Program
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Audience
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Number Served in 2011
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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
(Bull Run by Paul Fleischman and The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane in 2012, and To Kill a Mockingbird in 2011)
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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 8,500+ people in 76 towns participated; 28,000+ people listened to broadcasts on VPR;
VHC distributed more than 3,375 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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95 people at 5 hospitals
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Copley Hospital (Morrisville), Gifford Medical Center (Randolph), 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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1,898 attendees took part in 156 discussions in 37 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 (2012: The Humanities of the Arab World and 2011: The Power of the Humanities: Why They Matter)
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General public
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Approximately 150-225 people annually
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Held at a central location (in 2012 and 2011 at the Stoweflake in Stowe)
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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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4,254 people attended 70 talks at nine locations
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Brattleboro, Burlington (Essex Junction fall 2011), 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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5,654 attendees at 153 programs in 100 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 and for Tropical Storm Irene repairs
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General public
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26 grants totaling $65,000 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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1,400+ weekly
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Weekly e-mail to subscribers 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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469 different providers and 372 different parents at 287 events (9,700 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, adult literacy students, social service organization clients
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449 individuals at 82 group events, including 32 in correctional facilities (1,596 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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160 students in 10 Vermont public schools (866 free books distributed)
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Blue Mountain Union (Wells River), Edmunds Middle School (Burlington), Fair Haven Grade School, Milton Middle/High School, Poultney High School, Richford Jr.-Sr. High School, St. Albans City School, Stowe Middle School, Waits River Valley School, 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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AEL staff and students, including refugees and immigrants
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14 AEL teachers and 296 adult students served (634 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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Awards totalling $2,000 to support literacy projects
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Literacy program participants
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10 awards paid for educational field trips and other expenses; 580 books donated to literacy programs, including childcare programs hurt by Tropical Storm Irene
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Literacy organizations statewide (schools, childcare and early literacy providers, and adult education centers)
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