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As in previous years, our Club has supported community service projects that benefit Yonkers residents and are sponsored by not-for-profit organizations. This year we have provided supporting grants for 10 projects with grants starting at $500 per project. In 2016 Community Service Grants were awarded to 11 Organizations: (in no particular order).
Fine Arts Orchestral Society of Yonkers, Inc. (Yonkers Philharmonic) – payment for visiting musicians
Queen’s Daughters – Traveling Farm Visits
Cluster – Summer Day Camp
Yonkers on the Move – Fitness through walking
Greyston Foundation – Community Gardens program
Food Bank of Westchester – Plant gardens with youths with emotional/physical disabilities and incarcerated youths/adults
St. John’s Riverside Hospital – Wigs for cancer patients
Yonkers Historical Society – Support of quarterly newsletter
Family Service Society of Yonkers – Kinship Summer Youth Program (for children who are being raised by grandparents
YWCA White Plains and Central Westchester (Encore Plus Breast Cancer Outreach) – Promote breast cancer awareness to low-income seniors, African-Americans, and Latina women in Yonkers
Volunteer NY! (Tie Dye Art Therapy Program) – Art therapy program for children at St. Elizabeth Seton Children’s Foundation in Yonkers
TOTAL AMOUNT OF GRANTS WAS -- $6,000
The following Grants, totaling $5,000, were awarded in 2015.
| ORGANIZATION | PROJECT |
| Greyston Foundation |
Provide for the Steve Whetstone Garden Beautification Project on Buena Vista Avenue, Yonkers. Completion date summer 2015.
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| Yonkers Historical Society |
Publication of quarterly newsletter The Historian.
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| My Sisters’ Place |
Provide funding to support the purchase of healthy snacks for children served throughout the year by Therapeutic Childcare and Arts-based Therapy Programs.
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| Yonkers Community Action Program |
Provide support for their Food Pantry, specifically for a food cart plus shelving and bins for display of items.
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| Yonkers Public Library (Will Library) |
Provide for educational/learning tools for early childhood patrons, specifically 1 I-pad and security case.
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| JCY-Westchester Community Partners |
Provide for SMART and Summer Reading Buddies Program for literacy and educational materials for Program use.
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| CLUSTER Community Services |
Provide for CLUSTER Summer Camp Program for low-income households or those residing in homeless shelters.
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| Yonkers Public Library (One Larkin Plaza) |
Provide for “Community Heroes Fair” in coordination with their Summer 2015 Reading Program Theme – Every Hero Has a Story.
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| Fine Arts Orchestral Society of Yonkers |
Provide for a free Symphonic Concert by the Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra, specifically to help pay musician’s fees during the Winter Concert season 2015-2016.
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| Hudson Valley Justice Center |
Provide for an Outreach and Educational Program in Yonkers to Inform clients of their legal right rights and options in various civil legal service areas.
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Service Above Self
Yonkers, NY 10710
United States of America