State Assemblymember Dana Levenberg recently awarded $300,000 from funds secured in the most recent state budget to thirteen organizations in Assembly District 95. The grant recipients are:
- Bethany Arts Community for their youth arts programming ($35,000)
- Clearwater for their Hudson River Environmental Education Program ($35,000)
- Carnegie Hall for the Musical Connections program they facilitate with Sing Sing ($35,000)
- The John C. Hart Library in Shrub Oak for their Library of Things ($25,000)
- Project Ready of Ossining & Briarcliff for vocational training and community inclusion programs for youth with developmental disabilities ($25,000)
- The Town of Philipstown for their composting program ($25,000)
- Black Diamonds in Peekskill for their college tour program ($20,000)
- The Buchanan Fire Department for brush suits ($20,000)
- Homeless Remedies Inc. of Peekskill for their JOBS training program, transportation and materials ($20,000)
- The Blue Card for their retreat program for Holocaust survivors ($20,000)
- Guardian Revival for their peer-to-peer support training program for first responders ($15,000)
- The Ossining MicroFund for non-loan programming costs ($15,000)
- Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic for Putnam County Reproductive Health Coalition programming ($10,000)
The grants are intended to help defray the cost of projects that will help grantees better serve their surrounding communities. Of the awards, Levenberg said: “I’m proud to support these worthy projects with state funding. Each will contribute in its own way to the vibrancy of the 95th Assembly District. I look forward to seeing the innovative programming that these investments will help make possible.”
Bethany Arts Community Executive Director Bonnie Bradley said, “Bethany Arts Community is tremendously grateful for this incredible $35,000 award in support of our Youth Arts Programming made possible by Assemblymember Dana Levenberg and the New York State Legislature! This much needed funding will support a wide range of Youth Arts Programming at Bethany Arts Community and provide greater access to the arts for youth in our district. BAC Youth Arts programming includes: our annual Teen Arts Residency, Bethany Kids CREATE Saturdays, afterschool workshops, Bethany Kids CREATE Summer program, and our annual community arts festivals. More than half of our local population includes youth with economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and it is our priority to keep our programs accessible by removing barriers to entry in all ways possible.”