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grant from the Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority will
support health and wellness programs for Green Street Art Center
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| Posted 05.01.08 |
CHEFA Grant Supports Art Center's After School Program
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A grant from the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA)
will provide program support and establish a health and wellness component
for Wesleyan’s Green Street Arts Center.
The $75,000 grant will be applied to the art center’s After School Program.
The funds will allow the program to bring professionals in the fields of
nutrition, health, exercise, and mental health to teach life-long health
habits.
As one of only 10 grantees out of a very competitive program with 40
applicants, the staff at Green Street is honored to have received this
distinction. The Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority
provides Connecticut's nonprofit institutions with access to low cost financing
in the public municipal markets.
“I understand the competition for this grant was intense—there were so many
worthy applicants,” says Janis Astor del Valle, director of Green
Street Arts Center. “Empowering young people and their families is at the
very core of our program’s mission and CHEFA funds afford us the
opportunity to better serve our After School children and families. Now we
can more adequately address their needs, and, I hope, significantly improve
their lives.”
The Green Street Arts Center, now in its third year of programming, was
created to serve as both an anchor to the revitalization of the North End of
Middletown and as a unique artistic and educational resource for residents
of the neighborhood and the region. The facility offers fully-equipped sound
and recording, videography, digital photography, writing and graphic arts
labs. It also features two visual arts studios for drawing, painting and
sculpture, a dance studio and a performance studio.
“The Green Street Art Center has already established itself as a valuable
part of the revitalization of the North End of Middletown,” says
Wesleyan President Michael Roth. “It has also become an important service
learning opportunity for Wesleyan students eager to work in community. I am
very grateful for the CHEFA grant's recognition of the good work already
done at Wesleyan's Green Street Arts Center, and for its assistance in our
future efforts.”
For more information about the Green Street Arts Center, visit
www.greenstreetartscenter.org
or call 860-685-7871. |
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