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Recent grants, titles, and who to contact for more information. 
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The Helen Ellis Charitable Trust

Recent Grant Recipients
 
 

Helen Ellis Trust
2007-2008

Name of Recipient
Title
Contact Information
Amount Granted

Concerts at the Point

Performances in Westport Community Schools
Rosamond Wadsworth
508-636-5834 
$ 1500.00
Concerts at the Point

Adaskin String Trio with Sally Pinkas, piano

Rosamond Wadsworth
508-636-5834
$ 1000.00

Macomber Primary School  

2 Theatrical Performances for  Kindergartners

Jane Dufault
508-678-8671   

$ 1350.00
Melissa Pacheco
Scattering Garden at Beech Grove Cemetery
Melissa Pacheco
508-636-3841
$ 2388.00
Abigail Smith 
Concert Series for Seniors in Westport
Abigail Smith
509-679-5102
$ 550.00
Lloyd Center on the Environment

Feathery Focus Curriculum, Westport 3rd grade

Patricia Sheppard
508-990-0506 x11

$ 2000.00
Meriz Landscaping, Inc
Landscaping at three BenchMark locations
Beth Mercer
508-636-8447
$ 1865.00
Westport Arts Council
Website Maintenance
Elaine Ostroff
508-636-6537
$ 990.00
Westport Arts Council
Helen Ellis BenchMark
Partners Village Store
Elaine Ostroff
508-636-6537
$ 2700.00
Westport Art Group
Weave a Web of Wonder, Scholarships for Summer Workshop
Nancy Burkholder
508-636-3039
$ 600.00
Westport Art Group
Exhibit Panels
Nancy Burkholder
508-636-3039
$ 500.00
Westport Council on Aging
Music for All Ages
Susan Oliviera
508-636-1026
$ 600.00
Westport Council on Aging
Poetry Workshop Town wide Series and Publication
Rosemary Lenrow
508-636-4494
$ 1400.00
Westport Free Public Library
Halloween Safety with the Dancing Cop
Linda Cunha
508-636-1100
$ 345.00
Farmer’s Market
Promotional Materials
Beth Easterly
508-636-4427
$ 1200.00
Westport Historical Commission Cemetery Identification Group
Database Software
Betty Slade
508-636-6594
$ 500.00
Westport Historical Society
Westport History Web Exhibit

Jenny O’Neill
508-636-6011

$ 1000.00

Westport Middle School

School-wide Assemblies, Story Teller

James Gibney
508-636-1090 x4100

$ 750.00

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Helen Ellis Trust
2006-2007

Name of Recipient
Title
Contact Information
Amount Granted

Richard W. Clark

Keeping History Alive
Richard W. Clark
$ 300.00
Jacqueline Pinheiro
Pine Tree Glass Works

Stain Glass Windows Class at Westport COA

Jacqueline Pinheiro
508-998-3164
$ 400.00

Jacqueline Pinheiro
Pine Tree Glass Works

"Treasured Memories"
make tiles at Westport COA

Jacqueline Pinheiro
508-998-3164

$ 150.00
Historical & contemporary photographs
"Postcard to the Future"
Jenny O'Neill, Director
508-636-6011
$ 1000.00
Bob St. Amour
Music & Entertainment to the Senior Community
Bob St. Amour
508-672-6373
$ 210.00
Westport Arts Council

Celebrate Designing the Village-Tent
Musician-Bill Harley
Cajun Band-Magnolia

Carol Vidal, Chair
508-676-8994

$ 3000.00
60 minute concert of stories & songs, Roger Tincknell & David Bates
at Westport Library
Linda Cunha
508-636-1100
$ 500.00
Southcoast Historical Associates
Overview of what Life was like in 18th Century New England
David Jennings
508-821-5976
$ 350.00
2 assemblies for 2006-7 school year, #1 musical presentation
#2 Storyteller
James M. Gibney
508-636-1090 x4100
$ 750.00
2007 calendar
Gay Gillespie
508-636-3016
$ 2000.00
Chip & Gay Gillespie
Celebrate 1906 Labor Day Picnic Booklet
Chip & Gay Gillespie
508-999-6220
$ 300.00
Art Street, Inc.
("Sidewalk Sam")
Chalk One UP for Westport Community artwork
Tina D. Guillemin, Exec. Dir.
617-244-1860
$ 1500.00
Greater Tiverton Community Chorus
Choral Concert @ Town Hall Annex
Herbert Wells
617-696-9386
$ 300.00
Early Learning Center
Holiday Spectacular
On Stage Theatrical Productions
at BCC for kindergarteners
Jane Dufault
508-678-8671
$ 750.00
Classical Music enrichment for local Middle school children
Rosamond Wadsworth
508-636-5834
$ 1000.00
Concert in Central Village by Musicians of the Old Post Road
Rosamond Wadsworth
508-636-5834
$ 1800.00
Maria Gloria Mulcahy, Ph.D
Portuguese History and Culture Project at Central Village Apartments

