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tinue to expand the options available to our commu- Cape Cod Children's nity. Museum "Oh My Stars!" Science $250 R The Council on Aging wishes to acknowledge Cape Museum of the continued support shown to us by the Board of Fine Arts ARTWORKS/ I Selectmen, Town Manager, Department of Public Art Internship Works, Leisure Services, Human Services, Police and Program Design Arts $200 Fire and all other town departments which provide direct and indirect services to the Council on Aging, Greg Curtis Songs to Inspire Music $400 T the Mashpee Senior Center and the senior community. In particular, we appreciate the support of the citizens KC Coombs Positive Spin at Town Meeting. With that support the Council con- School Program Muth $500 tinues to meet the challenges of our fast growing ti senior community and the community at large. Mashpee High F School Challenge Day Humanities $500 Respectfully submitted, r Mashpee Leisure THE MASHPEE COUNCIL ON AGING Services Oktoberfest Music $835 John Dorsey, Chairperson Eugenia Noussee, Vice Chairperson/Secretary f Mashpee Middle i Virginia McIntyre, Treasurer School Higgins Armory Theater $500 Mari Jo Gorney, Secretary jMarilynn Brooks Mashpee Public ! Frank Kelly Library The Elbows Music $600 Arthur Eisenberg Irving Goldberg Tara Murphy African Dance & i Rose Shanker Drumming Dance $500 1 James Long, DirectorTotal Awarded $4,285.00 We were fortunate this year to be awarded Report of the $4,300 in funding. This year we had our first Open Mashpee Cultural Council House at the Mashpee Library which was a great suc cess. Our goal is to educate and reach new perform- ers in order to provide the best possible variety of III. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the activities for our town. Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: We invite the public to attend our meetings,and to assist the Council in promoting the arts,humanities, The Mashpee Cultural Council's mission is to promote excellence, education and diversity in the and interpretive sciences that our children and corn munity may become sensitive, caring and well- arts, humanities and interpretive sciences in order to rounded citizens. improve the quality of life for all of the community. The Mashpee Cultural Council operates under the Respectfully submitted, aegis of the town but distributes funds appropriated by the state legislature that have been allotted to us by a Kathleen Moore, Chairman local aid formula. In other words, the state distributes Janet Burke funds to all the towns in the Commonwealth, so the Eda Stepper local councils can award the funds to individuals, Roberta Schneiderman schools and nonprofit organizations in their own corn- Carol Skogstrom munities. The Council met in November of 2008 to dis- tribute the 2009 funds. 33 candidates submitted grant application forms to the Commission for processing and the following grants were approved for 2009: 106