326 Spruce Street PO Box 854 Scranton, PA
18501 |
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Cultural |
$7,500.00 |
Acting
Alone is a two-part series of original monodramas
(created and performed by a single person). The
grant is support for Part One, which is comprised
of 3 plays featuring artists with Scranton roots
and will include master classes open to the local
theatre. |
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The
University of Scranton Leahy Community Health &
Family Center
McGurrin Hall, Lower Level Scranton,
PA 18510-4670 |
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Health
Services |
$15,000.00 |
Partnership
between the University and Lack- awanna Medical
Society to establish a free health health clinic
for uninsured residents of Scranton and nearby
communities. The Scranton Free Clinic will offer
acute, episodic "non-emergency"
care to Lackawanna County residents who may otherwise
forgo health care due to cost. |
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Total
2007 |
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$114,855.00 |
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| Recipient |
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Purpose |
Amount
Approved |
Description
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Hotel
Jermyn
326 Spruce Street PO Box 854 Scranton, PA
18501 |
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Youth
Development |
$8,250.00 |
Provide
dance classes at no cost to 30 under- privileged
students. |
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Greater
Carbondale YMCA
82 North Main Street Carbondale,
PA 18407 |
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Community
Development |
$25,000.00 |
Upgrade
of the 1914 and 1980 structures and add building
space to accommodate a wide-range of community programs,
i.e., day care and fitness/wellness. |
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Marywood
University
2300 Adams Avenue Scranton, PA 18509 |
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Cultural |
$15,093.00 |
Year
2 of a 3-year program for a visiting artist series. |
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St.
Francis of Assisi Kitchen
500 Penn Avenue Scranton,
PA 18512 |
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Human
Services |
$10,000.00 |
Update
of fifteen-year-old computer system to track donations,
food inventories and research new community resources. |
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Scranton-Abingtons
Planning
Association 104 Shady Lane Road Chinchilla,
PA 18410 |
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Community
Development |
$25,000.00 |
Ten
contiguous municipalities in Lackawanna County have
voluntarily come together to develop a cooperative
("multi-municipal") comprehensive plan
that will include land use, land preservation and
transportation elements. |
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The
Language Institute c/o Wilkes University
84 West
South Street Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766 |
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Edducation |
$15,000.00 |
Development
and delivery of two instruc- tional programs in Spanish
- one for healthcare professionals and one for human
service providers. |
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The
Nature Conservancy
15 East Ridge Avenue Conshohocken,
PA 19428 |
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Environmental |
$30,000.00 |
Grant
to pursue stewardship and ecological management at
Moosic Mountain by raising community awareness and
encouraging compatible recreational and educational
uses. |
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United
Neighborhood Centers of Lackawanna County
425 Alder
Street Scranton, PA 18505 |
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Community
Development |
$37,811.00 |
Project
to provide the residents of Skyview Park with the
knowledge and tools to improve the quality of life
for themselves and future residents. |
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Volunteers
in Medicine of Luzerne County c/o Joint Urban Studies
Center
7 South Main Street Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701 |
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Human
Services |
10,000 |
Funds
for the project planning and develop- ment phase
of a free clinic for employed residents of Luzerne
County who lack health insurance. |
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Willary
Water Resource Center Keystone College
One College
Green La Plume, PA 18440 |
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Environmental |
$25,000.00 |
Proposal
to enhance the capability of the Willary Water Resource
Center to provide GIS-based large format maps of
the region through the purchase of a large format
printer computer workstation, monitor and supplies. |
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| Total
2006 |
