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Bridge Street Builds in Bed Stuy

July 19, 2010

Last week, Bridge Street Development Corporation, a community development nonprofit based in Bedford Stuyvesant, unveiled Joshua Court at 300 Putnam Avenue.

The Nature Conservancy of New York

Description:
Support to expand The Internship Program for City Youth to serve students from new and existing environmentally themed high schools in BK. BCF seeded partnership with BASE HS four years ago - expansion is based on this model.

Grant Amount: $20,000

Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant

Neighborhoods Served: Crown Heights

Neighborhoods Served: Flatbush

Population Served: Youth

Ages Served: High School Students

Fund: Green Communities Fund

New York Restoration Project

Description:
Support to fund small projects across 21 Brooklyn community gardens. Residents of low-income neighborhoods grow fruits, herbs, and vegetables in the gardens; funding will support small construction projects and workshops.

Grant Amount: $10,000

Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant

Neighborhoods Served: Bushwick

Neighborhoods Served: Fort Greene

Population Served: All Populations

Ages Served: All Ages

Fund: Green Communities Fund

Green Guerillas

Description:
Support for Harvest for Neighborhoods Campaign - a campaign to strengthen food-growing community gardens, increase the harvest in central Brooklyn, and bring garden leaders together.

Grant Amount: $10,000

Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant

Neighborhoods Served: Bushwick

Neighborhoods Served: East New York

Population Served: All Populations

Ages Served: All Ages

Fund: Green Communities Fund

Dance Theatre Etcetera

Description:
Support for the Youth Engagement Through the Arts program, which uses arts-based strategies to help chronically truant teens at three recently-opened public transfer high schools in Brooklyn stay in school and off the streets.

Grant Amount: $7,500

Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant

Neighborhoods Served: Canarsie

Neighborhoods Served: Red Hook

Population Served: Youth

Population Served: Adults

Ages Served: High School Students

Ages Served: Adults (24-65)

Fund: Education and Youth Achievement Fund

Quest Youth Organization, Inc.

Description:
Support to purchase musical equipment. The Youth Jazz Connection project provides a direct correlation between school-age generations and the study of the history of jazz music. The study of Jazz and instrumental music positively benefits educational institutions and music programs alike.

Grant Amount: $500

Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant

Population Served: Youth

Ages Served: Middle School Students

Ages Served: High School Students

Fund: Education and Youth Achievement Fund

Brooklyn Kindergarten Society

Description:
To support BKS in accelerating the development of children's language, literacy, and cognitive skills by enhancing classroom environments, providing training to teachers and administrators and supporting parents.

Grant Amount: $25,000

Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant

Neighborhoods Served: Brownsville

Neighborhoods Served: Crown Heights

Population Served: Families

Population Served: Children

Ages Served: Preschool Students

Fund: Education and Youth Achievement Fund

SCO Family of Services

Description:
Support for an early childhood programming in 3 high need Brooklyn communities. SCO offers the Parent-Child Home Program (PCHP), a home-based early literacy program, and the agency-developed parent and child playgroup, Baby & Me.

Grant Amount: $20,000

Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant

Neighborhoods Served: Brownsville

Neighborhoods Served: East New York

Population Served: Families

Population Served: Children

Ages Served: Infant/Children (0-5)

Fund: Education and Youth Achievement Fund

Agenda for Children Tomorrow, Bushwick IMPACT

Description:
Support for the Early Childhood Program which targets families with children birth - age three who are at risk of educational failure. The Program promotes engaged and responsive parenting, family literacy and early learning through five key activities.

Grant Amount: $10,000

Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant

Neighborhoods Served: Bushwick

Neighborhoods Served: East New York

Population Served: Families

Population Served: Immigrants, Newcomers, Refugees

Population Served: Children

Ages Served: Infant/Children (0-5)

Fund: Education and Youth Achievement Fund