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Media Release The Groton Dunstable Education Foundation's first grants cycle receives strong response The GDEF Grants Program was launched on Wednesday, November 19th during presentations to GDRSD faculty and School Committee members and followed up with informational meetings open to the communities of Groton and Dunstable. GDEF Grants Director Kate McNierney reports that 19 applications totaling more than $42,000 and initiated by every school in the District as well as other community organizations were received by the January 8th deadline. The GDEF, for this first disbursement cycle, has committed to fund up to $20,000 for grants that meet Foundation goals and is heartened by this strong show of interest from GDRSD faculty and staff and Groton and Dunstable community members. This level of interest, which clearly shows the need for supplemental funds to enhance our publicly funded schools, is an encouragement to the Foundation to maintain its ongoing efforts of fundraising work so that future grants can be funded to enhance the GDRSD. The GDEF Grants Disbursement Committee now begins its important work of evaluating the applications and deciding which of these proposals should be recommended to the GDEF Board of Directors, who will vote on which applications will be awarded funding the week of February 2, 2004. The Grants Disbursement Committee is made up of Groton and Dunstable residents with diverse backgrounds and varied areas of interest and expertise as well as a GDRSD administration representative. The GDEF Board of Directors felt a broad and balanced Grants Disbursement Committee was critical to the application evaluation process and has great confidence in the Committee membership to fulfill their charge. Applicants will be notified the week of February 2, 2004 on the status of their grant applications and an announcement will be made to the public at the GDRSD School Committee meeting on February 4, 2004.
Questions or comments, contact Kimberly Flanagan - Director, Communications
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