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« HOME Projects for your Consideration Folks, $568.91 Funds for Portfolio supplies needed for quality documentation of artwork for admittance to a graduate program, The goal is teaching Folk Arts at the College Level. Folk art has a long history of tradition passed down through generations and is a rich and valid form of art. By teaching at the college level, this artist can pass on knowledge of folk arts form. He believes through the hybridization of fine art and traditional crafts a new generation of artists can be used to influence and inform the world about contemporary craft and the lasting practices of communities like those found in Eastern Kentucky and rural America.
Donovan Scholars Arts’ Instructor wishes to teach the elderly homebound free of charge for 2 hours each week, for 40 weeks. Funds would be used for materials, gas and car maintenance, exhibits of students’ work and a small hourly salary. This has the potential to make a tremendous difference in the lives of individuals, families and from the exhibit to demonstrate to the community the importance of honoring our elders in all aspects of their lives. $1000.00 Funds to build on class attendance and market a fully-fledged quilting program that teaches quilting and embroidery basics on to advanced levels, color theory for today’s market, training on a quilting machine, marketing skills through businesses and internet, and idea development to build on participants’ newly acquired skills. Their hope is by having a really successful class , it will help inform participants and the surrounding communities about the Craft Academy and the other helpful programs Mountains Mission has to Offer. $9500.00 Funds to purchase an Aitchison No Till Drill – This is a grass finishing cattle demonstration farm. This piece of equipment is designed to plant grasses in grass sods. And will allow them to grow more forage, increase organic matter, increase soil biological activity and demonstrate to the community how to improve the quality and quantity of forages. This is drought resistant, reduces seeding rates and is the only machine in the world developed to plot grass within grass. These are good people and have invested their own money and retirement income to provide an example of sustainable agriculture and healthy hormone, and antibiotic free food.
This is just a beautiful and much needed program. They provide non-medical services to older adults that help them maintain their dignity and remain at home for as long as possible. They bring together volunteers from all faith groups and many walks of life. This is a free service – all volunteers are trained, insured and bonded. The funds will be used to help defray the costs of recruiting volunteers. $1000.00 This is just another wonderful service for the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky. This is a radio reading service for the blind. Started by Al Crabb, years ago at U.K. after his father became unable to read, CKRE continues to help many people in our community by reading newspapers, magazines and requested materials. We all deserve access to information. An informed society is essential. Funds will be used to help in the payment of a $10,000 salary for a part-time Volunteer Coordinator. $810.00 Working with the Youth Services Center in Garrard County, Beth Brown will offer an after school writing program for girls. The Young Women’s Writing Group will be open to any girls who want to join. They will meet once a month. Adolescent girls often fall victim to feeling like they have to blend in with the crowd to be accepted. Writing, especially when it is writing about themselves and their own lives, can help girls develop confidence so they can find out who they truly are. When their self confidence is strengthened, they also realize they can make a difference in the world around them, whether in their classroom, at home or in their town. Their hope is that as their self confidence improves they will move on to community projects and as the community recognizes the gifts these young women have to offer, it will change ideas about adolescent girls, and open more opportunities for them to share their gifts with society. $1000.00 We have long supported the Showcases and the Arts in Education. The showcases are evolving and their plan is to strengthen their mission of serving Kentucky through education and initiatives that expand and diversify audiences while enhancing their understanding, appreciation and support for the arts. The project will accomplish this by 1) Providing an interactive web-based Arts Education Showcase Directory in which teachers from every school district across the state can search for Showcase artists through a variety of categories (by art form target age group, cost, etc.): watch video clips of the Showcase artists performance and facilitate teachers scheduling artists to perform at their schools and 2) providing training on the web-technology to 240 teachers attending the 2008 Kentucky Center Arts Academies. This project will make it possible for the The Kentucky Center to effectively reach all areas, counties, school districts of the Commonwealth utilizing the most advanced technology resources available. Equal access will be provided to all no matter if they are in the far reaches of Appalachia, the midst of the inner-city, or in a small town in Western Kentucky.
As many of you know, I think this is one of the sweetest and most powerful projects I have ever seen. We are dedicated to helping promote the vision of many wonderful people who started this project. The goal is to restore the American Chestnut through a partnership of schools with their communities in a way that creates sustainable forests and communities. We are working with Berea College Education Faculty members, the U.K. Department of Forestry, the American Chestnut Foundation and several schools and wonderful teachers and students in Eastern Kentucky pollinating, studying, learning, growing and engendering systems thinking. The Chestnut Tree is a powerful symbol of the beauty of our mountains – it is a powerful symbol of our heritage. Children are gathering oral histories from their parents and grandparents about the importance the Chestnut Tree played in the lives of their forebears. It is a beautiful sharing and learning and a true American Chestnut will once again grace the mountains that have been so wounded. $1500.00 Fayette County Schools - $1000.00 We have sponsored these for several years. Kim Nicholson, from Garrard County Schools coordinates these magical, purposeful and fun learning activities for children. Take your kids or grandchildren – October 6 & 7th. Make a donation for this one folks – our children are inheriting this planet and they have to know what is available and be creative enough to save it !! $210,000 The William Fuller Theatre Restoration Project – Already underway with a generous $40,000 grant from the W. Paul and Lucille Caudill Little Foundation, TCHS is seeking funds to renovate the physical structure, modernize the technology systems, and make much needed interior improvements. $2000.00 A powerful cutting edge healing workbook for women exiting abusive relationships. We have supplied every spouse abuse program in the state with these tools twice. Many women have benefited greatly from the resource. A kind, generous and wonderful woman who is a professional translator volunteered to translate these into Spanish for the world. My husband’s dear Aunt is doing the proofreading. Our goal is to get 200 or more into our shelters this year. We can purchase them for $10.00 each. You have the power to help save a life with a $10.00 donation. For information on how to order one of these (currently just in English) – go to www.tendingyourgarden.org Midway Foundation for Integrative Medicine The Midway Foundation has been approved for our Fiscal Sponsorship Program while they are awaiting their IRS 501 (c) 3 determination. This means that donors can make tax-deductible gifts to The Howe Charities, which are then re-granted to the fiscally sponsored organization. The Midway Foundation’s mission furthers the tax exempt educational purpose of The Howe Charities, Inc. |
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