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$201,154.00 |
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| Recipient |
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Purpose |
Amount
Approved |
Description
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Countryside
Conservancy
PO Box 55
La Plume, PA 18440 |
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Environment |
$35,000.00 |
Purchase
of land or land development rights from landowners
interested in conserving their property and in need
of supplementary income. |
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EOTC
of Northeastern PA
116 North Washington Avenue
Kane Building, Suite 3-D
Scranton, PA 18503 |
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Community
Development |
$25,000.00 |
Renovation
to an existing building creating the first "green
building" in Northeastern Pennsylvania. To serve
EOTC as well as other non-profit agencies. |
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Friendship
House
PO Box 3778
Scranton, PA 18505 |
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Human
Services |
$11,500.00 |
"Yoga:
An Alternative Approach," a program utilizing yoga
principles to provide an alternative approach to
working with at-risk children or adolescents. |
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Greater
Hazleton Philharmonic
212 West Broad Street
Hazleton, PA 18201 |
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Youth
Education |
$1,500.00 |
Free
or very low-cost instrumental music lessons and exposure
to fine arts to the under-served local youth. |
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Holocaust
Education Resource Center
Jewish Federation of Northeastern PA
601 Jefferson Avenue
Scranton, PA 18510 |
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Community
Development |
$11,630.00 |
A
community conference "Through the Voices of Women:
Ravensbruck 1945-2005 concepts for the Contemporary
Community." The aim of the conference is to study
the example of how women coped with great challenges
in the Holocaust and apply those lessons to the problem
of harmful discrimination today. |
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Joint
Urban Studies Center
Wilkes University
7 South Main Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711 |
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Community
Development |
$10,000.00 |
A
report on Regional Economic Indicators for Lackawanna
and Luzerne Counties including the research, analysis
and compilation of data for the report. |
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King's
College
133 North River Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711 |
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Community
Development |
$10,366.50 |
A
year-long "cultural experience for Hispanic children"
including a series of cultural and historical excursions
for Hispanic children in grades 1 through 6 who participate
in the King's College Dan Flood Tutoring program
located on King's campus. |
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Marywood
University
2300 Adams Avenue
Scranton, PA 18509 |
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Cultural |
$13,005.00 |
Visiting
artist series to host environmental artists over
a three year period. |
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O.S.
Johnson Technical
T/A Johnson College
3427 North Main Avenue
Scranton, PA 18505 |
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Education |
$7,500.00 |
Establishment
of a textbook lending library for Johnson College
students who cannot afford to purchase their course
textbooks. |
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Tri-County
Human Services Centers, Inc.
185 Fallbrook Street
Carbondale, PA 18407 |
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Youth
Mentoring |
$4,000.00 |
A "Living
Arts Camp" summer program for at-risk children. |
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United
Neighborhood Centers
425 Alder Street
Scranton, PA 18505 |
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Community
Development |
$36,924.00 |
A
program providing residents of Skyview Park the knowledge
and tools to improve the quality of life for themselves
and future residents. |
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Volunteers
of America of PA, Inc.
130 E. Division Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18706 |
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Human
Services |
$22,000.00 |
Development
of permanent and transitional housing for the 18-25
year old popluation that is, or is at risk of, homelessness. |
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WVIA
TV/FM
100 WVIA Way
Pittston, PA 18640 |
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Educational |
$40,000.00 |
Funding
for the production of a biographical documentary
on Federal Judge Max Rosenn. |
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| Total
2005 |
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$353,425.50 |
