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The Collierville HERALD February 24, 2011
New Day to present 'How I Became a Pirate'
New Day Children's Theatre will present "How I Became a Pirate: this weekend at the Harrell Theatre and, as a special accompaniment, will host a free book signing and workshop with "How I Became a Pirate" author Melinda Long on Saturday. ...
Long, who authored the book that the play is based on, will appear at the Collierville Burch library on Saturday at 1 p.m. thanks to a $1,000 grant from the Collierville Community Fund.
"We thought this was a great opportunity to do something we wouldn't be able to do without the funding," Chasteen said. The grant was the first New Day has received since its inception in the spring of 2006.
The Commercial Appeal October 20, 2010
C'ville fund gives $10,045 in grants
The Collierville Community Fund, along with the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis, awarded $10,045 to groups in the Collierville area in 2010. The grants are given to organizations with a project that improves quality of life in the town. Grants for 2010 included:
. Collierville Arts Council: $1,500 to underwrite purchase of sound equipment for productions at the Harrell Theatre.
. Collierville Literacy Counciul: $1,075 to make planed, systemic effort to recruit literacy students.
. Family Violence Council of Collierville: $1,970 to fund "Train the Trainer" program that trains adults on how to teach children life skills to
deal with violence in the home.
. New Day Children's theatre: $1,000 to suport a children's educational program in collaboration with the Collierville Burch Library.
. Page Robbins Adult Day Care Center: $1,400 to help purchase educational materials for caregivers of newly diagnosedpatients with dementia.
. Collierville Young Life: $1,000 to subsidize students on a trip to Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend Camp to interact with students from other area
high schools.
. YMCA at Schilling Farms: $2,100 in collaboration with Make A Splash Mid-South to provide swim lessons and water safety classes to children
unable to pay for swim lessons.
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