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Coshocton Foundation distributes grant money
The distribution committee of the Coshocton Foundation had its third and final meeting of fiscal year 2024 recently and reviewed 15 grant applications totaling $ 278,995.97 . The committee awarded nine grants totaling $ 127,296.06 to various community organizations . The grants awarded
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included the following :
—$ 49,516.86 to Kids America Inc . to assist with its HVAC replacement project .
—$ 20,000 to the Village of Warsaw to assist in making the River View Community Park more ADA accessible with ADA playground equipment .
—$ 13,720.20 to Big
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Auditions for “ Almost Maine ” will be held at 7 p . m . Sunday , Sept . 22 at
Brothers Big Sisters of Zanesville to provide assistance with a pilot for a school-based youth mentoring program , Lunch Buddies , at Coshocton County schools .
—$ 12,888 to the Coshocton County Coordinated Transportation Agency to assist in the equipping of four new revenue service vehicles with cameras .
—$ 12,000 to the Ridgewood Local School District to provide support for the Blessing Bags Program , which provides food items for students to reduce food insecurity for the 2024-25 school year . —$ 6,500 to Coshocton City Schools to provide support for the purchase of the Think
Law Program for Critical Thinking Curriculum .
—$ 5,421 to the River View Athletic Boosters to provide assistance with the replacement of old , steel volleyball poles with carbon fiber poles , making daily setup safer for players to handle .
—$ 4,100 to the Coshocton City Schools to provide funding for a
Life Skills Service Project Initiative for the multicategorical classroom at
More about the Coshocton Foundation can be found at www . coshoctonfoundation . org .
the Triple Locks Theater .
Welcome to Almost , Maine , a place that ’ s so far north , it ’ s almost in Canada . It ’ s not quite a town , because its residents never got around to getting organized . So , it almost doesn ’ t exist . One cold , clear , winter night , as the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above , the residents of Almost , Maine , find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and hilarious ways . Knees may bruise and hearts may break , but as magic fills the air , the pieces finally fall into place –
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—$ 3,150 to the Roscoe Village Foundation Inc . to provide support in the purchase of a trailer to safely transport the main stage to and from Hill Street for all Roscoe Village events .
The Coshocton Foundation Distribution Committee ’ s first meeting for fiscal year 2025 will be in early January . The deadline for unrestricted grant applications for the meeting will be Friday , Dec . 13 at 4 p . m .
The Coshocton Foundation was established in 1966 through the last will and testament of local merchant Adolph Golden and has distributed over $ 9 million in grants to community organizations from its unrestricted fund . In addition , the foundation has over 175 restricted funds from which distributions are made for specific purposes . More about the Coshocton Foundation can be found at www . coshoctonfoundation . org .
Auditions for ‘ Almost Maine ’ announced
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This is a great play to get your on-stage experience , as each scene is only seven to nine minutes long . Veteran and novice actors will have an incredible opportunity to delve into character development without having to memorize an entire play . Newcomers are sincerely welcome . Two to nine women in their late teens to mid 40s are needed and so are two to nine men in their late teens to mid 40s .
Rehearsals will be Oct . 14 through Dec . 5 at Triple Locks Theater . Performances are Dec . 6-15 at Triple Locks Theater .
This show will be extremely unique in the fact it will have three directors . Shelly Lillibridge , Nathan Mayse and Shane Pyle will individually direct three scenes each for a total of nine scenes . Executive Director Susan Metz Guthrie will oversee the whole production . The show is produced by Patty Wherley . Stage manager is Helen Scholfield .
For further information or a perusal script , contact Susan at Facebook Messenger or by email at smfmag @ hotmail . com .
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