Donations to The Ana Grace Project support three lead initiatives:  
Music and Arts, Partner Schools and Professional Development.

Music and Arts

Donations to The Ana Grace Project support The CREC Ana Grace Elementary Academy of The Arts. At The Ana Grace School, every child sings, dances, and plays an instrument. A magnet school operated by Capital Region Education Council, we are thrilled this very special school was renamed after our daughter. It is the administration, faculty, staff, families and students that makes this school magic.  That they allow us to partner with them in this magic just adds to the robust ecosystem of love in the building.

To date, we have contributed over $50,000 in an effort build an instrument repair fund.  Because strings, rosin, stuck valves, reeds, etc. all have a cost.  And this cost should not keep students from playing.  We also have contributed to the middle school musical.

Partner Schools

Donations to The Ana Grace Project have supported:

Community Events in our catchment area schools (New Britain and CREC Ana Grace) such as:

  • Holiday Toy Drives

  • Feeding teachers and staff on the anniversary of 12/14

  • sending coffee trucks on for teacher cheer days

  • once in a lifetime visitors like: author Angie Thomas, Anika Noni Rose and Chelsea Clinton for author days and Run DMC’s Darryl McDaniels for a talk for teachers on suicide prevention.

  • The purchase of toys, gym and equipment for playing and learning.

  • The purchase of art materials

Scholarships:

  • nearly $100,000 in scholarships have been distributed to students in our partner schools

  • over $50,000 for diverse titles for the CREC Ana Grace library

  • the Fade and Braid Fund which offers free haircuts to students

Professional Development

Donations to The Ana Grace Project have supported:

  • scores of mental health and community strengthening conferences and professional development gatherings

  • scholarships for bereaved mothers to attend conferences and trainings