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| Recipient |
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Purpose |
Amount
Approved |
Description
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EOTC
of Northeastern Pennsylvania
116 N. Washington Avenue
Scranton, PA 18503 |
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Youth
Mentoring |
$39,813.00 |
Families
First - a preventative family mentoring initiative. |
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Jewish
Community Center of Scranton
601 Jefferson Avenue
Scranton, PA 18510 |
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Community
Development |
$10,000.00 |
Wellness
and exercise program for cancer patients. |
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Marywood
University
2300 Adams Avenue
Scranton, PA 18509 |
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Youth
Mentoring |
$6,209.00 |
Collaborative
public art and mural project between Marywood's
art students and the United Neighborhood Center. |
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Newton
Recreation Center
1814 Newton Ransom Boulevard
Clarks Summit, PA 18411 |
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Community
Development |
$30,000.00 |
Funding
of outdoor park project at Newton Recreation Center. |
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Penn
State Worthington Scranton Campus
120 Ridge View Drive
Dunmore, PA 18512 |
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Community
Development |
$25,000.00 |
Renovation
of nursing instruction facilities and update of
technology. |
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The
F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts
71 Public Squaret
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702 |
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Cultural |
$44,200.00 |
Box
office renovations. |
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Scranton
Tomorrow
321 Spruce Street
Scranton, PA 18503 |
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Community
Development |
$5,000.00 |
Formal
market study to determine if artists would move
to Scranton if a commodious and affordable living
and working space were developed. |
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The
Nature Conservancy
15 East Ridge Pike, Suite 500
Conshohocken, PA 19428 |
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Environmental |
$25,000.00 |
Development
funds to begin community management of the recreation
and natural resources of the Moosic Mountain Preserve. |
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The
Northeast Region of the American Cancer Society
1101 Hill Street
Jessup, PA 18434 |
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Education |
$15,000.00 |
Partial
funding of the Youth Tobacco Leadership Institute,
a program to teach students to complete a service
learning project centered on a tobacco-control
issue. |
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Total
2004 |
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$200,222.00 |
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| Recipient |
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Purpose |
Amount
Approved |
Description
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City
of Scranton
130 North Washington Avenue
Scranton, PA 18503 |
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Community
Development |
$30,000.00 |
Renovation
of a greenhouse in Nay Aug Park for youth programs
and park rehabilitation. |
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Girl
Scouts
Scranton-Pocono Council
333 Madison Avenue
Scranton, PA 18510 |
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Community
Development |
$3,300.00 |
The
purchase of two additional workstations to track
volunteer training and programs. |
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Great
Valley Technology Alliance
P.O. Box 431
Scranton, PA 18503 |
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Community
Development |
$5,000.00 |
The
funding of a business plan competition as part
of the organization's entrepreneurship development
strategy to stimulate and encourage entrepreneurship
in Northeastern Pennsylvania. |
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Interboro
Public Library
802 Main Street
Peckville, PA 18452 |
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Community
Development |
$10,000.00 |
Construction
of a new 12,500 square foot library facility. |
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Keystone
College
One College Green
La Plume, PA 18440 |
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Educational/
Environmental |
$24,960.00 |
Funding
for renovations and improvements to the Willary
Water Resource Center that will strengthen and
expand the center's role as regional leader in
environmental education. |
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Rural
Urban Board Invites Economic Success (R.U.B.I.E.S.)
