Grants recipients for the 2010–11 grants cycle were announced at the April 2011 Civic Council Trustees meeting. A total of $5,600 was given to eight groups.

The largest, a Community Builder grant of $2,000, was given to the P.S. 39 Parent’s Association, for “Edible Community: A Learning Garden for P.S. 39 Students.” The school plans to construct an on-site learning garden, where students will grow edible plants and study botany through activities intended to develop their appetites for fresh food and foster environmental responsibility. The grant will fund installation of planting beds and irrigation and composting systems, along with the purchase of supporting classroom materials.

Regular grants, each worth $500 except where noted, were announced for:

• GALLOP Horse Show, to fund an event this June in Prospect Park that demonstrates the skills of people with disabilities. This noncompetitive horse show will display what the children have learned.
• BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn ($600), for Celebrate Brooklyn honoraria for storytellers at the Ezra Jack Keats Family Concert. The show, which features celebrity storytellers who read the works of the children’s book author prior to the concert, has become an annual tradition and the centerpiece of Celebrate Brooklyn’s family programming.
• Chocolate Chip Chamber Music, for Education Day program and guide. Chocolate Chip Chamber Music introduces young children to live ensemble music in an enjoyable and playful way. Funding will help the organization print teachers’ guides and develop a web page to extend the concert experience into more classrooms.
• Park Slope Parents for Climate Protection, for speaker honoraria, publications, and information packets. The organization’s goal is to educate parents on the causes and implications of global warming, and work toward passage of climate protection legislation. The grant will be used for guest honoraria and publicity for Eco-Drinks events (each a brief talk followed by a question-and-answer session and letter writing on climate issues).
• BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange. BAX provides support for emerging performing artists, arts education for Brooklyn youth from low- and moderate-income families, and teaching residencies in Brooklyn public schools. BAX also produces an annual season in its theater. Our grant will subsidize tuition for five preschools to attend Arts Education Professional Development Workshops that BAX conducts.
• P.S. 321 School Garden, for a tensile triangle shade system and picnic tables. The garden, called Plantville, has been quite successful since original funding last year. The new grant will fund a learning center with benches, tables, and shade structure to create a more accessible and functional space adjacent to the garden, accommodating maximum class size as needed.
• Friends of Douglass/Greene Park, Inc., for Gowanus Grind III. The Douglass Greene Park is a recreational gem on Third Avenue and Douglass Street in an area of the community where there is little open space. The grant will pay for a skateboard instructor and awards at this springtime event, which attracts users, new and old, to the park.

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