Recent Gifts -- UPDATE

Young Writers Project sustains itself from the fees it charges schools for its Digital Writing Classrooms and from the generosity of individuals, corporations and foundations. We try to acknowledge people who give us substantive gifts but we thought it would be good for you to know about a few recent donations:

• Northfield Savings Bank to support the YWP Schools Project -- training for teachers and online classrooms used in schools.
• Bay and Paul Foundations to support an upcoming Digital Storytelling Project and the support of the YWP Schools Project.
• David Demers, ongoing operations.
• Douglas Beagley, ongoing operations.
• Alysia Perkinson, ongoing operations.
• FairPoint Communications -- a large grant that supports several school sites, an efficacy study and the next anthology to be published in September 2010.
• The Admiral William Nelson Foundation of Fort Lauderdale, FL (To help support our new Digital Storytelling Project and Digital Writing Classrooms)
• Darkside Snowboards which raised money at a recent snowboard sale at its Ludlow, Killington and Okemo stores and donated the proceeds to YWP "with deepest gratitude for the work you do."
• Vermont Humanities Council for upcoming online and in-person author workshops.
• The Ruth and Peter Metz Family Foundation for general operations
• The Susan Cross Foundation for general operations
• Stephen Kiernan, writer, for general operations
• Burlington City Arts (for First Night Project)
• Chittenden Bank (South Burlington Branch) for general operations
• Chris Bohjalian, writer, for general operations
• Staige Davis, for general operations
• Greater Burlington Industrial Corporation, for general operations

Thanks to all of them and to all of you who show the world how important it is to write and to write well.

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