Marywood University
32300 Adams Avenue
Scranton, PA 18509 |
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Youth
Mentoring |
$24,975.00 |
2004
phase of S.A.F.A.R.I. links at-risk teens and community
organic gardeners/mentors through the continuation
of a community garden, greenhouse, participation
in a green growers' market and development of Nay
Aug Park Conservancy. |
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Wyoming
County Cultural Center/Dietrich Theatre
60 East Tioga Street
Tunkhannock, PA 18657 |
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Cultural |
$25,000.00 |
Funding
to underwrite a significant portion of cultural
programming and purchase of equipment. |
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Total
2003 |
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$123,235.00 |
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| Recipient |
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Purpose |
Amount
Approved |
Description
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Dress
For Success Lackawanna
Suite 3E
116 North Washington Avenue
Scranton, PA 18503 |
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Human
Services |
$3,500.00 |
Dress
For Success Lackawanna helps low-income job seekers
prepare for job interviews. This grant will the
establishment and maintenance of an inventory of
larger size suits and to deliver services in a
consistently timely fashion; purchase of personal
computer and related equipment to streamline process. |
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Employment
Opportunity Training Center
116 North Washington Avenue
Scranton, PA 18503 |
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Youth
Development |
$25,000.00 |
EOTC
will expand and evaluate the youth mentoring initiative
piloted in 2001. The second year will include a
study of the effects of one-to-one mentoring among
high-risk children residing in two low-income neighborhoods
in Scranton. |
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Friendship
House
1615 East Elm Street
Scranton, PA 18505 |
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Youth
Development |
$36,000.00 |
To
develop, implement and maintain a comprehensive
web-interfaced clinical documentation system that
will support and integrate all Friendship House
client registration tracking functions and records. |
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Great
Valley Technology Alliance
P O Box 431
Scranton, PA 18503 |
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Community
Development |
$25,000.00 |
Administrative
costs necessary to oversee the organization's various
activities and programs. |
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Mountain
Laurel Center for the Performing Arts
P.O. Box 6
Bushkill, PA 18324 |
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Cultural |
$25,000.00 |
In-depth,
long-range strategic plan that will provide a course
of action for management and the board of directors. |
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Northeastern
Pennsylvania Diversity Education Consortium
c/o College Misericordia
301 Lake St.
Dallas, PA 18615 |
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Education |
$39,750.00 |
Year
3 of a 3-year project for curriculum development
concerning diversity education for NEPDEC member
schools. |
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Northeast
Regional Cancer Institute
University of Scranton Campus
Scranton, PA 18510-4501 |
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Health
Care |
$10,000.00 |
Year
3 of a 3-year program for the community outreach
initiative. |
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Rural
Urban Board Invites Economic Success, Inc.
2300 Adams Avenue
Scranton, PA 18509 |
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Youth
Development |
$24,777.00 |
Mentorship
program that links at-risk teens, adults mentors
and farmers through the development of a community
garden, monthly trips to organic farms and selling
produce, grown by the teens, at a farmers market. |
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St.
Francis of Assisi Kitchen
500 Penn Avenue
Scranton, PA 18509
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Health
Services |
$25,000.00 |
Training
of homeless men and women to be cooks. |
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Scranton
Tomorrow
321 Spruce Street - Suite 309
Scranton, PA 18503
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Community
Development |
$31,390.00 |
Grant
to assist with a multi-year downtown revitalization
strategy. |
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Total
2002 |
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$245,417.00 |
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| Recipient |
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Purpose |
Amount
Approved |
Description
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Employment
Opportunity Training Center
116 North Washington Avenue
Scranton, PA 18503 |
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Youth
Development |
$25,000.00 |
EOTC MATCH program
(Mentors And Teachers Can Help). A youth mentoring
intitative targeting one-to-one mentorship to at-risk
youngsters in under-served Lackawanna County neighborhoods. |
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Girl
Scouts
Scranton Pocono Council
333 Madison Avenue
Scranton, PA 18510 |
|
Youth
Development |
$16,268.00 |
Purchase
of a cargo van to allow Girl Scouts to bring their
programs into low income communities. |
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Lackawanna
River Corridor Association
P.O. Box 368
Scranton, PA 18501-0368 |
|
Environment |
$30,000.00 |
Proposal
to develop an open space conservation plan for
Lackawanna County. |
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Marywood University
2300 Adams Avenue
Scranton, PA 18509 |
|
Youth
Development |
$24,810.00 |
The
S.A.R.A.R.I.S. program links at-risk teens and
area farmers in a mentorship program using agrarian
activities. |
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Northeast
Regional Cancer Institute
University of Scranton Campus
Scranton, PA 18510 |
|
Health
Care |
$10,000.00 |
Year
2 of a 3-year program approved 12/5/2000. |
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Northeastern
Pennsylvania Diversity Education Consortium
c/o College Misericordia
301 Lake St.
Dallas, PA 18615 |
|
Education |
$35,370.00 |
Funding
for Year 2 or a 3 year project for curriculum development
for diversity education for NEPDEC schools, grades
K through 12 and post-secondary education. |
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Scranton
Area Foundation
321 Spruce Street
Scranton, PA 18503 |
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Disaster
Relief |
$2,500.00 |
World
Trade Center Disaster Relief Fund. |
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United
Neighborhood Centers of Lackawanna County
410 Olive Street
Scranton, PA 18509 |
|
Human
Services |
$25,000.00 |
Final
evaluation phase of the Violence Intervention Center. |
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Women's
Resource Center
P O Box 975
Scranton, PA 18501 |
|
Human
Services |
$25,000.00 |
Funding
for production of a film which explores the effect
of domestic violence. |
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Total
2001 |
|
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$193,948.00 |
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| Recipient |
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Purpose |
Amount
Approved |
Description
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Countryside
Conservancy
PO Box 55
La Plume, PA 18440 |
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Environment |
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