Arts & Culture
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College of DuPage Foundation
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$15,000
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| To underwrite contract expenses of featured performers in the SchoolStage Series, a collection of curriculum-based performances targeted to students pre-k through 8th grade. |
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DuPage Symphony Orchestra
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$3,500 |
| To fund a promotional e-mail campaign, free admission for chamber music programs, honorariums for educational lecturers, concert hall rental, music purchases and musician fees. |
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Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra Association
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$2,500
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| To partially underwrite costs of a patriotic outdoor concert at Cantigny Park as part of a summer Symphony series. |
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Fair Lady Productions, Inc.
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$4,000
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| To purchase a wireless intercom system which allows backstage directors, lighting technicians and sound crew the ability to communicate during performances and rehearsals. |
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Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Chorale
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$2,000
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| To defray the costs of new music and the cost of performance permissions. |
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Naper Settlement
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$5,000
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| For financial assistance to enable schools which serve a high percentage of low-income children the opportunity to visit the outdoor history museum. |
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One Voice - An Outreach Choir
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$2,500
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| To fund scholarships, music purchases and the acquisition of a keyboard kit in support of the multi-generational teen outreach program. |
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Salt Creek Ballet
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$7,000
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| To support the Literacy through Dance program, a collaborative project with Westmont Community Unit School District 201. |
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Senior Suburban Orchestra
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$2,000
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To fund outreach concerts to the musically underserved.
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Spirito! Singers
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$2,500
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| For general operating support of the Ragazze training ensemble for 5th-8th grade girls. |
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10 Grants
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$46,000
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| Education |
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Assistance League of Chicagoland West
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$2,500
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To purchase English and bilingual children's books for 4-7 year olds to take home from school for continued enrichment.
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CareNet Pregnancy Services of DuPage
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$5,000
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To fund a contract educator for the healthy relationship and pregnancy program offered at schools and in after-school programs.
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Child's Voice School
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$5,000
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To support the school's Early Intervention Program which provides listening and spoken language services to young children with hearing loss.
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Dare to Dream: Get Educated!
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$2,500
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| To cover lunch costs for middle school Latinas and their mothers and the volunteers who participate in the annual Dare to Dream: Get Educated! conference which focuses on the value of higher education. |
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DuPage Children's Museum
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$7,500
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| To expand when Learning Comes into Play, a collaborative project with DuPage Head Start, Preschool for All and Pre-K at Risk programs, which are designed to nurture children's creativity and problem solving through integrated hands-on experiences. |
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Educare of West DuPage
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$15,000
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| To fund the purchase and installation of audio observation equipment in four classrooms and two observation rooms in its new West Chicago facility. |
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| Elmhurst College |
$7,500
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| To purchase supplies and equipment to support the STEM Education Outreach program to promote science, technology, engineering and math education. |
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Elmhurst Heritage Foundation
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$2,500
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| To establish a "Bus Fund" enabling children from DuPage schools the opportunity to visit the Churchville One-Room Schoolhouse for an all-day or half-day living history experience. |
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Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana
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$5,004
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To support the Healthy Living Initiative enabling 112 girls in Addison the opportunity to learn and develop skills which help them lead healthier lives.
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Glen Ellyn Children's Resource Center
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$7,500
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To support the After School and Summer Literacy and Life Skills programs which develop English language, functional literacy and socialization skills.
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KidsMatter
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$4,500
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| To support the KidsMatter Student Job Fair which helps young students develop skills needed to succeed in the workforce. |
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Kids Teen Rider
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$2,500
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To purchase fuel to transport kids and teens to and from the After School District 204 Enrichment Program.
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Literacy DuPage
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$5,000
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Salary support for the customized tutoring programs which brings one-on-one tutoring to adult learners who need help learning to read, write, speak and understand English.
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Robert Crown Center for Health Education
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$3,500 |
To support the implementation in West Chicago of Express Yourself!: A Girls Club, an after-school program designed to teach young girls self-esteem as they mature.
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World Relief
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$5,000
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To partially fund After-School and Summer Enrichment Clubs for refugee children.
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15 Grants
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$80,504
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| Environment |
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Churchville Middle School/Elmhurst District 205
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$8,916
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| For supplies needed to transform an expanse of school property into an oak savanna. |
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Clarendon Hills Park District
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$2,500
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| To purchase plant materials and signage to enhance the wooded section of a newly acquired park district property. |
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The Conservation Foundation
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$15,000
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| To develop a final open space master plan of DuPage county to achieve a decades old vision of 20% open space, greenways and trails for people and wildlife. |
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DuPage Environmental Summit
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$2,000
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| For the 2012 Environmental Summit. |
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District 181 Foundation
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$2,500
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| To purchase educational materials focused on teaching sustainability as it relates to the water cycle. |
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Fermilab Natural Areas
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$7,500
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| For the restoration of a 35-acre degraded oak savanna. |
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Morton Arboretum
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$7,500
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| To support the Macgyver Program (Morton Arboretum Children's Garden Youth Volunteers) in which student volunteers are mentored to serve as Naturalists or Gardeners. |
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7 Grants
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$45,916
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Total Arts & Culture, Education and Environment Fall 2011 Grants: 32
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$172,420
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