Program
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Audience
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Number Served in 2012
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Location
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Reading and Discussion
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VERMONT READS
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Brings Vermonters together for activities related to one book (2013: Poetry 180, anthology by Billy Collins; 2012: Bull Run by Paul Fleischman and The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane)
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General public and intergenerational audiences, as well as audiences at correctional facilities, literacy centers, and humanities camps
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Estimated 8,600+ people in 79 towns participated; 28,000+ people listened to broadcasts on VPR; VHC distributed more than 4,385 free books
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Schools, libraries, businesses, other nonprofits, and community centers statewide; author visits to schools and communities
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| LITERATURE AND MEDICINE: HUMANITIES AT THE HEART OF HEALTH CARE |
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A hospital-based reading and discussion program open to all hospital staff
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Hospitals/health-care staff
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85 people at 4 hospitals
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Copley Hospital (Morrisville), Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (St. Johnsbury), Rutland Regional Medical Center, White River Junction VA Medical Center
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| READING AND DISCUSSION |
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Led by a VHC-trained scholar, participants make connections with neighbors by reading and talking about books
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General public and intergenerational audiences
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1,765 attendees took part in 170 discussions in 34 Vermont towns
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Statewide, hosted by libraries or other nonprofits
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| ANNUAL FALL CONFERENCE |
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Explores a topic in depth (2013: Music and the Human Experience and 2012: Sacred Spaces, Sacred Places)
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General public
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Approximately 150-280 people annually
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Held at a central location
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| Talks and Living History |
| FIRST WEDNESDAYS |
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Once-a-month public lectures featuring nationally renowned speakers, October through May
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General public within reach of nine regional centers
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5,558 people attended 69 talks at nine locations
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Brattleboro, Essex Junction, Manchester, Middlebury, Montpelier, Newport, Norwich, Rutland, and St. Johnsbury
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| SPEAKERS BUREAU |
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Speakers and living history presenters are made available for public lectures
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General public
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5,426 attendees at 154 programs in 94 towns
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Hosted at libraries and other community centers statewide
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| VERMONT PUBLIC RADIO COMMENTARIES |
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Commentaries about humanities-related subjects by Peter Gilbert on VPR
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General public
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10,000–14,000 listeners every two weeks
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On VPR and at vpr.net and vermonthumanities.org
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| Grants |
| GRANTS TO COMMUNITIES |
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Grants to nonprofits for humanities programming
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General public
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16 grants totaling $35,000 and serving tens of thousands of Vermonters
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Museums, libraries, and other venues statewide
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Exploring the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War
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CIVIL WAR BOOK OF DAYS
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E-newsletter marking the events of each week in the Civil War
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General public, schools, teachers
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2,000+ weekly
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Weekly via e-mail and at vermonthumanities.org
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Humanities-Based Literacy
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| NEVER TOO EARLY |
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A professional development opportunity offering early literacy workshops for childcare providers, as well as family literacy trainings for parents
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Childcare providers and parents, especially low-income households and teen parents
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445 different providers and 406 different parents at 313 events (9,035 free books distributed)
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Childcare centers and home care settings, parent-child centers, Head Start, correctional facilities, and low-income family programs statewide
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| CONNECTIONS |
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A reading and discussion program in collaboration with the Community High School of Vermont and the Vermont Department of Corrections, and community organizations
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Corrections inmates and
probationers, teen and adult
literacy students, social service organization clients
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948 individuals were served; 91 group events were held, including 43 in correctional facilities (1,250 free books distributed)
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Correctional facilities and probation and parole sites, social service organizations, and adult education centers statewide
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| HUMANITIES CAMPS |
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Week-long summer day camps for at-risk middle-school students. The camps strengthen literacy skills and build positive peer groups and a love of reading
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At-risk middle-schoolers ages 11 to 14
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150 students in 10 Vermont public schools (748 free books distributed)
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Blue Mountain Union (Wells River), Brattleboro Area Middle School, Edmunds Middle School (Burlington), Fair Haven Grade
School, Newark School, Richford Jr.-Sr. High School, Riversde School (Springfield), St. Albans City School, Waits River Valley School (East Corinth), and West Rutland School
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| VOICES |
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Professional development program for Adult Education and Literacy (AEL) staff to facilitate book discussions
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Adult educators and students, including refugees and immigrants
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46 adult educators and
333 adult students served
(719 free books distributed)
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Adult education centers statewide, including Barre, Bradford, Colchester/Burlington, Middlebury, Morrisville, Rutland, and Springfield
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| MINI-GRANTS |
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Small cash awards where a little can do a lot and book donations to support literacy projects
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Literacy program participants
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4 awards paid for educational field trips and other expenses; 447 books donated to literacy
programs
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Literacy organizations statewide (schools, childcare and early literacy providers, and adult education centers)
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