2008 Webster Family Fund Grants

 Organization  Program  Award
Andover Historical Society
 To ensure the future of the historic Amos Blanchard house and barn through exterior restoration, safety upgrade for the Purdon Archives facility, improved landscaping, and building a capital fund.  $2500
Blessed Stephen Bellesini, O.S.A. Academy  To complete the renovation of the former St. Francis Church building.  $2500
Challenge Unlimited Inc.  Matching Gift Challenge- To provide the staff with the tools they need to effectively and efficiently manage Ironstone Farm and its programs as follows: a dump truck, water wagon, hay storage container, improvements to the farmhouse and office area.
 $2,500
Essex Art Center
 To complete phase one of the major plan to re-work space to make it more efficient and handicapped accessible.  $2,500
Family Service, Inc
 To purchase a virtualization server and a battery back-up system for the technology infrastructure in order to ensure uninterrupted powere supply during a power outage.  $3,500
Greater Lawrence Community Boating Program  Toward the purchase of a new chase boat and motor.  $2,300
Immigrant City Archives dba Lawrence History Center  To create a public venue in the Center's courtyard, with lighting and surfacing the floors of the exterior sheds, adding a walkway to the rear handicapped elevator entrance.  $3,000
Lawrence Family Development & Education Fund  To replace windows in the family center for adult training and services, and in kindergarten classrooms.  $2,500
Notre Dame High School  To support the purchase of a 12-passenger van to transport students to their job sites.  $2,500
YWCA of Greater Lawrence  Facility improvements to resident and clientele space.  $3,500