Q V NA S P O TLI G H T
Spring 2019’s Community Grant Award Recipients
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ive 2019 Community Grant Award recipients were announced by QVNA President Eleanor Ingersoll at the May 15 Volunteer Celebration. A total of $10,000 was awarded.
Pat Bigley, John and Maureen Weir, John Koger, and Treasurer Liz Mester accepts the grant on behalf of the group.
Principal Daniel Peou accepts the grant award on behalf of the school.
Horace F. Furness High School, Queen Village’s public high school, was awarded $3,500 to help develop a multimedia center for students and a Parent/Community Resource Center.
Shot Tower Advisory Council was awarded $2,000 to provide two eightweek summer camp tuitions and to defray camp expenses.
Director Jessica Noel and children accept the grant award on behalf of the theatre.
Philly PACK theatre & dance company was awarded $2,100 to provide three tuitions to its two-week Summer Theatre Production Intensive for Nebinger Elementary students.
Queen Village Quarterly Crier \\ FALL 2019
Chair Dan Gibbon accepts the grant on behalf of the Tree Tenders.
Queen Village Tree Tenders was awarded $1,500 to remove hazardous dead trees and old stumps from tree pits.
Tim Graham accept the grant on behalf of the group.
Friends of Moyamensing Point was awarded $900 for supplies and expenses related to park maintenance, planting materials, and use of the park area, including the group’s annual Phestivus event. QVNA’s Community Grant Program provides funding to help improve neighborhood quality of life. Grant requests can include a wide range of projects and programs, such as enhancing parks, gardens, playgrounds, and historic preservation. QVNA also accepts grant applications for academic and/or learning enrichment programs during the school year and the summer. QVNA’s Grants Committee reviewed all applications before making funding recommendations to the Board of Directors. Thank you, Grant Committee Chair Kathy Dilonardo, and committee members Mike McPhilmy and Nancy Morgenstern for your volunteer service. ■
