FY24 Approved Grant Applications

We are pleased to announce those grant applications for FY24 that were approved by the Cultural Council. There were 31 applications totaling a requested amount of $48,062. The amount we had available from Mass Cultural Council for this year's grant application cycle was $17.120. A difficult task. However, here are the projects/events which we approved and the amounts awarded.

1.Christmas/Holiday Sing along with the Fanfare Brass at St. Paul's Universalist/Unitarian Church $450
2.Common Threads in the Cloth of Humanity - Old Mill Pond $260
3.Worcester Ecotarium First Grade at OMP - $1,790
4.Old Sturbridge Village Field Trip - OMP $1,096
5.2nd Grade Globetrotters - A World Tour of Virtual Adventures OMP $500
6.Light Up Palmer - $1,000
7.Hanover Theater: A Christmas Carol - PHS $1,250
8.Worcester Braveheartas: Baseball in Education Days - PHS $600
9.Washington, DC Trip - PHS $3838
10.Palmer Monson Family Network - Family Art and Music in the Park $300
11.5th Grade Ecology School in Saco, ME trip - OMP $5,436
12.Name That TV Theme Song - Council on Aging - $300
13.Mister G's Multicultural Concert - Workshop 13 - $300

Our priorities were first time applicants, field trips, senior citizens and family events. The responses from our Community Survey of 2022 indicated these are the target areas of interest.

Congratulations to all the successful applicants; many of whom are teachers at Old Mill Pond and Palmer High School working on behalf of their students.