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i Additionally, the Council of Aging coordinated Re ort of the I the Senior Property Tax Abatement Program. The P program matches town government needs with senior Mashpee Cultural Council f skills, talents and abilities in a program that allows y seniors to receive a property tax abatement of$600.00 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens for their efforts. Thirty-three Mashpee seniors of the Town of Mashpee participated in the towns program volunteering in a n variety of town departments giving their time and 'n considerable skills toward improving town government The Mashpee Cultural Council is a state grant funding organization whose mission is to promote ie operations. We plan to continue the program in 2012 excellence, education and diversity in the arts, ;d and hope to expand the program in coming years. humanities and interpretive sciences in order to ig improve the quality of life for all of the community. le We are extremely proud of the facilities and ;d programs of our beautiful senior center and continue to The Mashpee Cultural Council distributes funds ;d receive compliments on a daily basis on the appropriated by the state legislature that have been re attractiveness and spirit of the organization.We are also allotted by a local aid formula. Grant applications are or very proud to be one of the few senior centers to offer accepted between September and October and awarded courses through the Academy of Lifelong Learning the following year to organizations in the community that incorporate and/or build awareness for the arts and sponsored by Cape Cod Community College. We owe are in accordance to the Massachusetts Cultural ee it all to the continued support of all the people of our Council guidelines. Because funds are limited and our er town. ut goal is to grant as many opportunities as possible, Is. The Council on Aging wishes to acknowledge the greatest consideration is given to those applicants who id continued support shown to us by the Board of demonstrate community impact, engagement, and PP it Selectmen, Town Manager, Department of Public uniqueness of programs in amounts between$200 and ny Works, Recreation, Human Services, Police and Fire no greater than $750. This year applications far ig, and all other town departments which provide direct outnumbered the total grant award, so in some cases Is, and indirect services to the Council on Aging, the partial funding was awarded. A Mashpee Senior Center and the senior community. In The Mashpee Cultural Council met in November ,er particular,we appreciate the support of the citizens at j ts, of 2011 to distribute the 2012 funds. There were 24 Town Meeting.With that support the Council continues j ift to meet the challenges of our fast growing senior candidates who submitted grant applications and the ht community and the community at large. following grants were approved for 2012: Mashpee Kindergarten I noRespectfully submitted, Harwich Junior Theatre sit THE MASHPEE COUNCIL ON AGING Creative Movement Workshop $300 j er John Dorsey, Chairperson Mashpee CFCE Eugenia Noussee, Vice Chairperson Under One Sky: A Celebration Virginia McIntyre,Secretary of Cultural Diversity $500 ed Mari Jo Gomey, Treasurer Cape Cod Opera,Inc. he Arthur Eisenberg Opera&You Presents Berstein's Candide $400 de Irving Goldberg Mashpee Community Concert Committee,Inc. kMary Gaffney Missoula Children's Theater Committee,Inc. $500 re Nora McCormick Mashpee Special Events Committee he Mashpee Oktoberfest $250 Mashpee Public Library j in James Long,Director Diane Edgecomb—Storyteller $350 rs v2 Cape Cod Children's Museum Free Fun Friday $500 er he Town of Mashpee,Affirmative Action/ No Place for Hate Committee to Brett Outchcunis"Positive Spin" $500 95