Maria Gloria Mulcahy, Ph.D
508-678-2811 ext.3087

$ 2000.00
Westport Recreation Committee
Westport Recreation Fund-Raiser Family Cabaret
George R. Cataldo
508-636-5702
$ 350.00
Westport Fire Department
Gather, Organize, perserve & protect historical documents relating to the Westport Fire Department
$ 900.00
RISD trip for 4th graders
Carol Duby
508-636-1075
$ 500.00
Westport Arts Council
Helen E. Ellis Exhibit Space at Lees
Elaine Ostroff
508-636-6537
$ 2000.00
Westport High School
Trip to MFA-Boston 
High School students
Theresa Hadley
508-6363-5224 (school)
$ 450.00
Westport High School

Advanced art, photo., writing students conduct a portrait & oral history from seniors at COA.

Theresa Hadley
508-6363-5224 (school)
$ 500.00

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Helen Ellis Trust
2005-2006

Name of Recipient
Title
Contact Information
Amount Granted
Westport Historical Society
Purchase original paintings of the Harvest Festival posters from Betsy MacDonald
William F. Wyatt
508-636-6011 
$1000.00
Community Centers of Westport
Westport Family Day
Myron K. Graves
508-644-2656
Dennis Nadeau
978-973-7578 or 508-636-4443
$ 800
Community Centers of Westport
The Toe Jam Puppet Band
Myron K. Graves
508-644-2656
Dennis Nadeau
978-973-7578 or 508-636-4443
$ 875
The Second Half
Lifelong Learning at 50+
Create advertising for targeting Westport residents
Salma Jabbour
508-677-4694
secondhalf@massd.edu
$ 500.00
Westport Free Public Library
Lecture and live demonstration for children and families
Linda Cunha
508-636-1100
$ 460.00
Westport Elementary School
Transportation to RISD Museum & Nature Lab
Carol Duby
508-636-1075
$ 600.00
Concerts at the Point
Triton Horn Trio for fall concert and Copley Chambers Player’s String Quartet for Middle School
Rosamond Wadsworth
508-636-5834
$ 3000.00
Jacqueline A. Pinheiro
Pine Tree Glassworks
Council on Aging craft program for Senior Social Day Care
Jacqueline Pinheiro
508-998-3164
$ 450.00
Westport River Watershed Alliance, Inc.
2006 photographic calendar of the Westport River Watershed
Gay Gillespie
508-636-3016
$ 2000.00
Early Learning Childhood Center
Macomber School
Kindergarteners attend modern ballet performance at BCC
Jane Dufault
508-678-8671
$ 975.00
Westport Arts Council
Pedestrian Access and Public Art for Central Village
Elaine Ostroff
508-636-6537
$ 5000.00
Westport Historical Commission
Research on the Westport Town Poor Farm
Geraldine Millham
(508) 636-5437
$ 2000.00
Westport Historical Commission
Reorganization of files of historic Westport Town Surveys
Geraldine Millham
(508) 636-5437
$ 275.00
Westport Middle School
Two assemblies - area artist and storyteller
James M. Gibney
508-636-1090 x4100
$ 1000.00
Gardening For Good
Install a pergola structure and plantings for outdoor garden room at the COA
Mary Beth Miller 
508-801-8473
$ 4000.00

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Helen Ellis Trust
2004-2005

Name of Recipient
Title
Contact Information
Amount Granted
Westport Middle School
Musical/theatrical/
storytelling performances for 2 assemblies.
 James M. Gibney, Principal
508-636-1090 x4100
$ 1500.00
Westport River Gardeners
Restore Trueblood Memorial Gardens at Library
 Barry Throop, President
508-636-6138
$ 500.00
Westport Free Public Library
Sparky’s Puppets: show for ages 3 to 10 at Westport Library.
 Susan Branco, Head Librarian
508-636-1100 
$ 245.00
Robert St. Amour
Senior Entertainment for Westport residents
 Robert St. Amour
508-672-6373
$ 110.00
Early Learning Childhood Center
Macomber School
December Holiday Program at Bristol Community College for 1st graders
Jane Dufault
508-678-8671
$ 1025.00
Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies
Feathery Focus, introducing elementary school students to birds.
 Patricia Sheppard, Education Director
508-990-0505  ext. #11
$ 2000.00
Westport River Watershed Alliance, Inc.
Publication on the Westport River water quality for the last 14 years.
Gay Gillespie, Exec. Director
508-636-3016
$ 1500.00
Westport Elementary School
Rhode Island School of Design Nature Lab trip for 4th graders
 Carol Duby
508-636-1075
$ 1398.00
Concerts at the Point
Walden Chamber Players
concert and Middle School program
 Rosamond Wadsworth
 508-636-5834
$ 3500.00
Westport Arts Council
Web-site for Westport Arts Council
Elaine Ostroff, Sec.
$ 2500.00
Westport Free Public Library
Catalogue and display
Westport Matters CD collection
Susan Branco, Head Librarian
508-636-1100
$ 1000.00

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