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Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley awards over $100,000 to Dutchess nonprofits

News Daily Freeman
Date December 27, 2015

POUGHKEEPSIE – The Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley awarded over $100,000 in grants to 22 Dutchess County nonprofit organizations.

This year’s Dutchess County grant recipients include:

Anderson Center for Autism; Bardavon 1869 Opera House; Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; The Chamber Foundation; Child Care Council of Dutchess and Putnam; Community Family Development; Cornell Cooperative Extension of Dutchess County; Dutchess County SPCA; Dutchess Outreach; Family Services; Grace Smith House; Half Moon Theatre; Hudson River Housing; Legal Services of the Hudson Valley; Meals on Wheels of Greater Hyde Park; Mid-Hudson Association for Persons with disabilities; North East Community Center; Nubian Directions II; Poughkeepsie Farm Project; DC Loaves and Fishes; Rebuilding Together Dutchess County; and Stanford Free Library.

— Mid-Hudson News Network

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