Animal
Care League - $750 to support an education
program for children in local schools regarding
proper care of pets;
CampFire
USA - $1,500 for continued expansion
of CampFire programming in local elementary schools;
Community
Support Services - $1,500 for Art
Time, a respite program for families in Oak Park
and River Forest;
Dominican
University - $750 to support Dominican's
participation in the Latino Film Festival;
Family
Service and Mental Health Center of Oak
Park and River Forest - $1,000 to purchase
software to evaluate youth clients for specific
mental health disorders;
Frank
Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust - $1,150 to update the
walking tour system;
Heritage
Chorale - $500 to support the purchase
of sheet music for the Chorale's upcoming season;
Hephzibah
Children's Association - $3,000 for
Colorful Days, a summer arts program for children
in the residence and area group homes;
Historical
Society of Oak Park and River Forest - $2,000 to support the digitalization of the
historic Philander Barclay photo collection;
Institute
for Science and Technology - $2,000
to support the Percy Julian symposium for science
students at local schools;
MOMENTA - $800
for a dance production featuring disabled
performers with their families;
National
Alliance for the Mental Ill Drop-In Center - $2,000 to support a new pottery program
for clients of the Oak Park drop-in center;
Newberry
Consort - $800 to support the Consort's
concerts in Oak Park for the upcoming season;
Oak
Park-River Forest Children's Chorus - $750
to support transportation costs involved in the
Chorus' outreach and touring activities locally;
Oak
Park-River Forest Collaboration for Early
Childhood Care and Education - $2,000 to support
the Collaboration's efforts to coordinate improved
access to early childhood care in Oak Park and
River Forest:
Oak
Park-River Forest Infant Welfare Clinic - $1,800 to purchase equipment for the Infant
Welfare dental clinic;
Oak
Park-River Forest Day Nursery - $1,000
in support of the Spanish Language Program for
children at the Day Nursery;
Oak
Park-River Forest Symphony - $1,000 in
support of the November performance;
Seguin
Services - $2,000 to support the purchase
of multi-use fax/copier/printer machines for
eight group homes in Oak Park;
Steckman
School of Music - $2,400 to support
the addition of a brass teacher to the staff
of the Jazz Ensemble Preparatory Program;
Unity
Temple Restoration Foundation - $750
to support outreach activities for local junior
high school students in Oak Park and River Forest;
Volunteer
Center - $1,000 to support the development
of an enhanced web site;
West
Suburban PADS - $1,750 in support of the
transitional housing assistance program;
West
Suburban Special Recreation Association - $2,450 for Best Buddies, which pairs OPRFHS
students with students in the special education
program for recreational activities;
West
Suburban YMCA - $1,000 in support of the
Friday Teen Nights, recreational programming
targeted to local high school students.
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