WBC Grant Applications Due Sept. 21
Women Building Community (WBC) Grant applications are due on September 21 at 6:00 pm! Guidelines and applications are available at www.womenbuildingcommunity.org in the “Grants Available” section for this fall’s cycle of “WBC up to $5000 Grants” and “WBC Innovation Grant” (up to $10,000 each). Next year a winter deadline for Innovation Grants will be added. […]
Grants Info Session is Sept. 6
On Thursday, September 6, CFWO will hold its annual Grants Information Session, 4:30-5:30 pm in the Tompkins County Public Library’s BorgWarner Room. This meeting is scheduled to assist those interested in submitting applications due September 21 or in the future. “We will be allocating $60,000 this year, twice as much as in past annual […]
Groton Girls Night In
Groton Middle and High School girls enjoyed their own “Girls Night In” program last year funded by a Women Building Community Grant. The event theme was “This Girl Can” with activities planned to empower female students to make smarter and healthier decisions. Teachers and counselors focused on building self-respect, self-confidence and leadership skills through a […]
Women’s Suffrage Centennial Celebrated
“Exploring the Arc of Women’s Suffrage and its Relevance to Current Issues” was coordinated by the History Center in Tompkins County during 2017. According to Rod Howe, the History Center’s grant allowed it to serve as a catalyst for numerous programs and initiatives related to New York State’s women’s suffrage centennial, including Seneca Falls bus […]
LACS Students Build Skills
A Women Building Community Grant funded the Youth Farm Project Composting Toilet Build. It was a collaborative hands on carpentry project between Hammer Stone Carpentry for Women, the Youth Farm Project, and the Lehman Alternative Community School of the Ithaca City School District. A group of middle and high school girls spent a week last […]