EAST LONGMEADOW CULTURAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL

This year the Council received twenty-nine grant applications for a total of $22,800.00. The 2002 Massachusetts Cultural Council award came to $6,380.00. We also received a "Matching Funds Incentive Award" from the State for $500.00. This is the sixth year in a row that we have received this award. This award enables our Council to allocate monies over and above our regular allotment. In addition, there was $785.00 from FY01 grant awards that was unused which we added to this years grant money for a total of $7,730.00.

All applications were reviewed and discussed at length for consideration. Based on community benefit and council guidelines, a total of eleven LCC Grants and three PASS grants were awarded to individuals and organizations this year.

Approved Grant List

*Applicant:*	*Project Description:*	*Awarded:*
*East Longmeadow Rotary Club*	*17^th Annual Summer Concert Series*	*$1000.00*
*Patty Carpenter*	*Music for Seniors*	*$480.00*
*E Longmeadow Council on Aging*	*Storyteller for the Deaf*	*$380.00*
*Radio Reading Service*	*Bedtime Stories*	*$350.00*
*Springfield Symphony Orchestra*	*Music Matters Youth Concert*	*$1000.00*
*4^th Of July Parade Committee*	*Annual 4^th of July Parade*	*$750.00*
*John J. Michaels*	*Valley Jazz Ensemble Public Concert*	*$500.00*
*Meadow Brook School*	*Visiting Artists “In-house” Field Trips*	*$500.00*
*Meadow Brook PTO*	*Taino in the Rain Forest*	*$450.00*
*Mountain View PTO*	*Themselves-Beyond the Shamrock*	*$500.00*
*Mapleshade PTO*	*Themselves-Beyond the Shamrock*	*$500.00*
*L.P.E.V.C PAD 1/SSH*	*Springfield Symphony Hall Broadway for Kids Babes In Toyland*	*$60.00*
*L.P.E.V.C PAD 1/SSH*	*Springfield Symphony Hall Broadway For Kids Are You My Mother?*	*$60.00*
*Birchland Park School Grade 7*	*Tsongas Industrial Park*	*$1000.00*

New grant applications and instructions will be available August 15^th and can be found at the Selectmen’s office in the Town Hall and at the East Longmeadow Library. Applications can also be found on the Internet at the following web site: www.massculturalcouncil.org. All applications must be submitted to the Council by October 15^th in order to be considered for funding. We require six copies of the application and strongly recommend that a time, date and location of the program be included.