Community Action Grants
FY2007 (April 1, 2008 - March 31, 2009)

Back to School Clothes
New clothing for school for needy children
$5,000.00

Dress For Success
Training for getting people back into work force
$1,000.00

Guiding Eyes for the Blind
Training Program for Blind/Handicapped Students
$5,000.00

Special Olympics
Junior and Regional Games for Handicapped Children
$5,000.00

Blythedale Children's Hospital
Equipment: Assistive Technology for Virtual Reality
$2,500.00

Christian Community Action
Purchase used truck to pick up used donations for needy
$3,000.00

Community Outreach Volunteer Center of United Way
Community Outreach - Feed the homeless, Community programs/projects
$1,500.00

Food Bank of Westchester
Food for the needy in Westchester County
$2,500.00

Green Chimneys
Visual Literacy
$3,562.50

Hospice & Palliative Care of Westchester
Complementary Care Program
$2,000.00

Makers of Memories
Memories for 5 battered women and children (special vacation, etc.)
$2,500.00

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer research to try to alleviate Breast Cancer
$3,000.00

Pajama Program Reading Center
Provides new pajamas & books to needy children
$4,000.00

Support Connection
Maintain Hotline for one year
$3,600.00

March of Dimes
Blue Jeans for Babies 2008
$3,500.00

A-Home
Furnishings for Senior Housing
$1,000.00

American Legion Post #8
Building Renovations
$3,000.00

Meals-on-Wheels of White Plains
Delivery Food to Homebound
$2,500.00

Music Conservatory of Westchester
Music Therapy Program for Special Needs Children
$2,337.50

United Community Center of Westchester
Supplies for workshops on doestic violence, child abuse
$3,000.00

Westchester Coalition for the Hungry & Homeless
Support 143 food pantries, soup kitchens and shelters
$2,500.00