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Junior League of Greenwich Seeks Community Grant Applicants

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Front row (left to right): Jenny Byxbee Youth Services Coordinator, Cathy Youngman President JLG 2014/15, Madison Blair, Holly Roth, Katherine Du, Julianna Armentano, Alessandra Messineo Long President JLG 2015/16. Back row (left to right): Peter Negrea, Alexander Buffone, Alexander Schnur, James Plewniak, Jim Boutelle with TAG and Police Chief Heavey.
Front row (left to right): Jenny Byxbee Youth Services Coordinator, Cathy Youngman President JLG 2014/15, Madison Blair, Holly Roth, Katherine Du, Julianna Armentano, Alessandra Messineo Long President JLG 2015/16. Back row (left to right): Peter Negrea, Alexander Buffone, Alexander Schnur, James Plewniak, Jim Boutelle with TAG and Police Chief Heavey.

Every year, the Junior League of Greenwich designates $5,000 of its funds to be awarded to one or more community organizations through its Community Grant Award. The grant is intended to fund new initiatives or expand programs and services relating to significant community needs, not subsidize existing programs.

Junior League of Greenwich President-Elect Sue Moretti Rogers explains, “we look to identify local groups on an annual basis that ‎are making a difference in our community through innovative and high impact programs.” Past recipient organizations include Greenwich Library, YWCA of Greenwich, YMCA of Greenwich, Greenwich Alliance for Education, Voluntary Services for the Blind of Fairfield Country, and Mothers for Others.

Applications are due Dec. 4. The requests will be reviewed by the Junior League of Greenwich Board of Directors as well as the Junior League membership and presented in the spring of 2016. The grant application may be found on the Junior League of Greenwich website: jlgreenwich.org.

Last year’s recipient was Safe Rides Program, an initiative designed to save the lives of teens that may be in a vulnerable position by being in need of a safe form of transportation home. It is run by a partnership between the Greenwich Youth Services Coordinator and the First Selectman’s Youth Commission, with support from the Greenwich Police Department.

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