The Dara Fund

The Dara Fund mini-grant applications for service-learning are available Spring and Fall for projects in the New England states (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont)

This initiative, inspired by Dara Kaufman’s life, is meant to encourage young people in New England to take action to make their schools and communities caring, supportive and environmentally sustainable places. The fund will support K-12 service-learning projects that focus on issues that were important to Dara.

Spring 2009 Projects

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Fall 2009: Application Deadline: Closed.

Who May Apply: K-12 classrooms, after-school programs, or community-based programs that wish to use service-learning in order to solve a problem and improve their community. We will accept proposals from students, teachers, and community organizations.

How to Apply: closed.

Suggested themes and issue areas for projects eligible to receive support from Dara’s Fund.

Amount: Up to $250.00 may be requested.

Award Notification: We will notify applicants of our funding decisions via e-mail by November 18. (we extended our deadline due to an overwhelming round of applications!)

Documentation with Completion Date: Grants awarded during Fall 2009, must submit the project completion form upon completion of project, but no later than February 5, 2010.

We welcome electronic pictures (for our website) and hard copies of student work.

Examples of service-learning projects are provided to help potential applicants better understand service-learning and provide inspiration about the problems and needs in your community that students can address.