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SARATOGA PROJECT EARNS MATCHING GRANT FROM FEINSTEIN FOUNDATION

All donations received by the USS Saratoga Museum Foundation, Inc. between November 15 and December 31 were eligible for participation in a $100,000 matching funds challenge from the Alan Shawn Feinstein Foundation. On February 5, Philanthropist Alan Shawn Feinstein handed out checks totaling $100,000 to local agencies that participated in his $100,000 end-of-the-year holiday challenge.

We aggressively promoted this opportunity through e-mailings and on our website. We are pleased to report that we raised $43,015.06 during that period, from a total of 29 donors (one contributor donated in excess of $16,000; seven others put in between $1000 and $5000).

In all, 142 groups in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts took part. The Rhode Island Community Food Bank emerged as the contest's biggest winner, capturing a $16,066 grant, based on a reported $549,000 received from donors in the last six weeks of 2001.

Together, all the participating groups -- whose numbers ran the gamut from agencies such as the Salvation Army and Travelers Aid to various school groups that wanted to do something for the needy -- brought in nearly $3.5 million, according to Feinstein.

Saratoga Museum's share of the matching funds -- $1258.80 -- will be used to support community outreach programs, such as those involving veterans in need. Our plans also call for establishing educational opportunities and safe havens for disadvantaged youth.

PHOTO CAPTION: In ceremonies at the Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Continuing Education at the University of Rhode Island's Providence campus, philanthropist Alan Shawn Feinstein presents check to Saratoga Deputy Director Bill Sheridan.



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